Limits Help You Reach Your Goals, How Your Friends Can Make You Weaker, The Correlation Between Discomfort and Success

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3 Ideas For Better Habits

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Gain Motivation From Your Limits

Songwriter and poet, Steven Redhead, on how we achieve our greatest successes only by recognizing what little time we have.

“Understanding that time is limited helps to motivate the use of each moment to the best advantage in order to achieve things of value.”

Source: ​Life Is a Dance: With The Winds Of Time​ ​ ​ ​2

Choose The Right People Around You

Web-designer and author, Austin Kleon, on seeking out people that you can learn from.

“If you ever find that you're the most talented person in the room, you need to find another room.”

Source: ​Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative​

​ ​3

Start Increasing Your Uncomfortable Conversations

Serial entrepreneur and lifestyle guru, Tim Ferriss, on how you need to become friends with discomfort in order to be successful.

“A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.”

Source: ​The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich​

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