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It's easier than ever before to feel like a failure. Anywhere you look, you can find scores of people half your age but twice as successful. What happened?
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Timestamps:
- 0:02:24 - Success is often circumstantial and being more optimistic
- 0:28:26 - Try to be patient and keep striving for success
- 0:31:32 - Sponsor: Brilliant (Learning problem-solving skills)
- 0:34:07 - Being more selective with your ideas and sources of information
- 0:39:48 - Blaming the wrong things for your lack of success and being envious of others
- 0:51:38 - Giving up too early and not finishing your projects
- 0:56:38 - Defining what success means to you and putting effort into it
- 1:02:40 - Recap and conclusion
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