THERE WILL NEVER EVER BE ANOTHER YOU<\/p>\n
The world has never seen anyone quite like you before, and it will never see another YOU again. And there is something you have to contribute to the world that the world needs from YOU, no matter how small or unimportant you may think you are, in the great scheme of things. You were born, you are breathing, you are here, because there is something you have to contribute to the world that the world really, really needs. At least in that place, at least at this time, at least with your style, at least with your character and stamp upon it. Someone needs you. Someone\u2019s life has been, or will be, better because of you. Be you a health care professional, a scientist, an engineer, or techie, or digger of ditches, it doesn\u2019t matter. The world needs all these things, but animated specifically by your spirit, your brains, your personality, beneath and in it all.<\/p>\n
Your purpose in life isn\u2019t just a matter of what kind of work you do. It\u2019s a matter of who you are, what kind of person you are, and whether you choose to be the best YOU that you can possibly be.<\/p>\n
– Richard N. Bolles (What Color Is Your Parachute?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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