Then again, I’d gotten this far by being willing to stretch myself. Around the time you’re eighteen, nature stops the process of growing in your body. So if you want to keep growing after that, you have no choice but to stretch yourself on your own and increase your thinking, your capabilities, and your accomplishments. It’s a scary thing to take the risks and make the sacrifices necessary to keep growing, but it’s better than living a life in which you don’t fulfill your potential. The worst-case scenario is that it doesn’t work. The best-case scenario is that it does. Whatever happens, life
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