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Not everyone will understand your journey. That’s fine. It’s not their journey to make sense of. It’s yours.

Zero Dean

Author | Photographer | CG Artist | Filmmaker

Strength isn’t built in one’s comfort zone.

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Strength isn’t built in one’s comfort zone.

One’s strength is manufactured in the moments when one decides that the struggle to achieve something is more important than the temporary discomfort that comes from doing so.

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If you create goals with confidence, but sometimes suffer from self-doubt…

Excerpt from: Setbacks and self-doubt

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If you create goals with confidence, but sometimes suffer from self-doubt, realize that it’s a sign that you’re on the right track, not the wrong one.

Because if your aspirations don’t push you beyond your comfort zone, you’re not aiming high enough.

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Never settle for less than the life you are capable of living

Excerpt from: What it means to “live life to the fullest”

To live life to the fullest means facing your fears with bravery, an open mind, and a lack of prejudice. It means making the most of what you have and never settling for less than the life you are capable of living. It means being truly alive and awake to life and not asleep in life’s waiting room.

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Refuse to be an extraordinary person trapped in an ordinary life.

Refuse to be an extraordinary person trapped in an ordinary life.

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Living life to the fullest means…

Excerpt from: What it means to “live life to the fullest”

Living life to the fullest means continually reaching out for newer, richer, deeper, life-changing experiences. It means using those experiences as a means for personal growth and pushing the boundaries of yourself mentally, spirituality, and intellectually for the betterment of yourself and the world at large.

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Don’t let your life goals fall victim to the allure of comfortable routines.

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Don’t let your life goals fall victim to the allure of comfortable routines.

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Always be working towards what you want in life

Don’t squander your potential living a life that amounts to far less than the one you are capable of living.

Prioritize your long-term goals over your short-term comfort and commit to doing that which is hard and necessary instead of what is quick and easy.

Don’t let your life goals fall victim to the allure of comfortable routines.

Always be working towards what you want.

Refuse to be an extraordinary person trapped in an ordinary life.

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You have it within you to be the master of your destiny…

Excerpt from: The master of your destiny

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By resolving to bravely face the challenges necessary to get the positive results you want in life, you have it within you to be the master of your destiny.

But you must stop trying to cheat your way through life by looking — or waiting indefinitely — for the magic pill or shortcut that never comes.

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Discoveries from difficulties

Whenever life challenges you, remind yourself that there is a lesson to be learned from the experience and that it will likely not become evident until after the experience is over.

We rarely learn what a difficult experience is truly teaching us as it happens, but reminding ourselves that there is value in it can make it easier to bear.

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Steering the rudder of your own life

Excerpt from: What it means to “live life to the fullest”

Living life to the fullest means taking an active role in your own development. It means steering the rudder of your own life and taking advantage of your unique and powerful potential as a person.

It’s about how the things you do in your life motivate & inspire others to do something motivating & inspiring in theirs — and, if you’re lucky, leave a legacy that long outlasts you.

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