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Stop Living Life on the Sidelines and Start Playing the Game — I Dare You
You can use effort as your reward to achieve what you want
“The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
In a sense, we are looking our goals in the face, knowing them for what they are and not paying a blind bit of notice to the fact that what we’re pursuing is hard. We get wooed by the prospect of living a life of abundance and forget about the hard work needed.
Then it comes the time to try. To step out and have a go at this thing you’ve been obsessing over for months. The first article, video, podcast, phone call, question — whatever. And you choke. You choke because you’ve spent all your time on the sidelines and now it comes to playing the game. And you’re scared. Well, there’s some good news here, having a go and trying is the reward. Let me explain.
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