Phil Johnson
Executive coach and founder/CEO of Master of Business Leadership Academy, specializing in emotional intelligence and leadership development for 25+ years.
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Jul 2, 2026
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may want to know, is we spend over $4 trillion every year
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trying to shut that voice off in the back of our heads so that we could be more present in this moment.
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As a matter of fact, every mammal, every animal has a primal urge to be in the present moment.
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But our, for humans, our ego-based fears actually has pulled us out of the present moment.
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So we're more focused on past or future, which no longer exist or will never exist.
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And it pulls us out of the present moment, the only time where we can be, where we can take an action, where we can generate a result, where we can respond.
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So most of the ways, most of that $4 million... we spend every $4 trillion, we spend every year, is actually destructive.
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There's a concept called emotional