“How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.” – Marcus Aurelius Boom. You just accomplished something, something that you had your eyes set on for quite a while now. You begin […]
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“Self-improvement is masturbation. Now self-destruction is the answer.” – Tyler Durden (Fight Club) When viewing my past self, one could easily label me as a self-improvement junkie. At the end of high school, after I got everything taken away from me, it only made sense to turn to self-help gurus to help drown out my
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“Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.” – Thomas Edison If you had a time machine and could only tell yourself one piece of advice, what time period would you go to and what would you say to
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“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” – Pericles We live our lives by going through the motions Day after day, we drink our coffee, complete our assignments, stare at black screens, and repeat the cycle. And there’s nothing wrong with
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“You can’t improve if you don’t know what you’re doing wrong.” – Shane Parrish Growing up, we’re told that we could be whatever we want to be and that anything is possible. So we listen. We listen because we look up to those telling us this. For what other choice do we have? So we blindly
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