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This is Neogentrics. It's nice to be back, guys.

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After a long break, school's been taken over.

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You know, having tests, having paperwork, having

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stuff, having life issues, things go on. You

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know, it makes things difficult. It makes things

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rough. I mean, you can't go through life and

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expect everything to be easy. No. And the whole

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point of this channel, food for thought, and

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I am still your host, Neogentrics, is that...

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You know, you have to be able to handle what

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life is throwing at you. You have to be able

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to deal with all the roughs of life, whether

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good or bad, relationships or otherwise. I mean,

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think about it for a minute. If everything that

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we do and say isn't being recorded or taken into

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account by something or someone, then what's

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the point of doing it, you know? And everyone

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always thinks that there's no repercussions to

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their actions. Consider this. Consider this,

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you know? If all we do is act without thinking,

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then what makes us any better than the person

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next to us? Are we better than the other person

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next to us? Or better yet, do we have the right

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to judge the person next to us when we're not

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doing any better than they are? You know? I want

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you to think about that for a second. What's

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up, ladies and gentlemen? You are listening to

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the soulful sounds of neogentrics, ladies and

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gentlemen. So hang in there. Gather some knowledge

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because knowledge is important. And it also is

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power. I'm your girl, the Guru Warrior. Peace.

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I am out. And we're back. The sad thing is a

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lot of people don't stop to consider their actions

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and how it affects the people around them. Everybody's

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different. Everything about them and the way

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they carry themselves and how they do things

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is completely rudimentary and singular to that

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one specific person. It doesn't necessarily mean

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that the other person's wrong. It doesn't mean

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the other person's bad. It doesn't mean the other

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person's evil or terrible, idiotic, or stupid.

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It just means that... You know, you always have

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to consider the people around you. You know,

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check to make sure they're okay. Take care of

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them, you know. I'm not saying you should care

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about every single person that passes you by

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under the God -given sun. I'm saying, you know,

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consider what you're doing and how it affects

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the people around you. Even if it's people you've

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never seen. Even if it's not anyone at the current

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moment, you know. Like, say you work fast food,

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okay? If you know that the people who come in

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after you are going to be tired because of the

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type of shift, especially if you know who it

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is, and you know the amount of work they have

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to do, and your shift is short, you don't have

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to do a whole lot, you know, and you get to go

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home early, but the following shift has to do

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more regarding prep and setup and everything,

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isn't there anything you could do ahead of time

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that would reduce their workload a little bit?

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Okay? They're there for half as much time as

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you. So why don't you do something about it to

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help them instead of just worrying about yourself?

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You know, most people, they go to work, they

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go to work, to work, they goof around, they have

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fun, they joke, but they don't do their jobs.

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And then the people who come in after them have

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to work three or four or five times harder as

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a result. You know, I'm not saying you can't

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have fun and enjoy your jobs. What I'm saying

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is, consider the other people you have to work

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with. Not everybody wants to go there and play.

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Not everyone wants to enjoy everyone. Not everyone

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wants to be your friend. Keep this in mind. I've

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had a lot of people that I've ended up having

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to work with, and I've experienced problems with

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them, issues with them. So I went and told the

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manager, but then that other person happens to

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be a manager, and instead of owning up to what

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they did and saying, oh, I'm sorry that you felt

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that way, they turn around and say, I see how

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you are. You go around behind people's back.

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You tell other people stuff. You don't talk to

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them directly. You don't try to confront the

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problem head on. You don't make friends that

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way. And I'm standing there like, I never said

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I wanted to be friends with you. Last time I

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checked, this was a job. I get paid to be here.

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I get paid to work. I don't get paid to be your

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friend. Okay? I don't mind helping you. I don't

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mind doing what you're saying if you're a manager.

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You know, I don't mind doing your job for you

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if you have to go take a piss, throw up, or some

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other third or fourth thing because something's

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wrong with you. I don't mind picking up the slack

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if you had asked because we're working and I

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get paid to do it regardless. I get paid the

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same no matter what. But the fact that, you know,

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you're however years older than me, and you're

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a manager but you still act like a 18 to 24 year

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old that baffles me it doesn't make sense how

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can you be a person who's older than me supposedly

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in a better position a higher position and act

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like the people you're supposed to be in charge

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of Which brings me to another point. Okay? Remember

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I said the whole point of this channel is to

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consider your actions and the way it affects

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the people around you. All the topics I cover,

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everything that I cover, yes, in a way, they

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all affect you. Because you have to make the

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personal change. But it also affects the people

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around you, their viewpoint of you, how they

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see you, and how they interact and ordeal with

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you. Okay? You want to keep that interaction

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as positive as possible. But how can you do that?

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You know, it's kind of hard to do something that,

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you know, it seems hard or backbreaking or nearly

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impossible because the other people just won't

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cooperate. Well, here's a little tidbit, like

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a little trick for you. If no one else is willing

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to cooperate, okay, no one wants to do the right

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thing. Everyone wants to go off and do their

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own thing. What do you do? Join in on them and

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make sure you're part of the group so that you

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have your ass saved? No. You don't do that. You

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do what you're supposed to do. Okay? Ensure whoever's

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in charge, the head person, sees that you're

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doing what you're supposed to be doing and you're

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at least trying and putting in an effort. Continue

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to do so. If they ask you any questions, you

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answer honestly. You know, tell them what's going

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on, tell them how it makes you feel, and let

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it go. Okay? For a person who, like myself, is

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a non -empathetic type of person to start with,

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this is kind of hard to express how I feel because...

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Honestly, I just don't care. But I can't say

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that. I have to show some initiative. I have

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to care. Okay? Because that's what I get paid

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to do. But not everyone has the same issue I

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have. Okay? So there's that. In regards to that,

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you know, in regards to what I was saying before,

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just because you have a position, just because

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you're higher up above people, It doesn't give

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you the right to boss them around. Okay? Yes,

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you are in charge. But you're not the boss. There's

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always going to be someone over you. There's

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always going to be someone that you have to report

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to. And that person is the one in charge over

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you. Okay? Consider how he would handle things.

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The same way he dealt with you and deals with

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other people, shouldn't you treat everyone under

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you the same way? Obviously, it's prosperous

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because people are still there. But if you continue

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to treat the people around you like trash and

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get all buddy -buddy with other people just to

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take other people down because you don't like

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them, that makes you no better than everyone

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else. It makes you no better than scum, okay?

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I've seen homeless people with more patience,

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more directness, more attitude, like, in a positive

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way that I do see from people who actually have

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a job, who actually have a home, a car, a way

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of life. Family, children. And yet, the homeless

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people are more civilized. They appreciate what

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they have, even if it's not a lot of anything,

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because they don't have anything. They know what

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it's like to be on the bottom. They know what

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it's like to be rejected. They know what it's

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like not to have anything. Same thing goes for

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people who are bullied and other people who have

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to deal with racism and other issues of the same

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sort. You know? Understand the feelings of the

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people around you. If you can't do that, if you

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can't sympathize with them, if you can't understand,

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fine. That is totally fine. But it doesn't mean

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that you act like the people who are treating

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you wrong. You treat the people who treat you

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wrong better than you treat anyone else. Because

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they tell you to, you're no better than them.

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You treat them the same as you would treat anyone

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else. Give them their respect. Respect their

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position, even if you don't like them. Because

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it could be a police officer, a judge, or what

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have you. You respect their position, even if

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you don't like them. Still do what you're told,

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even if you know it's wrong. And make note of

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it. Keep track of every little thing that you

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do. Well, that about wraps this up. Again, this

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has been Food for Thought Thoughts. If it were

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you, I know I haven't released a lot of podcasts

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in a while. I just figured I'd get some thoughts

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out there. Some stuff for people to consider.

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And in my next podcast, I'll be back with a new

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topic. I'll catch you guys later. Peace.