“it’s always interesting to me how easy it is for us to list the kind of stuff we want to own versus the kind of values we want to live by. Yet the truth is that it’s a lot more important to understand what your values are and to live your life by them than it is just to have stuff. Unfortunately, too many of us spend our lives pursuing stuff, without really looking at our values. And you know what that leads to?” “Credit-card debt!” a woman called out. We all laughed. “Well, that too,” I said, “but actually I was thinking of something even more serious that happens when you spend 20 years
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