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Developing a Sense of Purpose:

Developing a Sense of Purpose:

  • Purpose is “the intention to contribute to the well-being of others”.
  • Both gritty and non-gritty people seek short-term pleasures, but gritty people are drastically more likely to also seek to contribute to others.
  • They usually spend years developing their skills and interest, before they discover their purpose later in life. 

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The more one seeks to rise into height and light, the more vigorously do ones roots struggle earthward, downward, into the dark, the deep — into evil.

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