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How to Make Failure Think You’re Ugly, Stupid, and Worth Absolutely None of Its Time

February 17, 2018 By Drew Shepherd Leave a Comment

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Failure and I have a love-hate relationship. Well, I say “relationship”, but it’s really a one-sided affair. Failure always calls for me at the worst possible times. It pesters me to give in to it, to settle for it, to embrace it like any rational man would. And as much as I try to stop thinking about failure, I get the … [Read more...]

Just… Stop… Talking

November 18, 2017 By Drew Shepherd Leave a Comment

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“I was gonna…” If there was one phrase that defined my teenage years, that was it. I had a knack for verbally committing to actions without ever following through. Of course my parents didn’t take too kindly to that. And I remember quite a few scoldings that were sparked by my unreliable nature. It wasn’t so much … [Read more...]

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