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    Controlling Your Destiny

    Jul 15, 2022 5 minutes
    — By Chelsea Shaffer
    “People do not decide their futures, they decide their hahits and their hahits decide their futures.” — Author and educator F.M. Alexander

    Patrick Smith

    Two-time World Champion Heeler Game-changing Habit: I make a list every day. Why? A ton of people make fun of people who make lists, but I was around people who I respect and who are f successful, and every one of them make lists. Every one of them say a list is the only thing that keeps you on track as you get spread thin. Whether that's ordering ropes, taking a horse to the vet, cleaning my place. Every single morning and every single night, I check off my list and evaluate how I did on my priorities.

    The habits we form over a lifetime are what

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