- Instead we must acknowledge the boundaries of our absolute authority and channel efforts only into areas we can change for the better – our way of thinking and behaving regardless of events.
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“The only way that we can live is if we grow. The only way we can grow is if we change. The only way we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we are exposed is if we throw ourselves into the open.”
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Trying to take on multiple behaviors at once is a surefire way to send all of them into a ditch. The resources we rely on to make change happen are limited: attention, self-control, motivation, etc.
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