When we truly need to do is often what we most feel like avoiding.
– David Allen
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- The key to triumph is the art of choosing your battles -“ staying focused on your vision and avoiding distraction. – Mensah Oteh
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- This pain you are avoiding is a very necessary pain that will make you strong again. – Stephen Richards
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- Well, it is true. Sometimes avoiding something can give it more and more meaning rather than less and less. – Tom McNeal
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- Avoiding setting too strong rules is the best way not to have problems with your own rules. – Eraldo Banovac