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This is the smash the system podcast. I’m Nino Prodan. Yesterday, I was telling you about how my anger came up and I suppressed it. I continued working on that anger, knowing that it had an impact on my life. And so I pushed it down and continued working, started distracting myself from it. And it felt like I put it behind me. I started growing and learning new things. Technology started blossoming. And I started getting lost in the world of computers and data, analyzing stuff, found out how to use my brain. I realized after all those years of being told I was dumb because I wasn’t busy enough that I was smart enough to analyze things. And I am starting to feel better about myself. I kept myself busy, start getting a lot of work done, working a lot of overtime, making money. And I realized that that old idea of relaxing and enjoying life And playing was all bullshit. needed to keep myself busy and needed to utilize every minute of my life. Stop wasting it. Life’s only so long. Work hard, play hard. That was my motto. No, it was work hard, play harder, work 12 hours a day, play for a sleep before, wasn’t shit getting in my way. Crush every minute of life. In any time where it wasn’t working. It was all about efficiency, getting the most out of every moment, minimizing what was taking me away from being busy. I kept myself so busy that I finally went back to college, got a degree and started a business all at the same time while I was working a nine to five job. And once I finished school, I found a way to even make money while I was out, enjoying myself and started hosting karaoke. I was capitalizing on everything I could, even my entertainment, but it was during that entertainment. someone pointed out the repercussions of what was going on what I was doing to myself, although it was meant as a compliment. When someone told me I had a cute muffin top, I realized that I can no longer, work hard and play hard. So instead, I worked hard, worked out harder, and played, just enough to continue making money. And my body did get in better shape. But no longer was staying busy enough for me. I needed to stay busy and efficient, to be productive with every moment of my effort to maximize my productivity, to maximize my learning capability. So I had to go harder, faster, stronger, and then I saw the movie limitless. And that made me think, is there a way to get more out of my brain? Is there a way for me to learn faster, to process faster to solve Problems more efficiently. It was no longer just about being busy. It was about raising my quality of production, I quantity of production while I was busy. And what I found, while I pursued this made me realize that people were playing nowhere near their potential. There’s way more that we could achieve if we follow the right steps. And I’ll tell you more about that tomorrow.