Run Your Own Race - by Deb Liu - Perspectives
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How to get further by focusing on less on others and more on your own path
I just started reading the book Killing Comparison by my friend Nona Jones. As I took in her words, an idea came to mind over and over: run your own race. Every year, over a million people attempt to run a marathon (ref). Yet only a few hundred of them run to win. What is the point of running a grueling race if not to win? The thing about running a marathon is that it's not about winning the race. It's about pushing yourself to your limit. It's about giving yourself a goal that you never thought you could achieve and then exceeding it. That is the magic of it. I recently met a woman, Dr.…
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