Snapshot · On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Psychological flexibility is the ability to stay present with discomfort while taking action aligned with your values, even when you feel uncertain or afraid.
Where this was said
At 17:10 · chapter starts 16:40
The episode pauses for a sponsored segment in German for WISO Steuer, a tax filing software. The ad leads with endorsements from multiple German consumer-testing and financial publications — Stiftung Warentest, Computerbild, Focus Money, Chip, and Finanztipp — before addressing the common objection that filing taxes is complicated. The resolution offered is simple: photograph your wage tax certificate and the software handles the rest. The call to action is a deadline-driven prompt to file by 31 July. The segment is brief, tonally upbeat, and clearly out of place for non-German listeners.
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