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Shaan Puri: Controlling personal inputs is an underrated life skill

Shaan Puri · Business Brainstorm: SAT Prep Cartoons, The Onion For Millennial Moms & More · Jul 22, 2024 · at 5:24

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“Control the foods that you put in your mouth, control the information you put in your mind, control the people you let in your world, control the amount of the number of problems you are willing to make your problem. I think that that is probably The most underrated skill you can have as somebody who's trying to lead a good life is learning how to control your inputs.”

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