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Innocent Mwatsikesimbe is a Zimbabwe-based writer and speaker whose insights celebrate growth and transformation. He highlights that big achievements often start with small steps and stresses the importance of a receptive mind. Innocent's reflections on embracing discomfort as a catalyst encourage continuous self-reinvention and purposeful progress, inspiring others to pursue their dreams steadily with clarity and courage.
"And I know that I'm not perfect,But this path feels perfect."
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"And I know that I'm not perfect,But this path feels perfect."

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"Your action plan is what you use to turn your dream into reality."
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"Your action plan is what you use to turn your dream into reality."

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"Independence and free thought is what makes a person grow. By giving people the freedom and space to figure out who they are and be that, you give them the power to grow."
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"Independence and free thought is what makes a person grow. By giving people the freedom and space to figure out who they are and be that, you give them the power to grow."

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"What constitutes worth? In short, I would say the valuable attributes you have in relation to how you can productively use them... All attributes have value, but they have worth if they are used productively."
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"What constitutes worth? In short, I would say the valuable attributes you have in relation to how you can productively use them... All attributes have value, but they have worth if they are used productively."

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"What you do now will be in the past right after you do it."
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"What you do now will be in the past right after you do it."

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"There are billions of people in the world, and each one of them has their own view of reality."
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"There are billions of people in the world, and each one of them has their own view of reality."

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"Great things often come from actions and decisions taken by others, that are deemed wild, stupid or unreasonable at the time, but later prove to be very useful."
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"Great things often come from actions and decisions taken by others, that are deemed wild, stupid or unreasonable at the time, but later prove to be very useful."

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"When instinct speaks, listen to it. It might be the next push you need to reach greater heights."
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"When instinct speaks, listen to it. It might be the next push you need to reach greater heights."

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"Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but it doesn't mean that they are right and you should listen to them."
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"Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but it doesn't mean that they are right and you should listen to them."

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"If you look at it, life is like one big series of lessons, that starts the moment we are born."
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"If you look at it, life is like one big series of lessons, that starts the moment we are born."

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"The days seem short, and time seems too little to do what you love."
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"The days seem short, and time seems too little to do what you love."

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"If you have attributes that you could use less productively last year than you can this year (meaning you are more productive), then you have made progress. The opposite equates to regression."
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"If you have attributes that you could use less productively last year than you can this year (meaning you are more productive), then you have made progress. The opposite equates to regression."

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"Change is a friend to a life with a vision, but an enemy to an aimless person."
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"Change is a friend to a life with a vision, but an enemy to an aimless person."

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"Letting someone control your life for you and decide what you will be is a sure way of creating things to regret on the day of reckoning."
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"Letting someone control your life for you and decide what you will be is a sure way of creating things to regret on the day of reckoning."

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"Not many abilities are inherent. Most are acquired through patient practice, and those that are inherent are enhanced and utilized through practice too."
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"Not many abilities are inherent. Most are acquired through patient practice, and those that are inherent are enhanced and utilized through practice too."

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"The joy of success outweighs whatever negativity you might get from failing a couple of times."
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"The joy of success outweighs whatever negativity you might get from failing a couple of times."

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"Goals are set in life to enable concentrated and directed effort to be employed toward a desired end. Without goals, it will be easy to derail, and it will also be hard to track progress."
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"Goals are set in life to enable concentrated and directed effort to be employed toward a desired end. Without goals, it will be easy to derail, and it will also be hard to track progress."

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"When a person works towards a goal, he or she immediately creates two possible scenarios or outcomes; namely success and failure."
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"When a person works towards a goal, he or she immediately creates two possible scenarios or outcomes; namely success and failure."

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"Some say they love you, but some actually "do" the loving. These are the ones that truly love you, because love is seen in actions."
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"Some say they love you, but some actually "do" the loving. These are the ones that truly love you, because love is seen in actions."

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"The boundaries of your abilities are set by no one else but yourself, ultimately, and it is up to you when they will be pushed."
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"The boundaries of your abilities are set by no one else but yourself, ultimately, and it is up to you when they will be pushed."

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"Don't turn a blind eye to those that empathize; that care when no one else does, because it could lead to a very satisfying and meaningful relationship, with profound levels of loyalty."
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"Don't turn a blind eye to those that empathize; that care when no one else does, because it could lead to a very satisfying and meaningful relationship, with profound levels of loyalty."

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"There is an equation that I like to use when looking at my life's progress: Current Worth - Past Worth = Progress or Regression."
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"There is an equation that I like to use when looking at my life's progress: Current Worth - Past Worth = Progress or Regression."

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"There's no point in being an unhappy success, and there's not much sense in being a happy failure either."
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"There's no point in being an unhappy success, and there's not much sense in being a happy failure either."

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"You can always learn to do more than you can at any point in your life."
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"You can always learn to do more than you can at any point in your life."

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"Accept changes in others, as much as you would want them to accept changes in you."
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"Accept changes in others, as much as you would want them to accept changes in you."

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"Those that know where they are going will not take any path they see in front of them, but they will take the one that goes in the direction they want."
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"Those that know where they are going will not take any path they see in front of them, but they will take the one that goes in the direction they want."

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"I think that by fearing death, you are actually fearing life because it is a part of life. People are born and people die."
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"I think that by fearing death, you are actually fearing life because it is a part of life. People are born and people die."

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"Of course, competition against others is there, but it should serve to challenge you. To show you how well other people are competing against themselves."
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"Of course, competition against others is there, but it should serve to challenge you. To show you how well other people are competing against themselves."

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"I wonder what will happen when you actually enjoy the pains that life gives us sometimes. You'll be above them."
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"I wonder what will happen when you actually enjoy the pains that life gives us sometimes. You'll be above them."

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"If you don't mind them and accept that they don't like you, you'll see that you won't return the negativity."
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"If you don't mind them and accept that they don't like you, you'll see that you won't return the negativity."

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"This just makes me know and understand that there is no one reality that suits all, just one that suits each of us."
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"This just makes me know and understand that there is no one reality that suits all, just one that suits each of us."

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"When you read a book and its words agree with what you think, your view of the world or your feelings at the time, you discover that there are people out there that think like you. That takes away a feeling of loneliness."
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"When you read a book and its words agree with what you think, your view of the world or your feelings at the time, you discover that there are people out there that think like you. That takes away a feeling of loneliness."

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"You only know how you feel, and you can only guess how others feel."
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"You only know how you feel, and you can only guess how others feel."

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"It is when life pushes you down that you learn to get up and go higher."
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"It is when life pushes you down that you learn to get up and go higher."

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"Just being yourself is the easiest thing you can do. It doesn't take much effort."
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"Just being yourself is the easiest thing you can do. It doesn't take much effort."

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"The future starts within a second from now.The past was, within a second ago."
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"The future starts within a second from now.The past was, within a second ago."

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"The only thing worse than not getting there is not starting the journey because you are still thinking about how to start it. Just start."
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"The only thing worse than not getting there is not starting the journey because you are still thinking about how to start it. Just start."

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"The struggle hurts now but will be sweet in times of retrospect."
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"The struggle hurts now but will be sweet in times of retrospect."

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"Time changes things; rather, a person's action over the passage of time changes things."
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"Time changes things; rather, a person's action over the passage of time changes things."

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"I believe that if you can't agree with how they think, then it's better to learn from their difference."
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"I believe that if you can't agree with how they think, then it's better to learn from their difference."

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"To make mistakes is to live, because no one is born knowing everything."
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"To make mistakes is to live, because no one is born knowing everything."

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"Take one more step because it might be the last one needed."
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"Take one more step because it might be the last one needed."

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"A responsible person accepts the results of his choices, attributing blame or praise to himself; that is what makes you happy with the way you turned out."
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"A responsible person accepts the results of his choices, attributing blame or praise to himself; that is what makes you happy with the way you turned out."

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"We need work as much as we need rest; the two complement each other, one drawing power and enjoyability from the other. Rest is sweet after work, and work enjoyable after a good rest."
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"We need work as much as we need rest; the two complement each other, one drawing power and enjoyability from the other. Rest is sweet after work, and work enjoyable after a good rest."

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"Someone or something that wastes your time, makes you lose a part of your life. One you can never get back."
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"Someone or something that wastes your time, makes you lose a part of your life. One you can never get back."

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"Hearts everywhere bear scars of one form of hurt or the other, and it is necessary to keep this in mind when trying to understand why a person is the way he or she is."
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"Hearts everywhere bear scars of one form of hurt or the other, and it is necessary to keep this in mind when trying to understand why a person is the way he or she is."

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"Your perception of your dream changes as you walk toward it."
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"Your perception of your dream changes as you walk toward it."

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"A peaceful mind is a powerful mind...Set your mind at ease and take charge of yourself."
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"A peaceful mind is a powerful mind...Set your mind at ease and take charge of yourself."

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"Learn from all, but copy none and just be yourself."
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"Learn from all, but copy none and just be yourself."

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"People don't act the way they do because of me. They just act out their own projection of reality, and so do I."
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"People don't act the way they do because of me. They just act out their own projection of reality, and so do I."

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