Overcoming Check Out Speech

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At times, we struggle with racing thoughts that overtakes us at the supermarket. Whether we're thinking about our kids, bills, our sick uncle, we are faced with defeating thoughts that takes us away from the joys of the supermarket. In these thoughts, we become weakened. Weakened enough for our focus to be lost when we reach that all so confident, focus and energetic cashier, who just makes us feel less than who we are after we've dealt with the check out process. In this book, you will learn how to overcome that big, bad cashier and leave with confidence, satisfaction and with the amazing person that you are, naturally!

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