Everything is borrowed
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Everything you have isn’t really yours; you’re simply borrowing it.
Having something to prove
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Opponent, nemesis, arch rival, competitor.
Instant awakening
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Instant awakenings can be found everywhere, sometimes when we least expect them.
North star check
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A reality checkpoint or alignment marker could be useful to all of us, every single day.
Crosses and shots
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Every day, my present self works to cross a metaphorical football into the box so my future self can shoot.
What things mean
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Only we decide what things mean and we can set them up in our favour.
Questions from future you
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When I look at my old journal entries it strikes me how little I knew then compared to what I know now.
Jump and the net will appear
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It’s nearly always better to try, even at the risk of failing, than not try at all.
Solitude stint
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Could you live alone, for a month, in the middle of the woods?
Persistence
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It’s seen as a good thing to be persistent.
Introducing yourself
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I used to think that success was not having to introduce yourself.
I’m not f*cking around
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Jason Feifer of Entrepreneur magazine has a mantra and it’s: “I’m not f*cking around”.