The worst kind of prison is the one we build for ourselves. No walls, no guards, no locked doors Just invisible barriers constructed from our own fears, expectations, and relentless pursuit of perfection. We imprison ourselves with rules nobody else enforces. "I should be further along by now." "I can't do that until I've done this." "People will judge me if I fail." “What would people say” These constraints exist nowhere but in our minds, yet they're more effective than any

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I came across this quote, possibly by Ayn Rand: "If money is the root of all evil, what is the root of money?"  It's one of those...