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LEGITIMATE LONGINGS Y
ou’ve been waiting your whole life. Not like Albert Einstein, who worked as a patent clerk while awaiting publication, recognition, and a position as a university professor. Not like Jennifer Lawrence, who starred in indie films until she caught her big break and rose to fame through the movies Winter’s Bone and X-Men: First Class. And not like Beyoncé Knowles, who after decades of hard work became the most-nominated woman in Grammy history. No, this is not like that. This is the moment you’ve been waiting for your whole life. It is the cure, the ticket, the answer for which you’ve been longing and hoping. It is the key to thriving—to being free to thrive the rest of your life. How many New Year’s resolutions have you made? How many promises have you declared to yourself that you would change something, quit something, or improve something about yourself once and for all? How often have you buckled down and told yourself, “This time things will be different”? Was it a promise to start eating healthy and get fit? Finally end a bad habit? Get your priorities straight? Whatever it was, how did it go? Unless you’re one of the rare exceptions, your resolve was
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