In this episode of the Straight-Line Podcast, Kristof Cuppens, Johan, and Mandy van der Put discuss a question that will challenge many people’s thinking: What if you did the opposite? Why do so many people remain stuck in patterns that don’t work? And more importantly, how can they free themselves from these patterns and lead a powerful, self-created life?
They delve deeply into how our “best thinking” has shaped our current lives—and what becomes possible when we completely reverse that way of thinking.
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