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Mental Mastery

Mental Mastery

The Space Between Doing and Thinking

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Hillman Lentz
Aug 21, 2025
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Most people confuse movement with progress. They fill every gap in their day — every silence, every pause — with noise. Emails, calls, quick “urgent” tasks. The result? A brain that’s always running but rarely thinking.

The best decisions I’ve made didn’t happen in the middle of a rush. They happened in the spaces I protected — the quiet hours, the walks…

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