How to quit trying
- Remove the word 'try' from your vocabulary. 'Try' induces the kind of behavior that leads to failure.
- Decide either to do or not do. If you don't want to do something, don't do it. If you do want to do something, commit to it, and make it happen.
- Commit 100 percent to the outcome you want. Don't quit. Don't settle for trying.
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