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Make Up Your Own Mind

Independent thinking and the courage to trust sound judgment can keep other people's doubts from redirecting a meaningful path.

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What if you always followed the advice of people who insisted you see things their way? What if you were discouraged from standing up for yourself and having your own opinion?

Can you imagine how many good things in your life could have or would have been passed by? Or even how many incredible things you would have prevented yourself from doing that would have just not happened had you not looked that pessimistic advice in the face and said, “I’m doing it anyway”?

What if the words from those people caused you to interrupt what you were doing and actually switch directions, despite what you had researched and decided?