For a demotivated heart
Of course, billionaires are by no means superhumans. Like the rest of us, they have days where they feel lazy and unmotivated. The difference, however, is that they're fully aware of it and don't allow themselves to slack off. They power through their struggles.
Investor Michal Solowow once confessed to me that every morning, he has to do things he doesn't like. "But I still force myself to do them," he says, adding that there's a "lazy" voice that lives inside his head - a voice that tries to convince him that he's "in hurry and there's no time" or that he doesn't "feel well today."
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