Julien Smith Quotes

#1. Welcome to the ring. Enter those who dare, and let them share the spoils. Only they have earned it. Will you win? The ring offers no promises. But one thing's for sure: unless you get in the ring today, you don't even stand a damn chance. Decide what really matters, and get in the ring for it - now.

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#2. You can change the world again, instead of protecting yourself from it.

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#3. So if you see no one like you, no one who agrees, don't worry. There are actually hundreds of people like you, and they're waiting for a leader. That person is you.

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#4. The ability to withstand the flinch comes with the knowledge that the future will be better than the past.

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#5. Getting lost is not fatal. Almost every time, it will make your world.

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#6. Everything you are used to, once done long enough, starts to seem natural, even though it might not be.

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#7. No one has a problem with the first mile of a journey. Even an infant could do fine for a while. But it isn't the start that matters. It's the finish line.

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#8. Turn your mobile phone off for a few hours each day. Having nothing to do while you're waiting for a bus can be boring, but it's only when you're bored that the scary thoughts come to the surface. Use a dumb phone on the weekends to prevent yourself from checking your messages.

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#9. You can't make yourself feel positive, but you can choose how to act, and if you choose right, it builds your confidence.

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#10. You can't settle for reaching other people's limits. You have to reach yours.

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#11. The truth is that judgment and fear will never stop, but they don't actually do anything.

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#12. The flinch is your real opponent, and information won't help you fight it. It's behind every unhappy marriage, every hidden vice, and every unfulfilled life. Behind the flinch is pain avoidance, and dealing with pain demands strength you may not think you have.

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#13. Here be dragons.

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#14. You will never be entirely comfortable. This is the truth behind the champion - he is always fighting something. To do otherwise is to settle.

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#15. What you're missing is that the path itself changes you.

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#16. Success works as a cycle - growth and contraction, balancing and unbalancing - all while you're encountering hurdles that get higher and higher over time.

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#17. Behind every flinch is a fear or an anxiety - sometimes rational, sometimes not. Without the fear, there is no flinch. But wiping out the fear isn't what's important - facing it is.

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