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Overnight success stories

Overnight success stories

Media feeds us the idea of the overnight success stories that make it seem that in just a few weeks or months, someone could become a billionaire or a superstar.

They fail to highlight the years of toil, luck and hard work, and the entire background that led to the success, just reporting the end result.

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Leo Tolstoy

“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” 

LEO TOLSTOY

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Patience

Patience

Patience is the simple recognition that things take time. That achieving greatness and creating a masterpiece takes time. It takes the ability and willingness to be frustrated. To overcome difficulties and to persevere.

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Technology is making us impatient

Technology is making us impatient

Our brains are being re-wired by the constant distraction & interaction with digital devices

Social media and smartphones drain our time, and suck our mental energy, even changing the chemistry of the brain. And our constantly distracted state of mind is having a serious effect on our creat...

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Busy With Short Attention Spans

Busy With Short Attention Spans

We all have mastered the art of being busy, with zero or little attention spans, and are getting incapable of focusing on and pursuing a singular goal.

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"The key is in not spending time, but in investing it." - Covey

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