Trust yourself

Trust yourself
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　　“That night heBuy paintingswrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings, the stablesnike shox shoesand the track. Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a 200-acre dreammax 90ranch.” “He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a note that read, ‘See me after class.’”
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