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What does it mean?
We should create our future rather than be shaped by our past.
In plain terms
Build your future not your past.
What can you take from it?
Focus on creating what comes next.

Where it applies

  • life transitions
  • career planning

Putting it to work

  • plan ahead
  • avoid regret

Questions to consider

  • How much does the past control us?
  • What will you build next?

Another view

The past often influences the future inevitably.

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