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Conviction or distraction?
From The Egosystem, a reminder that when you are pursuing something new, don’t expect the people around you to understand or to buy into why you are passionate about it. Most of us are surrounded by people who live safely. Who fit in as best as they can. When you threaten to disrupt that safe…
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What are you really waiting for?
In order to know what’s not right, you need to know what right would look like. Or feel like. Or taste like. Just because you don’t know how to make it right, doesn’t mean you have to accept and live with what’s wrong. But sitting back and growing frustrated at your condition without trusting yourself…
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Never abandon hope
Hope is born in moments when you have no reason to believe in the moment that is to follow, but something good unexpectedly lands in your lap. It’s born when that unexpected call changes your life for the better. It’s born when that stranger smiled an understanding smile in that moment that you thought the…
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Growth is inevitable
This was an important realisation that has carried me through many difficult experiences in life. What’s even more important to realise is that when we choose a positive growth for ourselves, there is no guarantee that the people around us will choose the same. Don’t back down from being a better version of you because…
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Failure is not a group sport
When you find reason to sit back and lick the wounds of your ego, remember this. No one will ever be as invested in your success as you are. The sooner you own your life, the sooner you’ll be able to enrich the lives of those around you. It’s easier to fail collectively, than to…
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Forever hopeful
Hope is born in moments when you have no reason to believe in the moment that is to follow, but something good unexpectedly lands in your lap. It’s born when that unexpected call changes your life for the better. It’s born when that stranger smiled an understanding smile in that moment that you thought the…
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It’s not yet time to quit
Inspiration…if it came easily, it wouldn’t really be inspired, it would be convenient. It’s in those moments when everything we want to take for granted is not available that we are pushed to consider the impossible as a possibility. That’s when we dig really deep. That’s when we abandon convention. That’s when what we question…
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More than a wish
Wishing it’s a sunny day when it’s raining is not going to make the sun come out. Leaving your umbrella behind is therefore an act of foolishness, not optimism. Optimism without evidence or action, or both, is a delusion we use to cope with an unpleasant reality. Wishing away reality only allows that unpleasantness to…
