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โ–ฒ โ–ผ
 ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง'๐ญ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ:

โ€ข Your body
โ€ข Your skills
โ€ข Your mindset
โ€ข Your character
โ€ข Your knowledge

This is how you become unstoppable. 
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 Invest in your personal development daily-Invest in your mind, body, and overall effectiveness.

Growth is the great separator of those who succeed long term from those who don't.

What will give you an advantage is you committing to constant improvement. 
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 When you're not sure, flip a coin, because when the coin is in the air, you realize which option you're actually hoping for. 
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 When you get too far ahead, many people will instinctively try to pull you back.

It's not because they're bad people.

It's because your success reminds them of all the things they could have done, but didn't. 
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 Most in-shape people are regular humans who simply eat well and exercise regularly.

They're not excessive or weird. They live a life of balance.

Yet, their friends consider them health nuts.

It's weird that the modern-day health nut is what should be considered a normal human. 
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 The richest men in the world are:

75% Entrepreneurs
15% Investors
7% Athletes
3% Artists

0% Employees

Son, nobody got rich a salary.

It's a scam. 
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 When you can't control what's happening, challenge yourself to control the way you respond to what's happening.

That's where your power is. 
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 We shift from comparing ourselves to others to considering our real needs and desires.

We shift from "more" to "enough" and ultimately get more of what money can't buy.

Priceless. 
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 ๐ƒ๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฌ๐ž:
1. A Job
2. Compliments
3. Being someone else
4. Shortcuts to learning

๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฌ๐ž:
1. Way to help and promote others
2. Work that bring you joy
3. Quality time with loved ones
4. Opportunities to learn and grow 
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 ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ.

- Consistency over intensity.
- Progress over perfection.
- Fundamentals over fads.

Over and over again. 
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 The most useful trait you can train within yourself:

To stop seeing failure as a bad thing. 
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 If you bookend your day with gratitude and reflection, you're more likely to accomplish your intentions. 
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 Self-care Challenge for Busy Bees

โ€ข Start your day with 15 minutes of prayer, meditation, & warm water with lemon
โ€ข Drink 6-8 glasses of water daily
โ€ข Move your body 3-5 times every week
โ€ข Practice 5-10 minutes of meditation or deep breathing daily
โ€ข Include a probiotic-rich food in your meals 
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 The trick to self- improvement is to make plenty of mistakes...

But to never make the same one twice. 
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 People hate it when you begin to better yourself because they liked you better when you were struggling. 
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 A happy home, a healthy body and a peaceful mind are the only things worth chasing. 
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 ๐‡๐Ž๐– ๐“๐Ž ๐’๐“๐€๐‘๐“ ๐๐”๐ˆ๐‹๐ƒ๐ˆ๐๐† ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐’๐‚๐ˆ๐๐‹๐ˆ๐๐„:

โ€ข Eat healthier food
โ€ข Practise gratitude daily
โ€ข Meditate
โ€ข No p*rn
โ€ข Take cold showers
โ€ข Go to bed on time
โ€ข No screens before bed
โ€ข Exercise daily
โ€ข Use the 3-2-1 rule 
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 Mindsets that will change your life:

1. Don't worry about being the best; worry about being the best at getting better.
2. Consistency over intensity.
3. The people around you shape you.
4. Motivation follows action.
5. Work on being rugged and flexible.
6. Process over outcomes. 
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 Keep going, because every step forward brings you one step closer to everything you've always wanted. 
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 Set a "no internet" window of time during the week (e.g., 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday) 
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 ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ...

A calm mind, a connected heart & a clear vision allow you to navigate life's uncertainties 
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 Purchases that destroy wealth:

- New car every 3 years
- Flexing with designer
- Eating out every night

Purchases that build wealth:

- Equity in good businesses
- Real estate in good areas
- Starting your own business

Get wealthy first. The luxuries can wait. 
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 Confidence isn't thinking you're better than everyone else, it's realizing you have no reason to compare yourself to anyone else. 
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 The same god who gave you the business idea will give you the clients. 
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 ๐Ÿ“ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ :

1) I wish I'd had the courage to live a life.
2) I wish I hadn't worked so hard.
3) I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings.
4) I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
5) I wish I had let myself be happier 
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 ๐ƒ๐Ž๐'๐“  ๐–๐€๐ˆ๐“
- become your ideal self right now, not tomorrow
- do the unconventional thing you've dreamt of
- do it even if you're afraid
- tell them how you feel
- chase that passion
- start the business
- go on that trip
- go for it 
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 ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐†๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ:

โ€ข They make you depressed
โ€ข They make you lonely
โ€ข They make you tired
โ€ข They make you anxious
โ€ข They make you fail
โ€ข They make you uncomfortable 
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 ๐Ž๐”๐“๐๐„๐‘๐…๐Ž๐‘๐Œ ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ—% ๐Ž๐… ๐Œ๐„๐ ๐๐˜:

- Showing up early. 
- Preparing the night before. 
- Excelling at your work. 
- Remembering names. 
- Improving daily.

- Master the basics.
- Repeat. 
- Dominate. 
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 Wake up and try again. Day by day, brick by brick. 
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 STOIC SECRETS TO HAPPINESS

- Prioritize what's within your power.
- Recognize life's fleeting nature.
- Embrace, pardon, and release.
- Choose based on your principles.
- Appreciate life's tiny joys.
- Embrace challenges with serenity. 
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 Feeling unfulfilled at work may be a sign that you're selling yourself short - recognize your worth and explore opportunities that align with your true capabilities. 
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 You need a phone to communicate, but you don't need the latest flagship model.
You need food to eat, but you don't need to dine at expensive restaurants.
You need entertainment, but you don't need a state-of-the-art home theater system.
There's a fine line between wants vs needs. 
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 You won't achieve much if you only work hard on days you feel good. Extraordinary goals require an extraordinary work ethic. 
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 ๐Ÿ‘ ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž:
- If something is troubling you after a day, address it within the next two days.
- Care for yourself as if you are looking after someone precious.
- A challenging day doesn't define your entire life. 
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 Don't get lazy on YOU. You prayed for it. You got it. NOW GET TO WORK 
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 7 habits that are damn hard to do, but pay off forever:

1. Delaying gratification
2. Breaking the procrastination cycle
3. Saying "no"
4. Fixing your sleep
5. Feeling the fear and doing it anyway
6. Being consistent
7. Seeking feedback 
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 ๐๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:

- After failure
- After exhaustion
- After disappointment
- After being told you can't
- After being broken

Remember, it's not about being perfect, it's about being persistent. 
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 Acting dumb is an UNDERRATED skill when you're smart.

It allows you to:

โ€ข See people's true colours
โ€ข Play a fool to catch a fool
โ€ข Extract information from people
โ€ข Activate the need to teach in people

A smart person can play dumb.

A dumb person cannot play smart 
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 Natural Dopamine:

โ€ข Being bored
โ€ข Chasing goals
โ€ข Reading books
โ€ข Turning off phone
โ€ข Showering cold
โ€ข Home cleaning
โ€ข Lifting weights
โ€ข Eating protein

Explore more: https://linktr.ee/pivotpathways 
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 Never give someone the opportunity to waste your time twice. 
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 Uncommon advice:

If you don't know what to pursue in life right now.

Pursue yourself.

Pursue becoming the healthiest, happiest, most healed, most present, most confident version of yourself.

Then the right path will reveal itself. 
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 ๐Ÿ’ ๐‡๐š๐›๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง:
1. Lack of sunlight exposure.
2. Consuming excessive negative news.
3. Blasting music through headphones

If you want to be attractive and strong, follow this page; you won't regret it. 
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 Starting a business from scratch, building clientele, marketing, and doing it all by yourself while relying on that business for income is not for the weak. You gotta have some crazy faith and work ethic. 
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 Trust the process and the journey, even when you don't understand them. The answers will reveal themselves when the time is right. 
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 You can be healing and still:

- triggered
- afraid
- emotionally closed-off
- unclear of which path to take next
- tender

Healing is not perfection, it's small steps and progress toward becoming you again. Journey with grace through the process. 
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 Use your job to fund your business, until your business can fund your freedom. 
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 ๐’๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐€ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐•๐ข๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:
โ–  people stare at you
โ–  animals feel safe around you
โ–  strangers tell you their life stories
โ–  feeling energy room shift when you walk in
โ–  you irritate toxic people by being authentic 
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 You are not stressed because you are doing too much.

You are stressed because you are doing too little of what makes you feel most alive. 
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 BE BORING

โ€ข Eat the same meals
โ€ข Train at the same time
โ€ข Wake up at the same time
โ€ข Go to bed at the same time
โ€ข Train using the same exercises
โ€ข Follow the same morning routine

Remove decision fatigue and reserve energy. 
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 Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates: 

Is it true? 
Is it necessary? 
Is it kind? 
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 Manifestation is real. Start speaking positivity in your life. Change the way you think. Change the way you speak. 
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 ๐Ÿ” ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž:

1. Get sun daily
2. Practice gratitude
3. Practice detachment
4. Start waking up earlier
5. Replace TV with podcasts
6. Get at least 7 hours of sleep
7. Start a hobby that you enjoy
8. Read for 30 minutes every day
9. Meditate for 10 minutes daily
10. Eat unprocessed, nutritious foods
11. Distance yourself from toxic people
12. Start a consistent workout routine
13. Say positive affirmations every day
14. Learn to be comfortable being alone 
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 You make money with action. 
You maintain money with discipline.
You multiply money with calculated risks. 
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 ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ“ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ:
1 Exercise
2 Healthy Diet
3 Read a book
4 Learn to say No
5 Do not judge others
6 Always Think Positive
7 Be proud of the small wins
8 Accept, it's OK to be wrong 
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 How to become mysterious person: 

1. Dress simply but elegantly.
2. Hold eye contact a little longer than usual.
3. Keep your social media presence minimal.
4. Keep your phone away during conversations.
5. Maintain a calm and composed demeanor.
6. Leave conversations at a high point. 
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 There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires. 
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 Train without music
Eat without using a phone.
Sit in a room with your thoughts.

Magic happens when you give it space to exist. 
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 ๐’๐„๐‹๐… ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐’๐‚๐ˆ๐๐‹๐ˆ๐๐„ ๐“๐ˆ๐๐’

โ€ข Just start
โ€ข Don't think about it
โ€ข Limit distraction
โ€ข Don't wait to be in the perfect mood for it
โ€ข Set realistic goals. Don't try to do everything at once 
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 Effective decision-making is about simplifying choices and avoiding decision fatigue. Make your options clear and manageable. 
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 Your body is a reflection of your daily habits.

Your wealth is a reflection of your daily habits.

Your mood is a reflection of your daily habits.

Most of your perceived problems in life are your own fault.

The sooner you own it, the sooner you can fix it. 
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 Sometimes you know when something isn't for you anymore.

Places, people and priorities change. The things you felt joy from no longer give you a warm feeling inside.

Embrace the change and follow your soul. It is ready to take you down a new path. 
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 Most people quit simply because they underestimate just how many years it takes to get good. 
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 Laziness kills ambition.
Anger kills wisdom.
Fear kills dreams.
Ego kills growth.
Jealousy kills peace.
Doubt kills confidence.
Now read that left to right. 
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 Confidence isn't thinking you're better than everyone else, it's realizing you have no reason to compare yourself to anyone else. 
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 Discover yourself, otherwise you have to depend on other people's opinion who don't know themselves.  
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 Everything seems important to you, until you are sick.

Then you realize that without your health you have nothing.

Do not take it for granted. 
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 I swear you hit an age where the late nights and hangovers aren't fun anymore. All you wanna do is travel, stack money, bond with the people you love, and build your future. 
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 Sometimes those who don't socialize much aren't anti-social. They just have a low tolerance for stupidity and fake sh-t. 
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 Most people don't understand the bliss of being locked in.

They say, "Why don't you take a break and have some fun?"

They can't see that nothing else is more fun than what you are doing. 
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 ๐…๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ:
Deep talks 
Space for just you 
Trying new things 
Movement & nature 
Expressing what's on your mind 
Maintaining important relationships 
The things that ignite the fire within you 
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 A seed grows with no sound, but a tree falls with great noise. Destruction has noise but creation is quiet. This is the power of silence, grow silently. 
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 A lot of people aren't fighting demons, they're fighting accountability and responsibility. 
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 As soon as you wake up, hydrate
As soon as you feel stressed, run
As soon as you feel down, get sun
As soon as you feel tired, walk
As soon as you self doubt, meditate
As soon as you feel angry, lift weights 
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 It always was about:

๐ƒiscipline
๐‘outine
๐„xpertise
๐€ction
๐Œindset

to turn dreams into reality. 
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 Embrace the unknown with curiosity, not fear.

Accept the consequences of the absolute worst possible outcome and you will be unstoppable. 
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 ๐Ÿ‘ ๐‹๐š๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ก๐ž๐š๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ•% ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž:

1. Never put too much trust in friends, learn how to use enemies.
2. Always say less than necessary.
3. Never appear too perfect. 
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 Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. 
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 I'm here for:

Breath that is deep. 
Friends that give me life. 
People who follow through. 
Freedom from the past. 
Wholesome intentions. 
Being in the present. 
Peace as the goal. 
Skillful thoughts. 
Quiet evenings.
Clear words. 
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 Every time you push things off to next week, next month, next year... You're cheating yourself of the life that you deserve. 
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 Laziness kills ambition
Anger kills wisdom 
Fear kills dreams 
Ego kills growth 
Jealousy kills peace
Doubt kills confidence

Now read that right to left. 
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 Today's to-do list:

1. Smile
2. Don't sweat the small stuff
3. Think positive
4. Inspire
5. Love
6. Be grateful
7. Be happy 
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 Be comfortable with waiting a little longer for the things you deserve. 
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 You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks. 
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 Stop using your age as an excuse

โ€ข At any age, lift weights.
โ€ข At any age, start a business.
โ€ข At any age, climb mountains.
โ€ข At any age, write books.
โ€ข At any age, find new love.
โ€ข At any age, create a new you

You're not dead until you're dead. 
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 You're never going to be 100% ready and it's never going to be just the right time, but that's the point.

It means that every moment is also the right moment. If you want it, you just have to do it.