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We would have greater success in achieving our goals if we tried not so much to control time — an impossibility, as it is outside us — and instead tried to control energy — eminently possible, as it is within us

We would have greater success in achieving our goals if we tried not so much to control time — an impossibility, as it is outside us — and instead tried to control energy — eminently possible, as it is within us

December 3, 2016 Nate

Chasing Daylight – how my forthcoming death transformed my life P. 76

… We would have greater success in achieving our goals if we tried not so much to control time — an impossibility, as it is outside us — and instead tried to control energy — eminently possible, as it is within us.”


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