📫 Choices & Problems – Weekend Words #051

Powerful reminders for a smarter weekend

September 13, 2025

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Happy Saturday. Your weekend words are: choices and problems.

“Realize that at every moment you have a choice. The choices you make reflect your priorities, so be sure you’re making those choices deliberately.”

— Bill Perkins, Die With Zero

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“This might sound simple, but I cannot overstate this: The single most important thing is recognizing what the problem is in the first place.”

— Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, The Deepest Well

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