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The universe doesn’t conspire against you, but it doesn’t go out of its way to line up the pins either. Conditions are never perfect.

Tim Ferriss

A goal without real consequences is wishful thinking. Good follow-through doesn’t depend on the right intentions. It depends on the right incentives.
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Goal Intention Reality Right Thinking
If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too.
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Insecurity Self Love World Yourself
Age doesn’t matter. An open mind does.
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Age Mindset Open
Short, sweet, and to the point. Clear writing, and therefore clear commands, comes from clear thinking. Think simple.
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Clear Command Point Simplicity Sweet Thinking Writing
A person’s success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.
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Comfortable Himself Life Measurement Person Success Willing
If the challenge we face doesn’t scare us, then it’s probably not that important.
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Challenge Face Important Scare
Learn to be difficult when it counts. In school as in life, having a reputation for being assertive will help you receive preferential treatment without having to beg or fight for it every time.
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Beg Count Difficult Fight Learning Life Reputation Time
The best way to improve mental performance, is to improve physical performance
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Best Improvement Performance Physical Way Yourself
Sometimes you need to go on a low-information diet.
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Diet Information Need Time
Most people can do absolutely awe-inspiring things. Sometimes they just need a little nudge.
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Encouragement Inspirational Need People
Requiring a lot of time does not make a task important.
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Important Task Time
The decent method you follow is better than the perfect method you quit.
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Better Method Perfection Quit Yourself
It’s not enough to have the right answers. You have to have the right questions.
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Enough Question Right Yourself
Role models who push us to exceed our limits, physical training that removes our spare tires, and risks that expand our sphere of comfortable action are all examples of eustress—stress that is healthful and the stimulus for growth.
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Comfortable Growth Health Limitation Modeling Risk Role
Learn to be difficult when it counts.
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Count Difficult Learning
Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!
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Future Past Small Step

The universe doesn’t conspire against you, but it doesn’t go out of its way to line up the pins either. Conditions are never perfect.

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