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If you constantly measure your level of achievement compared to other people in the society you're in, then you will fail or achieve within the context of that same society. Authentic achievement is rarely obtained by following the path of least resistance... No! It usually comes from following through with what you truly want to achieve irrespective of what is palatable to a pretending crowd.

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