Which would you rather carry?

Would you rather carry 500 lbs or 1,000 lbs?

I don’t mean that you’ll magically get capability that you don’t have. I mean, right now, you’re tasked with carrying one of those two weights.

And, of course I have some trick to this one that I’ll follow up with in another email. But, play along. :)


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