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Tips For Goal Setting
By Sara Lindberg — 2020
There are many ways to work on self-development and self-improvement, but setting specific goals for personal growth can increase your likelihood of success.
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Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.3
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