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Insight No. 11

QUOTES

"A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind."
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize for medicine



"If you are content with yourself, you'll stop taking those little steps forward and begin taking big steps backward."
Greg Maddux, American baseball pitcher

INSIGHT

How often do we wait until things have got really bad before we do something about them?

But if the first quote is true, then we need to constantly improve and refine ourselves, whether there is a problem or not!

Although self-criticism can be painful if we do it all the time, we can note things about ourselves that we would like to change and calmly go about changing them.

Then, when the time comes for *your* discovery, perhaps you'll be prepared.

QUESTION

You could try taking one thing about yourself that you'd like to change and ask the question, "How will things be once that has changed?" Then you could think about how to get there.
Or, on the other hand...

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