{"id":355,"date":"2017-08-14T08:01:22","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T08:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cogentmotivation.com\/index.php\/home\/"},"modified":"2020-11-24T14:25:44","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T14:25:44","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cogentmotivation.com\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list is-grid columns-3 has-dates wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cogentmotivation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/challenge-g552069d8f_1280-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cogentmotivation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/challenge-g552069d8f_1280-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cogentmotivation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/challenge-g552069d8f_1280-640x640.png 640w, https:\/\/cogentmotivation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/challenge-g552069d8f_1280-480x480.png 480w, https:\/\/cogentmotivation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/challenge-g552069d8f_1280-666x666.png 666w, https:\/\/cogentmotivation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/challenge-g552069d8f_1280-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/cogentmotivation.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/04\/gain-perspectives-you-shant-see-the-whole-picture\/\">Gain perspectives &#8211; You shan&#8217;t see the whole picture!<\/a><time datetime=\"2023-06-04T18:38:23+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 4, 2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">ouldn\u2019t you love it if someone could hand you a recipe to solve all your problems? Or at least a handout to one problem of yours \u2013 that which if you follow, you\u2019d get exactly what you hoped for? But hold on \u2013 are your problems so unique that no one in the rest of the world faces them? And if not \u2013 are there really no people or books suggesting a solution for them? 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