{"id":274499,"date":"2020-09-15T12:46:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T16:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=274499"},"modified":"2020-09-15T12:46:54","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T16:46:54","slug":"competition-is-for-losers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/15\/competition-is-for-losers\/","title":{"rendered":"Competition is for Losers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you try to compete with anyone (besides yourself) you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re gonna lose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"1543\" data-attachment-id=\"274501\" 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