The Active Mind

The Active Mind

Setting Unnecessary Goals is Key

Why You Need to Apply Self-Imposed Pressure to Reach Your Potential

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Brock Covington
Apr 11, 2025
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Impotence rules the roost in many lives. People gloat and float on immaterial clouds of their unrealized ambitions. They inflate their belief in the heights they can reach while downplaying their track record of inaction. "Much of this falls under the self-assuring lie of 'I could do that too if I only had…' or 'If I really tried, I could…' — or any oth…

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