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# 19-09-14 Traps to Avoid

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[Read the original document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EPceZr8Xtw3Yq-y1G-FCUDF_iG3vPqy6dtlTpeKyQ64/edit?usp=drivesdk&sa=D&ust=1596495076780000&usg=AOvVaw3xLRH09WyOu-7Arp6LONzD)

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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
   1. Start each morning with the following mantra: 'I am a salary addict.'
11. The sucked into the wrong thing you happen to be good at trap
12. The not going immediately after goals trap
13. The fantasy rather than reality trap
   1. Ideas rather than reality
   2. Video games rather than reality
   3. Books rather than reality
14. The protecting your reputation trap
15. The too grounded, too realistic, unimaginative trap
16. The cynical jaded pessimism trap
17. The unconscious worker trap (leads to no thinking)
18. ignore your problems because of ego trap
19. The false dependency trap
   1. The I need X to get Y trap

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*Source: [Original Google Doc](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EPceZr8Xtw3Yq-y1G-FCUDF_iG3vPqy6dtlTpeKyQ64/edit?usp=drivesdk&sa=D&ust=1596495076780000&usg=AOvVaw3xLRH09WyOu-7Arp6LONzD)*