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Two Young Fish: Realities That Are Sometimes Difficult to See anxiety chaos coaches confidence drama parents self-doubt strategies success tools transformation

Two young fish were swimming along one day on their favorite morning route when they approached an older, wiser fish – the older, wiser fish nodded at the youngins and said “Mornin’, how’s the water?”

The youngins nodded, swam further, and soon one of the young fish turned to the other young fish a...

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