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Life is amply confusing on its own; don’t create confusion where it doesn’t exist. You don’t get to make the world whatever you wish it to be. You don’t get to make yourself whatever you wish to be.

-Shawn Davis, The Talk

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When you don’t know who you are, do something, something that seems worth doing, and keep doing that until you figure out who you are, or at least who you would like to be. -Shawn Davis, The Talk

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Anxiety and depression are your friends. They tell you there is something undone that must be done, something you must do. They demand action. -Shawn Davis, The Talk

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When the storm rages in the dark night, a voice on the wind will ask, “Who are you?”, and the quality and depth of your answer will determine whether you stand firm or flounder. -Shawn Davis, The Talk

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Your legacy is not simply a matter of what you do but a matter of who you do it for. - Shawn Davis, The Talk

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A legacy, by definition, must matter to others, because a legacy is something you leave behind—you won’t be here anymore to think it’s important. -Shawn Davis, The Talk

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If you wish to leave a legacy, the things you do cannot matter only to you. -Shawn Davis, The Talk

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Only by making your legacy your aim can you summon the courage to act with conviction in the moment, whatever that moment may bring. -Shawn Davis, The Talk

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Only by making your legacy your aim can you ensure that your essential goals, those that stir from your very essence, remain uncorrupted by a million other, lesser goals that constantly vie for your attention. -Shawn Davis, The Talk

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Your aim has the power to turn every good into an evil or every evil into a good. Through it you interpret your past, give purpose to your present, and cast a vision for your future. - Shawn Davis, The Talk

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Your aim is not just what you train your eye on; it is how you train your eye. -Shawn Davis, The Talk

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Who are you? You are your aim. You are a seeker of whatever you seek. - Shawn Davis, The Talk

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