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3 Dec, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Friends good morning and welcome to Day 25 of the #30DayMentalChallenge. Join any time with pledge/article linked in bio. Life deals us a difficult but transcendent truth, which is that your greatness lies in a single direction. Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote that the formula... 1/5 Image
2/5 for power is “concentration” and “drilling”—that is, focus on a single point and continual practice or effort in that direction. This is seen in nature: dispersal brings weakness and concentration brings force—it is the difference between water mist and a waterfall...
3/5 Well-roundedness is overrated. The difficulty is that life requires multiple tasks of us. We are workers, artists, caregivers, parents, etc. What to do? My gambit—and ours today—is that one well-selected aim, passion, or destiny (you have one) can cover many different...
4/5 bases. Resources derived from one role can be dedicated to another. Barring some overwhelming countervailing force, like a health crisis, I do not think nature has presented us with an untenable bargain. What is your destined aim? Do not fear or flee the portent of...
5/5 that question. Let that be our experiment today. I wish you all good things. -M- pic is from the set of #KybalionFilm directed by @midnightarchive ⚡️✊🧷 #PMA

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