19-09-14 Traps to Avoid

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1. The unfocused trap

1. The ‘focused on 5 things simultaneously’ trap.
2. The Passion Trap
   1. She begs for him, he snubs her. He needs her, she’s moved on. She returns, he’s married.
3. The dead-end job trap
   1. Growthless and draining work. Ex. Drivers / Call Centers / Food Service
4. The sex addiction trap
5. The drugs trap
6. Lifestyle inflation trap
7. Trusting the wrong people trap
8. The social media trap
   1. Mass attention down the drain trap
9. The unambitious friends trap
10. The salary trap
11. Start each morning with the following mantra: 'I am a salary addict.'
12. The sucked into the wrong thing you happen to be good at trap
13. The not going immediately after goals trap
14. The fantasy rather than reality trap
15. Ideas rather than reality
16. Video games rather than reality
17. Books rather than reality
18. The protecting your reputation trap
19. The too grounded, too realistic, unimaginative trap
20. The cynical jaded pessimism trap
21. The unconscious worker trap (leads to no thinking)
22. ignore your problems because of ego trap
23. The false dependency trap
24. The I need X to get Y trap

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