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Naysayers are a fact of life. That doesn’t mean they get to have a say in your life.
You have a choice with the naysayers you face on the road to achieving your goals. You can ignore them or you can use them, you just can’t ever believe them.
Fuck plan B! The second you create a backup plan, not only are you giving a voice to all the naysayers, but you are shrinking your own dream by acknowledging the validity of their doubts. Worse, you become your own naysayer.
While you are breaking new ground in your own life, you could be blazing trails for people you didn’t even know were watching.
Embrace who you are! Own your story! Even if you don’t like it. Even if it’s bad, and you’re ashamed. If you run away and hide from your past, if you deny your story and try to sell a different one, even if you mean well, it just makes you seem like a con artist.
no complaining about a situation unless you’re prepared to do something to make it better.
If you can choose joy over jealousy, happiness over hate, love over resentment, positivity over negativity, then you have the tools to make the best of any situation, even one that feels like failure.
failure is not fatal.
failure is kind of like a progress report on your path to purpose.
Having the patience and humility to listen well is an essential ingredient of curiosity, and it’s the secret to learning.
feet. Helping others is a simple practice that requires nothing more than awareness, willingness, and a little bit of effort.
