which do you want — the pain of staying where you are, or the pain of growth?

• don't adapt to the energy in the room. influence the energy in the room.
• don't get lost in your own negative narrative.
• there's no audience to perform for. there's just you.
• spend less time focusing on things you want less of, and more time focusing on things you want more of.
• bad news: you can't make people love, like, understand, validate, accept or be nice to you. you can't control them either. good news: it doesn't matter.
• school doesn't determine how intelligent you are.
• try not to be so hard on yourself.
• good things take time.
• don't say maybe if you want to say no.
• growth will also feel like loss.

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