For me it was these.

“A focused fool can accomplish more than a distracted genius”

“Until the lion learns to write, every story will glorify the hunter”

These two quotes really helped get my @** in gear.

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      1 year ago

      As someone who hasn’t had to go through anything that hard, finally accepting this one was so important

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    “In the corporate world, nobody has any compassion, ever.” - A friend told me as I was about to take my first real job. Brutal and maybe exaggerated, but exactly what I needed to manage my own expectations.

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    “The most important step a man can take is the next one”
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    “Sometimes a hypocrite is nothing more than a man in the process of changing”