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Ready-Made-Greatness
Greatness Within You
Your best self already resides inside you.
Just like Michelangelo chipped the slab of marble to bring out the piece of art hidden within, you need to chip away everything that isn't truly you and find your ready-made greatness within.
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Greatness Within You
Your best self already resides inside you.
Just like Michelangelo chipped the slab of marble to bring out the piece of art hidden within, you need to chip away everything that isn't truly you and find your ready-made greatness within.
Back To Being Amazing
You were amazing when you were a kid, but the disappointments and negativity of the world began to blind you from your greatness, stifling and burying it in the last few decades.
Even if now you have become friends with a mediocre life, you need to reconnect with that greatness inside you. Take little steps, consistently and chip away the ordinary, revealing the extraordinary which was always inside you.
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