The most important voice to listen to is the…

The most important voice to listen to is the one that reminds you of all that you've accomplished in the past. And while you might not have done this particular thing before, you can figure it out.

— from Who Is Flying (Self, Nature & Nurture)

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Most of what we proudly call "thinking" about ourselves is not thinking at all — it is just self-criticism wearing the costume of honesty. And the worst of it is that we feed the wrong voice: we rehearse every failure and ignore the one voice worth amplifying, the one that reminds us of all we have actually managed and become. The third fault is handing your worth to the crowd. […] Care less what others think, or you remain their prisoner; remember that even choosing not to decide is itself a choice you own. Practice self-acceptance, not self-flagellation, and feed the right voice. Own your failures without condemning your self; speak to yourself in the voice that recalls what you have overcome, not the one that only prosecutes. And place your becoming always above your current being — measure yourself by where you are heading, not only by where you stand. — Who Is Flying (Self, Nature & Nurture)

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