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“Almost all of the positive emotion that you will experience in your life will not be from attaining things but from seeing that things are working as you proceed towards a goal you value.”
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“Our 20s are the defining decade of adulthood. 80% of life's most defining moments take place by about age 35. 2/3 of lifetime wage growth happens during the first ten years of a career. More than half of Americans are married or are dating or living with their future partner by age 30. Personality can change more during our 20s than at any other decade in life. Female fertility peaks at 28. The brain caps off its last major growth spurt. When it comes to adult development, 30 is not the new 20. Even if you do nothing, not making choices is a choice all the same. Don't be defined by what you didn't know or didn't do.”
― The Defining Decade Why Your 20s Matter
― The Defining Decade Why Your 20s Matter
“Ask yourself the three things you must always ask yourself before you say anything. 1) Does this need to be said 2) “Does this need to be said by me? 3) Does this need to be said by me now?”
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“It won't be the fires that destroy our lives and our faith, it will be obsessing over not getting burned again that will.”
― Love Lives Here: Finding What You Need in a World Telling You What You Want
― Love Lives Here: Finding What You Need in a World Telling You What You Want
“Boundaries are the distance at which I can love you and me simultaneously.”
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