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Empowerment

Photo by Marcos Paulo Prado on Unsplash

When we feel that we're choosing our problems, we feel empowered. When we feel that our problems are being forced upon us against our will, we feel victimised and miserable.

Mark Manson (in his counterintuitive approach to living a good life)

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