Let history be the judge

Let history be the judge:

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Let history be the judge.

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Let your work define you.

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Don’t let other people define you.

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They will say whatever they want.

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They will criticize.

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They won’t believe you.

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But they haven’t done the work.

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They haven’t put in the hours.

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It’s easy to sit on the sideline and criticize.

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It’s another thing to be in the arena.

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Day in and day out for decades.

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Consistently putting in more work.

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Knowing that as soon as you taste success, you can’t get comfortable.

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You have to work harder.

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You have to commit more time.

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You have to keep showing up regardless of what you’ve achieved.

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Everything you’ve achieved is in the past.

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As goes the NFL, you’re only as good as your latest year.

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People have quick memories.

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It’s easy to do it once.

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It’s hard to succeed for a very long time.

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Continuously working on your craft even when it feels like you’re going backward.

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Showing up day in and day out is hard.

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Consistency is hard.

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But it’s so worth it.

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Those hours compound and the growth is not linear.

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It’s exponential.

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Knowledge, like money, compounds.

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So commit a bit of time.

Show up for yourself a little bit every day.

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Don’t judge yourself and just work at something for you.

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Do it only for you.

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Start small and keep improving a little bit every day.

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Do that for long enough while not thinking about the outcome and your results will far exceed what you imagine.

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The greatest artists like Picasso, Andy Warhol, and Monet worked their asses off.

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They produced tons of work throughout their career that wasn’t worth anything at the time.

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Yet over the course of their life, the sheer output meant that a few of their pieces were good. 

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All they needed was one.

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But they did something even greater - they created something that outlasted their lifetimes.

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That’s the goal.

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Throughout their lives they were criticized constantly.

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Never accepted by the establishment.

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So they built their own path.

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They went their own way.

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They let history be the judge.

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