Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. – Helen Keller
If anyone would know about character and overcoming adversity . . . .
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If you want:
to be different;
to be better;
something;
to be smarter;
to be more talented;
to be richer;
to be wiser;
to be kinder;
to be smarter;
to be sought after;
to be . . . .
You must:
Do.
The.
Work.
This week is the week of unwitting guest bloggers (i.e. where I blatantly rip off other people’s content because I’m too lazy to write my own stuff). Today I steal from one of the greats, Seth Godin: Turning passion on its head Instead of, “do what you love,” perhaps the more effective mantra for the…
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