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Chris Matakas

"I have always found that effort is most easily produced when performed for the benefit of something external to ourselves."

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Akiroq Brost

"Potential," I said, "doesn't mean a thing. You've got to do it. Almost every baby in a crib has more potential than I have."

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Personal Development

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Akiroq Brost

"Live a life that will make you look back in old age at your life and grin in satisfaction."

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Akiroq Brost

"Rightly onward, pursue your dreams."

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Akiroq Brost

"Believe that you are capable of achieving your dreams."

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Akiroq Brost

"Reminds us that greatness lies even in the smallest of moments, in the humblest of hearts, and we shall, each of us, be called to greatness. Whether we shall rise to meet it or let it slip away is the challenge put before us all."

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Akiroq Brost

"When people ask me how come I have written over three hundred books my response to them is take advantage of time."

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Akiroq Brost

"Calling people, chosen generation!"

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Akiroq Brost

"There can be no one better than yourself, so be the best version of you because no one is born to represent another."

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Akiroq Brost

"If birds did not believe in their ability to fly, the sky would be empty."

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Akiroq Brost

"Be determined to live in the light."

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Chris Matakas
"The beautiful truth about service is that we are afforded countless opportunities to be its vehicle. Every interaction with another is an opportunity to serve. From simply letting someone into your lane in traffic, to holding a door, to a kind smile. This is all service. I am humbled by this simple truth. We are given the opportunity to express the most meaningful use of our lives every time we interact with another sentient being."

Humanity

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Chris Matakas
"The more specifically you define your goals the more attainable they become."

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Chris Matakas
"To base your self worth relative to others is to play a losing game. If you are at the bottom, you will be filled with self-loathing. If you are at the top, you will be filled with self-aggrandizement and ego. This will most certainly be one of your greatest obstacles to achieving whatever degree of mastery you are capable."

Psychology

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Chris Matakas
"An intelligent consistency is the foundation of genius."

Wisdom

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Chris Matakas
"There is nothing like another's perspective to remind you that your way is not the right way, it is simply your way."

Philosophy

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Chris Matakas
"Quotes tell a story. A stringing together of a few words can leave you with an idea that changes the course of your life, and can direct you toward reaching your highest potential as a human. The story they tell is derived from the experience which inspired them, and it is our sharing that experience that allows for the quote to resonate so deeply within our being."

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Chris Matakas
"I wanted to get to the most essential aspect of my being, and look around for a while. I wanted to explore what I am in my most basic self. I wanted to chip away at all of the nonsense I have acquired through my twenty-nine years on this earth. I wanted to find truth. Thoreau went to the woods. I went to the mats. Jiu Jitsu has peeled the veil of daily life, and has shown me what lies beyond the curtain. We willingly accept the chains that circumstance forces upon us, and we grow to find comfort in them. We attach various fetters of day-to-day living to our being, and we do so with a smile. We accept these constraints for they come in the way of comfort. We accept conformity for it appears the path of least resistance. We strive toward the middle, and we run from ourselves."

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Chris Matakas
"We have an obligation to ourselves to foster the environment that allows for our self-actualization. Rather than my gifts serving me, I must serve them. I want to be a steward of the best aspects of my character and assist them in their fulfillment through proper discipline and habits."

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Chris Matakas
"We must not learn to try harder. The key is to learn how not to try in the first place."

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Chris Matakas
"Words make the intangible aspects of human experience communicable, and a single sentence can shatter our world view and assist us in the formulation of a new one."

Communication

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