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MINDSET: “Just do your best - that’s all I can ask of you, and you of yourself!”

MINDSET: “Just do your best - that’s all I can ask of you, and you of yourself!”

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Nov 04, 2023
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MINDSET: “Just do your best - that’s all I can ask of you, and you of yourself!”
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One question I get asked all the time (especially as a podcast guest), is:

“What is the single best piece of advice anyone has ever given you?”

This is always a very simple answer for me:

“Just do your best!”

I guess it was probably around 1987 when I first heard my Mum, Linda (who many of you know affectionately as “Mother Smooth”), say this to me.

She woul…

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