But fear is confusing. It tears you in two. Half of you wants to run far, far away, but the other half is paralyzed, frozen, immovable. And the hard part is that you never know which half is going to win.

Melody Carlson
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The trick to achieving success is to know when to dig in and when to give up. It’s about keeping your head in the game when things get tough. It’s about learning how to be both confident and humble at the same time. For example, it’s not always best to set the bar so high that you can never reach it.

When you’re constantly trying to achieve something, you’ll have a hard time being okay with the fact that you are still working towards it. You’ll never be able to stop pushing yourself to get where you want to be. As much as you want something, you have to know when it’s best for you give up.

Source: Finding Alice

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