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I Find This…
“When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.” -Lau Tzu I find this to be a very hard balance to strike. It’s easy to get caught up in the rat race and compare yourself to ‘famous’ people on social media, or even friends or acquaintances who…
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Look At Your To-Do List…
“Decisions without actions are pointless. Actions without decisions are reckless.” – John Boyd Look at your to-do list. Don’t have one? Start by making one… now look at your to-do list. What’s on your list that has been put off for far too long? You decided you needed to do this task, but have yet…
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You Know Who You Are…
“On a personal level, this involves looking inward and wrestling with your own problems and doing the dirty work of examining your own motivations and acknowledging weaknesses and tendencies that are destructive or out of sync with your stated mission or ideals.” –Fire in the Dark, Jack Donovan You know who you are; who you…
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Trust
“The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson Trust. Without it we as a society…
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About Staying True…
“The inspiration you seek is already within you. Be silent and listen.” -Rumi Playing off of last week’s thoughts about staying true to yourself and not taking outside advice, I see this quote as encouraging you to be kind enough to yourself to allow space to think, breathe, and grow. Oftentimes, amongst the hectic and…
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When Your Actions…
“The thing I’ve learned over the years about advice is that no one can accurately predict the future, but we all think we can. So advice at its best is one person’s limited perspective of the infinite possibilities before you. People’s advice is based on their fears, their experiences, their prejudices, and at the end…
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Our Life Motto…
“I shall pass this way but once; any good that I can do or any kindness I can show to any human being; let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.”-Etienne de Grellet Our life motto here at Iron Legion is “Lift Heavy,…
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All Too Often…
“You have the opportunity to create a life where there is no contradiction between who you are and what you do. A life where congruence is the signpost of success, integrity is the cornerstone and prosperity is the reward. That’s liberation.”-Joel Rafidi All too often we see folks from all walks who are simply battered…
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Crossroads
“You may not be the best, the strongest, or the brightest, but you might just be the only one willing to put yourself out there. The time may come when you choose to do the difficult right over the easy wrong. When that day comes, do your best and be prepared to do it again,…
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