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“10 Years Later” Sasha Pivovarova by Terry Tsiolis for Vogue Russia September 2008

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The most important story is the one you tell yourself. While telling yourself a positive story doesn't ensure a good outcome, telling yourself a negative story often guarantees a bad one.

Each of us is the hero of the story we tell ourselves about ourselves. Being at fault when things go wrong doesn't suit the hero status we ascribe to ourselves. So, when it comes to explaining why things went wrong, we look for someone else to blame.

While pointing fingers when we don't get the results we want might satisfy us in the moment, it doesn't give us better judgement, and it doesn't make us better people. It's instead a defensive reaction prompted by our ego default — a reaction that keeps us nestled in the arms of weakness and fragility.

— Clear Thinking by Shane Parrish

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Blake Lively as Emily Nelson in A Simple Favor (2018)

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“Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.”

— Rainer Maria Rilke

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