Shut Dem All: Productivity

Frankly speaking till the last few weeks I thought I do very productive things in my day. But when I started doing journaling about my daily progress, I get to know that what I thought was all wrong. I realized I work way too hard on one day and on the other day, I took one day off. But I was not journaling it I didn’t see things in this way.

I mean back in those days I thought I am the most hard-working guy and a guy who is just like Garyvee. But now I am realizing I am not even close to him. (In case you don’t know him, then you should check him out on YouTube.) I mean I thought I work way too hard and I’m a very productive person. Actually, I am not gonna lie to you, I do have worked very hard on some days. But the problem was I was not consistent with my work.

And in the end, I wondered why I’m not seeing any differentiable results. Now I get to know that it’s all because of the consistency. I often say that consistency is the key to success, but I was not being consistent. And now when I have finally realized it, it’s actually really heartbreaking and minds awakening thing.

So, now enough of me talking about myself. Let’s now talk about how you can actually become consistent and can do more productive things in your day.

I am not talking about several tips or things which you should follow but I am just going to share one tip with you. This one thing/tip has changed my life completely and I’m pretty sure it will going to help you too.

So, what is it?

Journaling your Day to Day Progress.

That’s it. Nothing fancy, nothing BS, just this simple tip, to write down your day to day progress in your journal. Frankly speaking, in the past, I was not a big fan of journaling or writing down notes physically on paper and all. But when I started doing it, it has become an essential part of my life.

If you’re a regular reader of my blog then you would know I haven’t been posting for a while. And I am not saying that it’s all because of journaling, but it too has taken a part in it. I mean nowadays instead of switching on my laptop and then write down my thoughts in it. I just open up my journal dairy and write everything down there. Now it’s just a personal preference that I love to write on actual paper more than on keyboard, but I thought I should share it with you.

Now, let’s talk about some benefits of journaling your day to day progress.

Benefits of Journaling:

(I am not going to write out all the benefits which I have seen, whether I will just write 2 to 3 points. I just want to make this post on point and didn't want to waste your time.)

1. Mental Clarity

There’s not a single doubt that this is not true. I mean I have seen this in myself. Whenever I tend to feel frustration or have so many thoughts in my head running, what I do is, I just open up my journal diary and write everything down.

It doesn’t need to be fancy, it doesn’t need to be all aligned, it doesn’t need to be formal, it doesn’t need to be mistake-free.

All you have to do is just write what are you feeling at that moment and boom! You will going to feel a lot better and will be going to see a mental clarity in your thoughts and in your vision. You’ll be going to feel that those things which were making you feel sad or depressed now are gone and all you have now is peace.

You are now maybe thinking that I’m taking this too far and no way simply writing my down will be going to make me feel better. Well, believe me, I am not lying about it. If you don’t believe me, then try this out for the next 7 days straight and you’ll see the difference yourself.

2. Helps to Achieve Goals.

Okay, so far more one of the best things of journaling your every day is it helps you to achieve goals. I am not kidding bro. If you keep journaling your every day to day progress on your journal then you’ll be going to see how much work you are putting in and where you are lacking.

You will be going to see that you haven’t done the whole day which will make you feel sad and will motivate you to work more and more. In this way, it keeps you stay focused on your goals and eventually it helps you to achieve your goals.

Conclusion:

I want to summarize this whole post by a short sweet conclusion, so here it is. I just want you to journalize your day to day to progress in a diary or on a bullet journal. In this way, you’ll see how much of real work you are putting in and you will see where you need more improvements and all.

Eventually, if you keep doing this for the next few weeks, you’ll going to see results by yourself.

Don’t believe me?

Try this out on your own.

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I believe that life is meaningless without a real purpose. I mean what’s the point of waking up every single morning if you don’t even have a purpose in life. By purpose, I simply mean your aim or your dream that you want to achieve badly.

I knew many people personally, who tells me that they don’t even know what they want to achieve in life. If you’re too like them and don’t even know what’s your purpose in life. Then, this post is for you.

I believe that each individual is born different and have a different mindset. If I like something, it doesn’t mean that you also gonna like it. You may have some other interest.

And this is what happens when it comes to finding your passion.

How You Can Find your Passion?

For me, I like to write and love to code websites. For me, it’s a fun thing to do. But it doesn’t mean that others like it too. I have seen people who hate writing. (I will not surprise if you’re too one of them. 😊)

So, everyone has their own passion and interest. But the thing is how can one find that passion?

Well, if you know what you love to do, and there’s a good market in that thing. Then, you’re good to go. Just go out there and follow your passion.

But if you’re like those who don’t have any single clue what they want to do in their life, or what they love to do, then there comes the real problem.

But don’t worry, I will help you to solve your problem and I promise if you follow all the tips I give you in this post, you’ll know your purpose in life.

Here are my 5 tips that you should follow to know your real purpose or passion:

1. Write down all the things you love to do.

Well, you have to face it. We are all good in some things, the thing is some of us don’t even know in what we are good at. Those who find out in their early age these things and focus on it are those who master their passion in upcoming years.

Sit down comfortably in a quiet place and think about all those things you do in your day. Now think what you really love to do and just write these things down.

It doesn’t matter if it seems silly to you, just write down everything that you love to do. And at the end of this process, you’ll see how much things you can do or love to do.

Here is an article that you should read: 3 Actionable Tips to Find Your Passion

2. Think about what you can do in your whole life.

I think the only way to truly find your passion or you can say dream work is just thought what you can do in your whole life happily. I mean I choose to blog because I love to do it and I enjoy it. I can do this my whole life without any hesitation and that’s why I choose it.

So, if you’re going to find a job, or starting a new business, think once, can you do that job for rest of your life happily?

And if your answer is NO, then it’s pretty clear. You should do something else.

I mean there’s just only one life. So, do you really wanna spend it on some work that you don’t even like to do!

Think about it carefully and you’ll see how your perspective towards things will change.

Here's an article that you should read: One Life, No Regrets

3. Explore your interest.

I know I know you don’t know what’s your interests are. But that’s what I’m saying you to explore. Exploring your interest is the best way to find your passion. In fact, I too found my interest of writing and blogging through this.

So, what you have to do?

Just try out different things here and there. For example, try out blogging, try out making YouTube videos, try out singing and so on.

Who knows what you eventually gonna love and will spend the rest of life doing that work.

4. Break up with the ‘ONE’.

Another solid reason why most people don’t even love what they’re doing or can’t even find their passion is they try to find that ‘one’ best thing that they love.

I mean we keep looking for that one thing but, in this process, we keep feeling that something is missing.

When you’re living your life on your purpose then you should live it with your rules. I mean do whatever the heck you wanna do. Don’t just suppress yourself to do one thing, or don’t keep looking for that one thing.

That feeling that something is missing goes away when you lead a passion-filled life. The need to seek our purpose comes from a lack of passion. When you don't feel connected to your life, you lack purpose and passion. To fix this emptiness simply add more passion.

5. Keep doing things that you love to do.

When you keep doing things that you love to do and eventually if you start getting seen results from your work, then, believe me, you’ll do that thing more and more.

Just take an example of blogging. You love to blog, but you’re not sure whether you can continue with it or not. So, if you keep doing it and one day you see some results from it, then believe me all your doubts get clear and you’ll start doing it more and more.

The only thing is you need to be consistent towards your work.

Now you have got my point. If you are already doing some things, then keep doing them with consistency and try to improve your skills. When you start seeing results from your work, you eventually going to love your work.

So, this is it. Hope you love this article and found it helpful.

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Don’t take me wrong, being kind is one of the best things you can do if you do it without the aim/sake of any profit. We should be kind for no reason.

But in this post, I want to talk about something different.

I want you to believe in that being a little bit selfish is beneficial for us. And in this post, I will talk about it.

So, before you start judging me, just wait and read this post. I am sure I will make my point clear to you and you too will start thinking in the way I think.

So, let’s dive into it.

How Being Selfish is Beneficial?

Have you ever been into a situation when someone asks you for a favor and you really don’t wanna do that work, but you’re so kind that you can’t deny their request and just agreed to do whatever they say?

Well didn’t know about you, but I personally have faced this situation in my past many times. I had a lot of my stuff to do, but the thing was I didn’t know how to say ‘NO’ to them. I thought they might get offended or will start to hate me if I didn’t do their job. So, what I do?

Yes! I simply just agreed to them and do whatever they ask.

I always think later that why I didn’t say NO to them, and I thought that I am so kind and maybe this was the reason. But let me tell you one thing.

This isn’t called being kind. This is called being fooled.

I just want to tell one thing. I am not going to teach you about social morals or your social responsibilities. I am here to tell you about the harsh truth of society and how you can live in this cruel world.

Here people are not as kind as you. They’ll use you and when their work gets done, they’ll eventually forget you. Believe me, I have faced this many time.

But again, it doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t help anyone or don’t be kind. I want you to be kind, but at the same time, I want you to know your value and your priorities.

You should set priorities in your life and should follow them strictly.

There’s nothing more important than yourself and you should be aware of it. Don’t let other downgrade your value and never let them control you.

Here’s an article that you should read How to Stop Saying YES When You Want to Say NO

How You Can Be Selfish?

Now again don’t get me wrong and be literally selfish. I mean selfish in a way that you’re able to say NO and being able to choose yourself first.

I have seen this many time and don’t wanna lie to you, I have faced this too that I just can’t say NO to someone.

For someone, saying no is not a big deal. But if you’re like me, then you can understand this feeling. Want to say NO, but our brain somehow managed us to say YES and we end up saying YES and then regret about it later.

Didn’t know anyone else faces this situation too or it’s just me! (After all, I think I am a little bit weird.)

So, now comes the question that how I can be this selfish that no one gets hurts by my actions/words and I still somehow manage to choose myself first.

Here are some things which I have done and still do, and which you can do too:

1. Speak Softly and Calmly.

Instead of just saying them NO harshly or you can say rudely. You can simply speak gently, softly and calmly to them.

You can explain to them why you can’t help them with their work but be kind in this process. You didn’t want to hurt them.

Tell them that you have your own personal issues/work to complete and that’s why you can’t help them now.

Here's an article that you should read: How to Stop Saying YES When You Want to Say NO

2. Say You’ll Help Them Later.

Say you’ll help them later, but you should really mean it. I have seen many people saying that they’ll help other later, but don’t do anything.

Don’t be like them and if you say it, then you should really mean it.

3. Know Your Priorities.

You should set priorities in your life and believe me your own self should be on the top of your list. Chose you and your goals over everything, that’s how you can succeed and can become happy here.

Don't let others distract you from your way to success. There'll be many distractions in your way, all you have to do is to follow your goals and don't choose anyone or anything over your goals.

Here's an article that you should read: 7 Easy Ways to Stay Away from Distractions

Conclusion:

By saying being selfish I don’t literally mean that go and be selfish. Ignore every other person and just do your own work. NO!

By being selfish I mean to know about your priorities and when you should say NO to others. Most times you can only be happy by choosing yourself over anything else and that is what you have to understand.

“If you really want to be happy, you need to be a little bit selfish.” -Manish Kumar

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One question that keeps hitting my mind is, should I care about what others are saying about me or my work? I mean should I care about their opinions?

Well, didn’t know about you, but I personally didn’t really care about others opinions. I mean unless they are going to benefit me.

If they say me you should stop this blogging thing and should focus on your studies and try to get a job, I just completely ignore them. They really didn’t have any idea about what I am doing and how’s it going to help me in the future. I have a dream, which no one believes and see, but only me.

If you’re too like me and have a dream which you want to achieve but your surroundings keep saying that you should stop it and focus on something else, then this post is for you. You’ll be going to get an idea about what you should do in this situation and what is going to be best for you.

So, let’s talk about the first thing first,

Should you listen to their opinions?

Well, it depends. I mean if they’re saying something that’ll be going to benefit you, then keep it in mind. There’s nothing wrong in listening to someone else opinion. You should keep your ego by side and should listen to them.

But if they’re saying something bullshit like stop this work and focus on your studies or something else, then here’s a thing, ‘just completely ignore them.’

If you have got a dream, and you think it has a great future, then don’t listen to anyone in this world. Just focus on your dreams and keep working consistently. There should be only one voice, that is yours.

It doesn’t matter how big your dream is. You have got the power to achieve that dream, and you have to believe it. There’s nothing impossible in this world if you wanna achieve your dream, then go for it. Don’t listen to anybody who is telling you to stop.

Misconception about success.

There’s always been a misconception in our surroundings that we only get succeed by studying in college or universities. From the very beginning, they teach us that if we want to succeed in life, then we have to study and have to get good grades.

Well, I didn’t say that studying is a bad thing, in fact, I love studying. But the thing is those school grades won’t make us successful, but our abilities and our skills make us successful.

This word ‘success’ means different to every other individual. For you, it may be to get a good stable job, for your brother it may be to be a great singer, and for me, it is to be a great entrepreneur and leave a legacy behind.

So, if you just want a good job, then studying should be your priority, but if you’re like me, then you’ll know that there’s so much knowledge outside from those school books and we have to explore that.

I just want to break this misconception that success only can get from good grades.

Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and so on. Do you know all these millionaires are college dropouts and haven’t graduated from the college!

So, there’s no point telling others that success can only be achieved by good grades.

Is your dream worth it?

There’s no point in ignoring the whole world if your dream is not worth it. I mean if your dream won’t going to make a living for you, then what’s the point of ignoring others?

I mean just be practical here. You have to make money if you want to live. So, if your dream is not going to make a living out for you, then you should listen to what others are saying.

Now don’t get me wrong, but I am just being real with you. I don’t want you to starve. So, it’s better you should listen to what others are saying and do something which will be going to benefit you financially.

You can always achieve your dream, but keep it in mind, that dream should be worth your hard work and ignorance.

“Dreams are not achieved by hard work only. But it takes consistency, ignorance, and failures too.” -Manish Kumar

Keep your ego on a side.

I saw many people who just don’t listen to what others are saying just because of their ego. Just because they don’t want someone to guide them. I mean what’s the point of it? What are you trying to show to the world?

Ego, attitude all these things won’t give you anything, except people’s hate. Self-respect is must, but ego is another thing. You should know the difference between these two.

There’s nothing wrong or to be ashamed if someone teaches you something. It doesn’t matter if they’re elder from you or are younger from you. We just can’t know all the things and there’s nothing wrong in being taught by a younger person.

So, if you’re one of them who ignore others opinion just because they’re younger or you just have some ego issues, then sorry to say my friend, but you’ll never going to grow. We grow by making mistakes and learning from them. But if you’re one of them who don’t want to be seen as a failure then you’ll never be going to grow.

“Winner and losers both fail. It’s just winners who learn from his mistakes and try again.”

Conclusion:

So, in short, you should listen to others if they’re right. And now don’t say that how can I find out that how will I know that if they are right or wrong!

If you think your dreams are worth ignorance, then go for it. But if your dreams are not worth it, then its time to put a full stop and you should listen to what are sayings.

And you should never ignore others just because you have some ego issues. Be a kind person, and if you’re wrong then admit it and listen to what are sayings.

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Well, you may have heard this quote a lot that fake it till you make it. But my question is, is this really what you need to become successful?

I mean you’re faking your journey, not just your journey but your whole image in front of your audience. And do you think that faking it and telling everyone lie is going to make you a trustworthy authority in your niche?

I don’t think so.

I personally believe that if you really want to succeed and want to become a trustworthy authority, you should spit out the truth. None of the bullshit or fancy lifestyle. Just show your audience what you really are and believe me you’ll gain their trust and faith quickly and for a longer time.

Now, let me ask you again this question, do you still think that fake it till you make it is a good approach?

Well, so now question arise that if this approach isn’t good enough, then what should one do who don’t have achieved anything big yet?

Document it instead of faking it.

Instead of faking it, try a different approach and document your journey. Instead of faking your lifestyle, faking your achievements, and so on, keep it simple and document your journey.

Just spit out the truth and let others know what you really are and see how this simple thing can become a life changer in your life.

People love to watch and listen to those who say the truth, instead of faking it.

Instead of showing them results, document your journey and let them know how you are doing it. It’s just our human nature that we love those who says the truth instead of just fancy bullshit.

Instead of showing them results, take them with you.

Well, if you think you’re going to fake it till you make it and then you’ll show them what you really are, then I don’t think you’ll gain that truth in your audience. Yes, many people have done it, but it doesn’t matter that you should do it too.

I suggest you take your audience with you on your journey, instead of just showing them the results you get. People will more likely to become a part of your audience if you show them how you are doing it and if you show them what you really are.

I mean instead of just making them your listener, make your audience a part of the journey and see how it can change your journey completely.

Well, think about it or not, but you have to care about your audience. You just can’t make them just your listener or watcher. Make them a part of your journey and in this way, they’ll more likely to want to be with you.

Make them feel special and see how it can become a turning point in your life.

So, now try a different approach and “Document it, till you make it.”

Nowadays, most of the people didn’t succeed in their lives because they didn’t put their 100% in their work. They work for a day, or two, or maybe a week. And after that they get distracted.

It may be some other work, maybe their love life, or maybe something else that distracts them. I think you can too relate to it. But what if I told you that this isn’t the point what distracts you, but the real point is why you allow those things to enter in your life?

Didn’t get it? I will clear this thing out in this article and also tell you how to stop getting distracted.

So, first let’s talk about how you get distracted by things or people around you.

Well, what if I told you that it’s not the things or people around you which distracts you, do you believe me?

Believe me or not, but this is true.

I have found that even when we have the best people around us or the best situations, we still get distracted. So, I’m sure it’s nothing to do with the bad situations or toxic people around us.

So, what’s the real thing which distracts us?

Well, it’s you.

Wait, what?

Me?

Yeah! You.

Your mindset is the thing which keeps you distracted from your goals or work. It seeks for the pleasure or happiness and in this process, it tries to keep us away from the things that take hard work or efforts.

Still didn’t get it?

Let me clear it for you.

Have you ever think that how you can spend hours on your smartphone without getting tired and how you easily get tired if you’ve to type an article or have to do some kinda work on that same device?

That’s the thing which keeps us distracted from our work and forces us to do some effortless things.

So, what is it?

It’s your mindset. Well, believe it or not, but it’s all about the mindset.

Just think about it, you said that there are some shitty people around you or situations are against you which distracts you. But think, if you didn’t let those things or people to enter in your life, then how the hell they can distract you?

So, it somehow just all about the mindset and it all because of you.

Because it’s you who let those things or people to allow to enter in your life, then that’s how they distract you!

So, next time instead of making excuses about bad people or worst situations, keep it in mind, it’s not the people or situations around you which distracts you. But it’s you who let those things to enter in your life to distract you.

How you can stop getting distracted?

Well, you just have to do one simple thing, that is to take care of your mindset and your thoughts. Instead of running away from work, chase your dreams and hustle all day, every day.

Instead of seeking short-term pleasure, work today and seek long-term or you can say lifetime pleasure.

There’s no magic trick behind it or there’s no magic spell behind it that you just say and everything will come into place. You have to work for it. You have to train your mind. You have to commit to your work and that’s how you’ll get succeed here.

Keep it in mind, “You can’t just blame people or things around you for your distractions.”

You should also read: 7 Easy Ways to Stay Away from Distractions

7-THINGS-SUCCESSFUL-PEOPLE-DO-DIFFERENTLY

I always wanted to know that what these successful people have done or what they do that has made them successful. I always wonder what things they do differently that lead them to achieve success in their lives.

Can’t we do those same exact things! Can’t we get that success in our lives?

In this post, I will be going to answer all these questions and believe me if you too apply these things which I will tell you next, then no one can stop you from being successful.

7 Things Successful People Do Differently:

1. Ignore the world.

I always want to know that when these successful people like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, started their work in every beginning, didn’t they get hate from others? Didn’t people talk bad about them?

And I found that YES! People then tell them to stop, tell them to not do this. People started saying bad words about them!

But they didn’t give a shit about others opinion and do what they wanna do and that’s the reason why they get succeed.

In life, you’ll face many people who drag you down, who will try to stop you. But it depends on you, what you wanna do and whose you wanna listen.

If you think that this idea will be going to work, then risk for it. Listen to nobody and believe in your own self. That’s how you’ll achieve greatness and heights in life.

2. They focus on being productive, not busy.

Being busy and being productive have a huge difference. You can busy in talking with your friends, but you can’t be productive in it. You can be productive reading something, but you can’t be busy in it.

I know its little bit confusing, but believe me, when you understand it, you’ll do things from a different perspective.

Successful people didn’t waste their time watching Netflix or amazon prime, they spend the majority of their time doing something valuable. Like instead of watching TV, they listen to podcasts, instead of watching Netflix shows, they watch webinars, and so on.

In an interview, Garyvee was asked that how much time does he take to make his content and how much time does he watch TV. He answered, I spend the majority of my time, creating my content and when it comes to free time, I love listening to podcasts and watching webinars from other different entrepreneurs.

3. Lifetime Learner.

When was the last time you actually read a book in the motive of really learning something?

This is what differentiates us from those successful people. After achieving those heights, they still didn’t claim themselves as they know everything. Bill Gates says he reads a book in every single week.

They didn’t stop learning and that’s the reason they never stopped earning.

A wise man once said, “the more you learn, the more you earn.”

Here are some books which I recommend you read: 5 Best Books to Read in 2018

4. They work outside of their comfort zone.

Another thing that they do differently is that they work outside of their comfort zone. Very few people in this world willing to work outside of their comfort zone and that’s the reason why very few get succeed.

We do things in living in our comfort zone and when it comes to getting out from it, we often quit. Successful people say that quitting isn’t even an option. If you really want to get succeed than you have to get out from your comfort zone and have to work really hard.

If you think that you’ll achieve greatness in staying in your comfort zone, then you’re badly mistaken. Things don’t work unless you put efforts.

Always remember, “a comfort zone is a beautiful place, but nothing ever grows there.”

5. They focus on making the small continuous improvement.

Instead of focusing on making big changes or improvements, successful people focus on making small but continuous improvements.

They know that a big difference can’t be made at once, and that’s what we don’t understand. We want to get rich quickly, we want to get famous quickly, and this is where we get lost.

We should have to understand it, that small changes are still changes. And these are better than no changes at all.

So, instead of dreaming an overnight success, dream to have success in upcoming years. Only that’s the way we can get success.

“Patience is the key, and that’s what applied here.” Without being consistent and patient, we just can’t get succeed and can’t get what we dream too.

6. They learn from their mistakes.

Look at any successful entrepreneur, it’s not that they haven’t made any mistake or haven’t yet taken any wrong decision. It’s just they learn from their mistakes, they accept them in a positive outlook and improve those things.

Not like us, who do something wrong and regret it in our whole life.

Everyone makes mistakes and mistakes are the proof that you’re trying. But if you keep regretting that one single mistake in your whole life, then how can you grow? How can you become successful?

Instead if regretting, we should accept that mistake and try to improve that. Only this is the way we will grow.

7. They spend time with right people.

I know it sounds seems stupid, but did you know that our surroundings play an important role in our life. Our mindset transforms according to our surroundings and what others are saying.

And when it comes to successful people they spend the majority of their time with other big influencers or entrepreneurs, so that they can learn something new from them.

Successful people associate with people who are likeminded focused, and supportive. They socialize with people who create energy when they enter the room versus those who create energy when they leave. They reach out to connected, influential individuals who are right for their dreams and goals.

These are some things which successful people do differently. If you want to know more about them, then I recommend you to read this book: 5 Best Books to Read in 2018

Journaling your Day to Day Progress.

Benefits of Journaling:

1. Mental Clarity

2. Helps to Achieve Goals.

Conclusion:

How You Can Find your Passion?

1. Write down all the things you love to do.

2. Think about what you can do in your whole life.

3. Explore your interest.

4. Break up with the ‘ONE’.

5. Keep doing things that you love to do.

How Being Selfish is Beneficial?

How You Can Be Selfish?

1. Speak Softly and Calmly.

2. Say You’ll Help Them Later.

3. Know Your Priorities.

Conclusion:

Should you listen to their opinions?

Misconception about success.

Is your dream worth it?

Conclusion:

Document it instead of faking it.

Instead of showing them results, take them with you.

7 Things Successful People Do Differently:

1. Ignore the world.

2. They focus on being productive, not busy.

3. Lifetime Learner.

4. They work outside of their comfort zone.

5. They focus on making the small continuous improvement.

6. They learn from their mistakes.

7. They spend time with right people.

HELLO, THERE!

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