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Anger
Spotting trouble before it arrives is more effective when trouble doesn’t have an opportunity to plan. Thus the importance of avoiding patterns.
As an adult—a married adult, earning a legitimate living—I found this to be near impossible. My daily life was one giant marathon of meetings, industry conferences, dinners, and other scheduled events that could not be avoided.
Still, I controlled what I could. Only my secretary had access to my business schedule and, in my personal life, I adhered to Flint’s paranoid lessons. Upon moving to Jacksonville, I became a member of two different Cross Fit gyms and two Muay Thai gyms. Right up until my stomach forced a more sedentary lifestyle, I was able to randomize where I’d work out, as well as the days and times I’d be there.
All that,
