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GLOMMING ONTO OTHERS

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right.”

Henry Ford was definitely onto something with that one. With just a handful of short, simple words, he perfectly described the vicious cycle between expectation and outcome.

Of course, there’s a world of difference between understanding a problem and willing yourself to change it. Kind of like how I acknowledge that eating fistfuls of Slim Jims is not one of my better life choices, but there’s a higher chance of my Slim Jims expiring than of me addressing this particular poor life

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