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The Science of Intelligent Achievement
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The Science of Intelligent Achievement

by Isaiah Hankel
February 2018
Beginner
312 pages
5h 3m
English
Capstone
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31Seeing Through the Victim Illusion

When you think everything is someone else's fault, you suffer a lot. When you realize that everything springs only from yourself, you will learn both peace and joy.

—Dalai Lama

I laid face down on the cold, hard table with my shirt off. Ten people were circled around me. I could feel the pressure of the gun against my lower back. There's something about having your first health crisis that makes you question the world. It makes you question yourself too.

A handful of specialists recently told me that I needed a kidney biopsy. “You need a kidney biopsy” is a nice way of saying you're about to be shot in the back with a tiny gun that's going to reach inside of you and pull out a chunk of your internal organs. ...

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