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Re: Other People’s Problems

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They speak French in Louisiana, German in Amish Country, Gullah in North Carolina... Your ignorance doesn't make you correct.

while clearly the Amish language is related to German, it is not German spoken in Germany. Btw, all these people can speak English.

So can many of the people in Turkey, France, Japan, etc.

Tangentially related, but how long can languages really be considered a barrier when AI translations are ubiquitous.

Re: Other People’s Problems

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Most problems are hard to "solve" because we entertain the delusion of solutions that don't exist — solutions which tie everything together with a nice bow and require no discomfort or negative emotions of any kind.

Alex Hormozi says "the life you want is on the other side of a few hard conversations."

I would channel that to say, "the solution you're looking for is on the other side of a few uncomfortable feelings."

And usually, it's just the fear of the feelings, not the feelings themselves.

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My experience was that if you successfully help people they will come back with new problems. Hell, they wont come back until they have new problems for you. Helping people is hard, I found a much easier approach. You have to make it worse for them: You won't solve your problem because it isn't in your nature. I'm convinced you will never find a new partner or a new job, you wont be able to pay your bills, you will b…

That's one way to do it!
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