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Why Failure Is More Important Than Success
We've all been bred to strive for success, attain perfection, sacrifice our dreams for obligation and "win", but we forget that failure is a necessary part of success.
Success happens outside "normal", and the only way to reach it is to walk though failure without losing your enthusiasm.
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You can’t fully focus on any behavior if you try to establish several at once.
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