We’re obsessed with the future.

We want more money, more success, more clients, more sex—more, more, more.

Happiness is always just around the corner.

We think, if only I were 10 pounds lighter, or if I had that extra $100K in monthly revenue, or if my ex finally realized I was right about everything, I’d…

As a coach, my entire mandate is helping clients get from where they are today to where they want to be. We live in that gap between today and the ideal. (Read The Gap and the Gain—it’s good.)

And yet, we spend so much time planning, strategizing, and analyzing that we become paralyzed.

But what if the secret to a well-lived life isn’t in chasing the goal, but in just 72 hours?...

A narrated essay from The Pressures of Privilege.
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