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EPISODE · Jul 26, 2026 · 6 MIN

You Need Your Own Personal Dictionary (BI #104)

from Burning Issues · host Charles Burns

In this episode, I talk about the fact that you cannot rely upon society's definitions of words and concepts.I particularly focus on the word success, as your definition may simply be being happy and healthy, and there's nothing wrong with that.Don't let anybody tell you otherwise.Whereas somebody else may need a Ferrari, a Rolex, and a large bank balance to consider themselves successful.There's nothing wrong with either definition or how you define something as opposed to somebody else—in fact, it’s a useful debate.It's just important to understand where your definition comes from, that you've properly thought it through, and that you're not just inheriting somebody else's lens.

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