{"id":40961,"date":"2022-10-31T10:12:06","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T00:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/israelsmith.com\/?p=40961"},"modified":"2022-10-31T10:12:07","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T00:12:07","slug":"s4ep08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/israelsmith.com\/podcasts\/s4ep08\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Don&#8217;t Know What You Want&#8230; \u2013\u00a0S4 EP08"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/israel-smith\/embed\/episodes\/Why-You-Dont-Know-What-You-Want-e1q06ok\" height=\"102px\" width=\"400px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why You Don&#8217;t Know What You Want&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If I were to ask you &#8220;What do you want?&#8221; &#8230; Would you be able to answer? Would you know? AND&#8230; would you even be answering from your own true, authentic desires of what you want? 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