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Continue reading →: Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasure to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up…
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Continue reading →: Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart. ALAN ALDA Where does wisdom come from? Is wisdom, entirely empirically acquired or does it come from other circumstances as well? To Alan Alda’s comment, it is great to be…
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Continue reading →: There are no two words more harmful in the English language than ‘good job’.There are no two words more harmful in the English language than ‘good job’. DAMIEN CHAZELLE Are you content when you’ve done a good job? And if so, why is that? When we live in a world that is entirely constructed of shades of gray, what is it specifically that…
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Continue reading →: First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was…
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Continue reading →: I hope you choose to surround yourself with people who want what’s best for you. These people will challenge your perspective in a healthy, loving way, intentionally expanding emotional limitations to elevate your thinking, stimulating inner motivation.I hope you choose to surround yourself with people who want what’s best for you. These people will challenge your perspective in a healthy, loving way, intentionally expanding emotional limitations to elevate your thinking, stimulating inner motivation. DREAM CAPSULE What criteria do you use in the selection of the people…
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Continue reading →: I think there’s a point in your healing journey where you stop trying to convince other people to do the right thing. You just observe their choices, understand their character, and decide what you’re going to allow in your life.I think there’s a point in your healing journey where you stop trying to convince other people to do the right thing. You just observe their choices, understand their character, and decide what you’re going to allow in your life. BRIANNA WIEST Are you content to allow others to make…
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Continue reading →: Thinking is difficult. That’s why most people judge.Thinking is difficult. That’s why most people judge. CARL JUNG Are you most likely to think, or are you more likely to judge? I would believe that majority of people (many times, myself included), are prone to judge before thinking. That might be perceived as a natural reaction, and even…
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Continue reading →: When you find yourself in a room, surrounded by your enemies, you should tell yourself, “I am not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.” This is the kind of mindset you should have if you want to succeed in life. Get rid of that victim mentality.When you find yourself in a room, surrounded by your enemies, you should tell yourself, “I am not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.” This is the kind of mindset you should have if you want to succeed in life. Get rid of that…
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Continue reading →: A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying. B. F. SKINNER Have you ever set out to accomplish something, hit an obstacle of magnitude and wondered how or why you should continue?…
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Continue reading →: I think everybody should get rich and famous, and do everything they ever dreamed of so that they can see that it is not the answer.I think everybody should get rich and famous, and do everything they ever dreamed of so that they can see that it is not the answer. JIM CARREY What is your biggest dream? When you realize that dream, do you expect that you will be considerably happier than you are…
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I’m Brian
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