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It's good that it's happening now, instead of later —because later; you'll be better for having gone through it today. Got it? It's good that it's hard. It deters the cowards and it intrigues the courageous.
"There is no better than adversity," Malcolm X would say. "Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time."
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