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“Does the client experience life as merely imposed or rather as something he or she can author in a meaningful and ongoing way?”
― Steven C. Hayes, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Process and Practice of Mindful Change

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“gets updated, and so too must your circle. There are three key practices needed in order to build and maintain a circle of competence: curiosity and a desire to learn, monitoring, and feedback.”
― Shane Parrish, The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts

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“99.9 PER CENT OF THE PHOTONS IN THE UNIVERSE DO NOT COME FROM STARS OR GALAXIES BUT ARE THE LEFTOVER HEAT OF THE BIG BANG”
― Marcus Chown, Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand: Fifty Wonders That Reveal an Extraordinary Universe

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“Once there is a verbally stated goal, however, we can assess the degree to which analytic practices help us achieve it. This option allows successful working toward a goal to function as a useful guide for science.”
― Steven C. Hayes, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Process and Practice of Mindful Change

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“To each,” Winston Churchill would say, “there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour.” It’s more accurate to say that life has many of these moments, many such taps on the shoulder.”
― Ryan Holiday, Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave

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