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What does it mean?
Revolutionaries and creatives remain in perpetual growth stages.
In plain terms
One stagnates by necessity, the other by constant evolution.
What can you take from it?
Expect that creators never fully settle.

Where it applies

  • creating art
  • leading change
  • working on projects

Putting it to work

  • embrace change
  • stay curious
  • accept not finishing

Questions to consider

  • Can you stop growing?
  • What stops you from maturing?

Another view

Not all revolutionaries or artists stay youthful in mind.

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