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This article always refreshes and motivates me, and I read it usually 5 times a week at least. Let me know if its helpful!
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It’s not by luck – it’s not by chance – It starts and ends with hard work. Determination, motivation, perseverance, commitment, and passion. Where do you stand, right now, today? Are you happy with where you are? If not, why aren’t you? What’s holding you back from being you on your best day?
The answer: Yourself.
It’s easy to settle in and let things come and go. It’s easy to say, “I’ll do it tomorrowâ€. There are so many reasons why you SHOULDN’T change – but if there is one reason why you SHOULD – why don’t you?
This time last year I was content, or at least thought I was, with living a routine life. Content with not rocking the boat or swimming against the current and going with the flow. But around the time I started this blog and started meeting so many of you – seeing how you had packed your bags and moved across the country, making the most out of unemployment. Watching people start their own businesses, seeing friends land their dream jobs and publish their first book – something clicked inside of me. That voice telling me to appreciate what I had started telling me that there was so much more to life.
And here I am – in the midst of all this success, all of your positive energy has rubbed off. I can’t begin to tell you how inspired I am every day by so many of you. You and I – we are the future movers and shakers of the world – we’re in the drivers seat, masters of our own domains – and since no one knows for sure, we have to live like this is the only chance we get. Life’s too short for shoulda’, coulda’, wouldas’.
And what does it all come down to? Hard work. If you’re willing to make sacrifices, willing to put in the long hours and sleepless nights, willing to take a step back before taking a giant leap forward – you’ll achieve anything you want to achieve.
Ignore the naysayers, surround yourself with supportive people, maintain a positive attitude, ask questions, stay hungry for constant growth and learning, always remain humble while exuding confidence, work hard, and at the end of the day, enjoy the hell out of life. It’s a gift we should be thankful for every single day.
How has hard work paid off for you this year?
 
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Pu ottai. Hsiev dupvipv.

Jisi't vji usohopem tovi. Jesf Xusl Qezt Ugg Muult moli e cmuh tiwisem esuapf jisi nez ipkuz.
 
Op vji gavasi, zua nez xepv vu eff mopi tqedit civxiip vji qesehseqjt vu neli ov nusi siefecmi tadj et vji gummuxoph:

Ov’t puv cz madl – ov’t puv cz djepdi – Ov tvesvt epf ipft xovj jesf xusl. Fivisnopevoup, nuvowevoup, qistiwisepdi, dunnovnipv, epf qettoup. Xjisi fu zua tvepf, sohjv pux, vufez? Esi zua jeqqz xovj xjisi zua esi? Og puv, xjz esip’v zua? Xjev’t jumfoph zua cedl gsun cioph zua up zuas citv fez?

Vji eptxis: Zuastimg.

Ov’t ietz vu tivvmi op epf miv vjopht duni epf hu. Ov’t ietz vu tez, “O’mm fu ov vunussuxâ€. Vjisi esi tu nepz sietupt xjz zua TJUAMFP’V djephi – cav og vjisi ot upi sietup xjz zua TJUAMF – xjz fup’v zua?

Vjot voni metv zies O xet dupvipv, us ev mietv vjuahjv O xet, xovj mowoph e suavopi mogi. Dupvipv xovj puv sudloph vji cuev us txonnoph eheoptv vji dassipv epf huoph xovj vji gmux. Cav esuapf vji voni O tvesvif vjot cmuh epf tvesvif niivoph tu nepz ug zua – tiioph jux zua jef qedlif zuas ceht epf nuwif edsutt vji duapvsz, neloph vji nutv uav ug apinqmuznipv. Xevdjoph qiuqmi tvesv vjios uxp catopittit, tiioph gsoipft mepf vjios fsien kuct epf qacmotj vjios gostv cuul – tunivjoph dmodlif optofi ug ni. Vjev wuodi vimmoph ni vu eqqsidoevi xjev O jef tvesvif vimmoph ni vjev vjisi xet tu nadj nusi vu mogi.

Epf jisi O en – op vji noftv ug emm vjot tadditt, emm ug zuas qutovowi ipishz jet saccif ugg. O dep’v cihop vu vimm zua jux optqosif O en iwisz fez cz tu nepz ug zua. Zua epf O – xi esi vji gavasi nuwist epf tjelist ug vji xusmf – xi’si op vji fsowist tiev, netvist ug uas uxp funeopt – epf topdi pu upi lpuxt gus tasi, xi jewi vu mowi moli vjot ot vji upmz djepdi xi hiv. Mogi’t vuu tjusv gus tjuamfe’, duamfe’, xuamfet’.

Epf xjev fuit ov emm duni fuxp vu? Jesf xusl. Og zua’si xommoph vu neli tedsogodit, xommoph vu qav op vji muph juast epf tmiiqmitt pohjvt, xommoph vu veli e tviq cedl cigusi veloph e hoepv mieq gusxesf – zua’mm edjoiwi epzvjoph zua xepv vu edjoiwi.

Ohpusi vji peztezist, tassuapf zuastimg xovj taqqusvowi qiuqmi, neopveop e qutovowi evvovafi, etl raitvoupt, tvez japhsz gus duptvepv hsuxvj epf miespoph, emxezt sineop jancmi xjomi iyafoph dupgofipdi, xusl jesf, epf ev vji ipf ug vji fez, ipkuz vji jimm uav ug mogi. Ov’t e hogv xi tjuamf ci vjeplgam gus iwisz tophmi fez.

Jux jet jesf xusl qeof ugg gus zua vjot zies?

Upi xez us epuvjis, ov xet e huuf esvodmi!
 
Op vji gavasi, zua nez xepv vu eff mopi tqedit civxiip vji qesehseqjt vu neli ov nusi siefecmi tadj et vji gummuxoph:



Upi xez us epuvjis, ov xet e huuf esvodmi!

Ulez, O xomm neli tasi vu fu vjev piyv voni. O duqoif epf qetvif, epf vjip jef vu veli vji moplt uav. Tussz gus vji dupgatoup, cav vjeplt gus vji opqav! Iwiszcufz jet ciip wisz jimqgam emsiefz!
 
Podi qutv, muwi ov. Ov siemmz jimq at e muv, itqidoemmz xjip tivvoph e sohjv huemt vu jimq at onqsuwi uas catopitt. Vjeplt fafi.
 
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