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š± Avoiding the āmost peopleā trap
Avoidance is easy. Attention is rare.
Mitchell Cohen
November 02, 2025
Hereās your 3 insights in 3 minutes.
šāāļøEscaping
The internet used to be an escape from the real world.
Now the real world is an escape from the internet.
Because weāre always online ā doomscrolling, binging, browsing.
But the truth is simple: escaping = avoiding.
Itās running away from discomfort, instead of moving toward something meaningful.
Escaping is self-distraction.
The antidote is self-direction.
š Engaging
Put another way, the opposite of escaping is engaging.
Showing up and going for it. Despite discomfort.
Escaping numbs. Engaging sharpens.
One keeps you asleep. The other wakes you up and makes you feel alive.
Consider one of my favorite quotes as your friendly reminder:
āYou are under no obligation to remain the same person you were a year ago, a month ago, or even a day ago. You are here to create yourself, continuously.ā
š¤ Most People
Most people wait.
They wait for confidence. For permission. For clarity.
But none of that comes before actionā¦ It comes FROM it.
āMost people never pick up the phone, most people never ask. And thatās what separates, sometimes, the people that do things from the people that just dream about them. You gotta act. And you gotta be willing to failā¦ if youāre afraid of failing, you wonāt get very far.ā
Pick up the phone. Make the ask. Engage.
Salud,
Mitchell
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