{"id":6131,"date":"2016-07-18T12:17:18","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T17:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/?p=6131"},"modified":"2024-05-27T13:29:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T18:29:58","slug":"whats-wrong-wanting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/whats-wrong-wanting\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Wrong With Wanting More?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6131\" class=\"elementor elementor-6131\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-72e3ea9 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"72e3ea9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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retirement<\/li><\/ul><p>Is is wrong to want these things? \u00a0Certainly not. \u00a0Here&#8217;s the catch.\u00a0What&#8217;s the common thread with the modifiers placed before each <strong><em>want?<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 They aren&#8217;t <strong>specific<\/strong>. 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