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Shift #2: Stop Chasing Fires. Start Holding Space.

If chaos is your drug, quiet is withdrawal. Shifting your worth away from constant crisis is the only way out. This is how you draw the line.

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Rich Garza
Jul 03, 2025
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I know what it is to chase every fire. Stillness felt suffocating; heavy, sharp, almost cruel. I lied to myself: told the story that real authority means being everywhere, doing everything, never let…

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