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#9 TURN OBSTACLES INTO OPPORTUNITIES – PERCEPTION IS KEY

#9 TURN OBSTACLES INTO OPPORTUNITIES – PERCEPTION IS KEY

Our perceptions can be like a lead ball chained to our feet, holding us back and making us weak, or they can be a great source of strength like a magic potion. How we see the world around us, how we interpret what happens to us, makes a massive difference in how we get to live our lives. What we already learned from the Stoics, is, that they see external events not as good or bad but as indifferent.

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