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How to recognize and overcome limiting beliefs
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- In baseball, Reggie Jackson struck out 2600 times in his career, the most in the history of baseball. But you don't hear about the strikes out. People remember the home runs.
- Early in his career, Denzel Washington auditioned for a part in a Broadway musical. He didn't get it. He walked out of there to prepare for the next audition and the next audition but continued to fail.
You will fail at some point in your life. You will lose and suffer at something. However, every failed attempt is one step closer to success. Get up and do it again and again. Sooner or later, you will get a break.
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Have the guts to fail
If you don't fail, you're not even trying.
To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.
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