“If your standards are so high that you give up when you fall short of them, then actually you don’t have high standards. What you have are excuses.”
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Personally having dealt with the consequences of a lack of self-control and discipline, when I came across this book I knew it was for me. This book is full of stoic gems and worth the investment.
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