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worrying

how to turn toxic worry into problem solving

Jack Rosenblum was already making his mental to-do list long before his alarm beeped at 4:30 a.m. He had scheduled a breakfast meeting at 7:30 with Marvin and had the regular call with Banyon at 11. Besides those two appointments, he had several phone calls to make and some research to squeeze in.

“Ugh,” Jack said to himself as he remembered he had another damn lunch with Serena. They were supposed to discuss her proposal for a biotech investment. He hated having to eat with people he didn’t particularly like talking to, but it came with the territory.

When the alarm went off, Jack’s wife, ...

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