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ke a book of magic. Like literally a sentence you could say that could change your life or somebody else's. And I'll give you an example. One of the examples is, you've heard me talk about it, a reframe for drinking is that alcohol is poison. So just instead of thinking of it as an entertainment you just say alcohol is poison. And a number of people who heard me repeat that, saw it in a book, stop…
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Well now let me ask you this. Would the world be better off if I had had children and never wrote any books? Because I probably wouldn't be doing this if I had children. Oh, mixed opinion there, huh? I guess it depends how much you like the books. Somebody says I have a poor self-image. Really? Or is it just accurate? You'd be better off at the expense of the world. Yeah, I can tell you that I would not be exterior focused if I had kids. You agree? If I had kids I would not be exterior focused. But I'm very exterior focused. See what I can do for other people.
Well, here's the most interesting comment I saw today. Machiavelli's Underbelly said this. Have you ever heard the saying that the two most certain things in life are death and taxes? The two things you can always depend on, death and taxes. Well, Machiavelli's Underbelly wonders if that's true, that death and taxes might be something that both end. And I think that's actually possible. I can see people being immortal and I can see taxation ending. Both of those seem entirely possible. In fact if you went far enough into the future it's guaranteed. I think quasi-immortal. Yeah, maybe quasi-mortal.
Well, that is all I have for you today. I think it was a highlight of your day. Hard to imagine it could get better from here but it might. And I gotta tell you that the Dilbert comic i
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s getting edgier. So there was one that I had just flat turned down the other day. But you can see the original, the one that got turned down on the Locals platform. So the only place you can see the ones that were too naughty for the newspapers will be on Locals. That's right, my books are my children. All right, kids are not for everyone. Right. All right, all right. That's all for now. I'll tal…
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