"If you do not actively choose a better way, then society, culture, and the general inertia of life will push you into a worse way.

The default is distraction, not improvement."

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Elevated standards create elevated results.

You notice this whenever you work with an outlier. The bar they set for themselves and others is beyond what most people imagine.

Standards apply not just to the quality of work you produce but the opportunities you work on. If you accept substandard work from yourself, you’ll only get average work from others. If you say yes to average projects, you’ll have no time for exceptional ones.

Raise the bar to raise the results.

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Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation… even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.

– Leonardo da Vinci

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Courage is found in the willingness to live by a virtue under extreme conditions.

The courage to show up for a partner or friend when the other person is lost. The courage to be do something hard when everything pulls at you to choose the easier path. The courage to sit in the present when your mind pulls you into the past.

Where do you exhibit courage in your life? Worth thinking about this weekend...

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Looking for Passionate Collaborators!

Hey everyone,
After 4+ years of dedicated effort in growing these channels, I’m exploring opportunities to scale further. I’m seeking contributors who are interested in being part of this journey.

If you have experience or interest in content posting and channel growth, let’s talk! There’s potential for a revenue-sharing model for those who contribute significantly.

Drop me a message if you’re interested, and let’s discuss how we can create something amazing together.

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Step one is to take one step ✊

For every book you buy, you should buy the time to read it.
― Karl Lagerfeld

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“Writing is the process by which you realize that you do not understand what you are talking about. Importantly, writing is also the process by which you figure it out.”

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once you stop fantasizing about that ideal version of yourself and start working towards becoming that person by setting your alarm clock earlier and actually going to the gym and actually volunteering at places and actually eating healthier and not procrastinating and working just a little bit harder you'll realize that it was so easy all along. becoming your ideal self will only ever exist in your mind until you make the decision to work towards becoming that person.

get up.
get going.
it's now or never!
there is no light at the end of the tunnel.
get the flashlight and pave your own path because no one else is going to do it for you!

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Winston Churchill once said, "It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required."

Think about what you are working toward this year. Are you doing what is required or are you looking for a shortcut?

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"Millions of entrepreneurs never switch off. While they might appear to have it all together, on the inside, they’re often little more than a loosely functioning disaster held together by duct tape. Be gentle with them."

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YOU MUST LEAN IN TO BIZARRE BEHAVIOUR

When you don’t understand, lean in more. When it challenges your intelligence, lean in more. When it makes you feel stupid, lean in more. Leaning out will leave you behind. Don’t block people that you don’t agree with, follow more of them. Don’t run from ideas that make you uncomfortable, run towards them.

Taking no risks will be your biggest risk.
You have to risk failure to succeed.
You have to risk heartbreak to love.
You have to risk criticism for the applause.
You have to risk the ordinary to achieve the extraordinary.

If you live avoiding risk, you’re risking missing out on life.

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Keeping one's mouth shut is an incredibly valuable skill.

It is also an incredibly rare skill.

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If you stand up and do something correctly, people who care about that sort of thing would notice, they will notice and they will open doors for you, that's how the world works,

Don't underestimate the utility of proper action.

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Dreams - From the Procreate Beginner Series

Check it out below

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On Fear by Khalil Gibran

It is said that before entering the sea
a river trembles with fear.

She looks back at the path she has traveled,
from the peaks of the mountains,
the long winding road crossing forests and villages.

And in front of her,
she sees an ocean so vast,
that to enter
there seems nothing more than to disappear forever.

But there is no other way.
The river can not go back.

Nobody can go back.
To go back is impossible in existence.

The river needs to take the risk
of entering the ocean
because only then will fear disappear,
because that’s where the river will know
it’s not about disappearing into the ocean,
but of becoming the ocean.

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