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1- Why does it seem like the most unattractive girls are the most worried they are getting hit on?

2-I have many superpowers, but I also have some weaknesses. My kryptonite is a woman with a British accent. I hear one, and I start taking off my clothes.

3- You can deny yourself so many experiences and opportunities in life simply because you are afraid to ask for help.

4-I have always worked with a chip on my shoulder, and I am alright with this.

5- You will meet people who decide your value, intelligence, capabilities, and potential based solely on what their eyes allow them to see.

6- Success in your profession is being so good at your craft that they cannot ignore you.

7- The most profound moments of hardship and suffering can be significant for self-growth and knowledge.

8- Resentment is a heavy load to carry through life; the burden becomes light with forgiveness.

9- Sometimes in life, you will win by losing.

10-The body of work that you have done over your lifetime determines what you will accomplish.

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1- Learning comes from my efforts to extend education; the most extraordinary personal growth has been from traveling to other countries and learning about others’ histories, struggles, cultures, and changes in civilization.

2- one of life’s most significant weaknesses are when brave men say nothing, we expect coward to keep their mouths shut.

3- I take great pride in knowing I experienced emotional and physical struggles in life and rising above than to live my life numb and in bliss.

4-I can tell you my story and experience, but you cannot deny what happens to me.

5-People are more accepting of stories rather than arguments.

6- In our day-to-day interactions, we frequently confuse a man speaking with passion can be confused with a man speaking with anger.

7- Sometimes in life, the absence of evil does not mean the presence of good.

8-One of lifes greatest paradox, people that don’t like you not respect you want your respect and admiration.

9-People that accomplish great things will appear as outcast: they are greatly misunderstood.

10-You will never be fully prepared to take the leap you need to take for greatness.

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1- It is much easier to hear about someone else’s lies than to hear our own truths.

2-Allowing words to control you empowers others to control you.

3- To find your inner peace, find and conquer your inner demons.

4-You have mastered your life when your inner voice is louder than the negative external voices.

5- You will always have more enemies when you succeed than when you fail.

6- Many times in your life, the best decisions are the ones you don’t make.

7- We all have hard times. Some people have it more complicated than others or you.

8-If you want to be successful, befriend and spend time with people who are what you want to be.

9- A large part of my success was constructed on the back and shoulders of those that could not outwork me.

10-I have had an infinite amount of success in life, not because of high intelligence; I was gifted with an abundance of common sense.

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1-Equity: everything that is expected of me; I expect from you.

2-Some of my closest friends have told me I am a complex man. What the fuck does that mean?

3- Ghetto is not a place. It’s an ideology.

4- Question advice from individuals on how to do your job when they haven’t done it.

5- The most straightforward understanding of being a leader? I can get the best out of people reporting to me by asking for the best of myself.

6-The worse lies are the lies you tell yourself.

7-The most courageous people are those that reveal themselves the truths they do not want to hear.

8-Suffering is a part of life; it’s not the purpose of life.

9-There will be many times in your life you will ask yourself, “how am I going to get through this situation”?

10- To grow, you must get past being comfortable with your life.

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1-The more significant our crises, the more spiritual we become.

2-Control is an illusion; we cannot control many things.

3- We want to believe that everyday life is based on comfort, certainty, and stability; we are disappointed time and time again throughout our journey in life, as these are rare events.

4- Surviving adulthood is more about being comfortable in our seasons of disorientation.

5-The only way to be mentally and emotionally strong is to experience hardship and struggles and to not be believed; through relentless discipline, we become someone we never knew we were.

6- The war you can’t win is always worth fighting for.

7- Your success in life is based on how big your dreams are and how hard you want to work.

8- I have been so fatigued from the work experiences that I have difficulties separating reality from my dreams (yes, this has been a career-long challenge)

9-Letting people know you appreciate them is not a weakness; it’s a sign of strength.

10- I have had many struggles in my career, and during my life, I am not a victim; I am a survivor.

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1. We rarely comprehend the facts we need to gather to make the best option while making life decisions.

2. Although American society combines all cultures and ethnicities, there are subcultures within each, and each subculture has its own values.

3. Individuals will fill voids in your life, provide you with challenges, accompany you through difficult times, and offer support. I value such people. Even though they may be in our lives briefly, the moment may only Be transient, once you have learned from them, you will be a better person than before you met.

4- Not reaching my full potential has been and still is my greatest fear in life.

5- I stopped believing life would be simple when I was very young.

6- You only have one life; don’t allow toxic people to rule it.

7- There are many different types of arrogance, but the most deadly is ignorance-based arrogance. We have all encountered people who appear confident on the surface but are actually fragile on the inside, and even the most minor words can devastate them. Arrogance with humility and resoluteness, beneath the shell packed with challenges and successfully conquering huge barriers are the most learned.

8- A wise man once chose not to speak.

9 – Getting used to hearing things you don’t want to hear leads to personal progress.

10-Failures frequently lead to opportunities.

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1-The world is a far safer place because never in my life have I worn a pair of” skinny jeans.”

2- Apparently, I will interact daily with others who are always seeking an emotionally safe place? Does that even exist? Those that report to me and those I report to rarely seem anything but interested in an emotionally safe space.

3-There will be individuals in your work and personal life that will not like you for many superficial reasons and will make your life extraordinarily difficult; do they deserve your time and energy? Is it my problem or theirs? Who cares anyway?

4- Humanity has made extraordinary technological growth but little emotional development; we still fight wars and cannot resolve daily conflicts with civility.

5- People are so much more than the bad things that happen to them.

6- A large population of Americana has difficulty managing expectations and reality. My experiences in medicine have taught me expectations never meet reality, even for the ultra-successful. So I have become quite comfortable that many efforts I put daily into my craft will seldom get praised, so I live with gratitude for every obstacle I conquer in quiet humbleness.

7- I have reached unprecedented levels of national and international success; when I retrace my steps, I cannot verbalize how I got here; I resort to words of vigorous hard work. I could always outwork anyone and had the heart of an explorer.

8- The American culture has little patience and expectations; we want it now, and who cares about the future? I have an innate gift of patience and the ability to have a long-term vision.

9-The truth can be so painful to hear. It is much easier to accept our reality with denial.

10- What I do for a living is extraordinarily abstract to many people. I am constantly managing an imminent threat of death in a patient or managing a patient’s death and keeping them alive; unless you are in the room, you just don’t understand, and I am all right with that.

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1-Silence can sometimes speak so many words it’s deafening.

2- It is much easier to make life decisions when you are not tired, hungry, sad, or angry.

3- Adversity builds character.

4- When spoken frequently enough, even if false, narratives become gospel.

5-The only way to rid yourself of self-doubt is to work hard to beat the self-doubts out of your mind.

6-Not all problems in life have a good ending or solution. Life is messy, and you may not have closure on everything that transpired.

7-Learning to force yourself to be in uncomfortable situations is a superpower. Pushing your physical, emotional, and mental limits is where you have the most significant and rewarding growth in life.

8-The person in the meeting who is always talking is not the most intelligent in the room; they have the most issues.

9- As I have more birthdays, I realize I don’t have much to say unless I am asked; great wisdom arises from silence and listening.

10- The thoughts in your mind determine your overall happiness with your life; You are in total control of your day-to-day happiness.

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1-If you are afraid to offend others, you will never be able, to tell the truth.

2- Creating wealth has never been about how much you earn; it’s about how much you save and not spend and invest over time.

3- Leaving a toxic relationship shows resilience and courage, not a sign of weakness or meekness.

4- It takes a lifetime to finally accept who you are.

5- The best way to understand others is to listen to them.

6- Competence and confidence are interrelated. I have seen far too much confidence without competence.

7-We cannot fix past injustices with current injustices.

8- I am responsible for what I say, not what you understand.

9- Having a baby to “save the marriage “is not a strategy; it’s stupidity.

10- There are people I have met that you ask them the time, and they tell you how to build a fucking watch.

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1- Tragedies are part of our human condition that bring opportunities for learning and wisdom or denials and ignorance.

2- I have developed a new definition for relationship: a state in which two individuals peacefully and respectfully interact through mutual compromise.

3- Societies have a major personality flaw we all carry within us; Judgement is always so much easier than understanding.

4- The most essential words in any relationship; I forgive you, I am sorry.

5- There have been many times in life’s situations that I may not say much, but I see everything. I have learned to become quite comfortable with the idea that there is “wisdom in silence”.

6- Sometimes things will work out in life, even when they may not seem fair.

7- There will be times in your life where your emotional pain will be your strength, leverage your past to create your future.

8- I have grown accepting and comfortable hearing things I don’t want to hear.

9- I no longer define the struggles of life as my difficulties; I define them as my resilience.

10- Not every comment on social media needs my response, will my comments in any way help the situation?

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