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Take charge of your life.

Take charge of your life.
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  • Get up early, identify why you want what you want, and surround yourself with top performers.

  • Learn how to care about only a few things that genuinely matter and become troubled by only things worth getting uneasy about.

  • Separate what’s essential from senseless, deal with your troubles, and accept failures. Be yourself, don’t compare yourself with others, simplify your to-do list, and don’t try to be perfect all the time. Take charge.

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Written by Garv Chawla · Stoic of the Day
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