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Podcast: Alive and Free
Episode: On Being Special
Description: Humans trap themselves in the pursuit of becoming special. We learn new amazing skills, ditch our worst habits, and try our darndest to improve ourselves instead of living a mediocre life. But this actually makes us more miserable because we're never satisfied. Let's use addiction as an example. Freeing yourself from addiction won't instantly make you happier because your brain finds other ways to beat yourself up. Here's the truth: There's nothing you can do to make yourself more special than you are now. And that's a good thing — because it means y...