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Edition at a Glance

• Quote: work until you die.

• Tweet: from broke pastor to successful biz owner.

• Article: the IRS wants to scan your face.

• Podcast: the scary truth about “brain fog.”

• Surprise: don’t just read books—embody them.

Different Quote

“If you don’t find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.” —Warren Buffett

I think about this one. All the time.

The term “passive income” gets used and abused.

But creating some for yourself and/or your family is a necessity.

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Different Tweet

This’ll usually be someone else’s tweet. Not this week. Here’s the story of how I went from broke pastor to successful business owner.

Justin • Do Different @JustinWise

I'll admit it: I cried when I made my first online course sale. I was alone in my office when the notification came in. My entire life had just changed (yours can too btw). 🧵Here's what I've learned about selling $3M+ in online offers since then:

January 19th 2022

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Different Article

I.R.S. to End Use of Facial Recognition for Identity Verification

The Internal Revenue Service plans to stop using facial recognition software to identify taxpayers seeking access to their accounts on the agency’s website amid concerns over privacy and data security.

Really glad this isn’t moving forward (yet). Not everyone has access to the tools needed to do it. Plus, it’s creepy.

Different Podcast

How Neuroinflammation Disrupts Your Immune System

As someone who’s focused a ton on reducing inflammation factors in my life, this episode blew my mind.

Inflammation triggers are all around us. It mostly boils down to environmental factors, childhood trauma, and genetics.

So what’s the big deal about a little inflammation here and there?

Inflamed brains, specifically, cause mental, emotional and physical pain like depression, anxiety, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic fibromyalgia, pediatric neuropsychiatric disorders and more. No thanks.

Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

Different Surprise

I found ReadWise.io recently and became slightly obsessed. It syncs all the Kindle highlights you’ve picked up over the years. Works with other platforms too. I exported all my highlights to my Notion for easy reference. Reading books is good. Studying books is better. Retaining books is great. Implementing what you read is the best.

Plus, there’s a super cool daily feature that lets you easily review all your highlights.

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