Be Audacious

Fortune favors the audacious. – Erasmus

Even the smallest audacaities matter.

Sometimes just doing something a little daring, a tiny bit bold, is what sets you on a path that changes your life in wonderful and profound ways.

Don’t worry that your boldness seems small; all that matters is that you act.

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