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When you are working on your dream and it seems like everyone else is more successful or receiving the validation you still seek — keep going.
If you keep going, your time will come….
Validate yourself along the way.
Admire your own work along the way.
See the beauty of your effort and diligence along the way.
Don’t wait for someone else to validate your dreams.
Don’t wait to live life and enjoy your journey while you try to reach success.
And on that note: Stop to define what success means for you.
Is success money, validation, improving the lives of others, being able to live off the efforts of your dreams, all of the above, etc. ? Get more specific than this, but write it down [what success looks and feels like for you] somewhere.
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