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Facing Challenges and Finding Inspiration
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Facing Challenges and Finding Inspiration

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Wilko van de Kamp
Jul 24, 2020
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Ready for the challenge!

My students at Liberty Training Academy tell me this same thing over and over again:

When you’re doing something that’s of high value to you, you’re seeking challenges that continue to inspire you.

I’ve experienced this to be true in my own life as well. At the highest experience value the positive and negative are willingly received and experienced equally. To a degree, obviously. Because I would never willingly go after an experience with a negative experience value, if I could prevent it. But if not and all things are equal, what matters most is gaining the experience.

Wouldn’t you rather experience it, than not know?

If the goal is truly important to you, you’ll do whatever it takes to get there. You’re more resilient and adaptable when you’re living life and operating at that level.

Conquering Your Mind

When inspired, you’re less polarized and opinionated. The resistance of polarization and “opinions” comes at the lower value tasks of what you’re doing. When I work on project that matt…

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