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What does it mean?
Destiny is determined by choices on focus, meaning, and action rather than past events.
In plain terms
Decisions on focus and meaning decide your future, not the past.
What can you take from it?
Decide what to focus on and act; the past does not define you.

Where it applies

  • recovering from setback
  • setting goals
  • changing habits

Putting it to work

  • audit your focus
  • set intentions
  • ignore regret

Questions to consider

  • What are you focusing on now?
  • Are you letting the past decide?

Another view

Past events can create constraints that are hard to overcome.

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  2. It's your unlimited power to care and to love that can make the biggest difference in the quality of your life.

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  3. It's not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know.

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