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The first thing to be attended to is the matter of our judgments; for what is not in our power to do cannot be in our power to do well.
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What it means today

Before you fix the world, fix how you judge it. The part you control — your judgments — is the only part worth perfecting first, because everything else follows from it.

Try this todayBefore acting on a problem today, examine the judgment you are bringing to it.
Today’s questionWhat judgment am I acting on, that I have not examined?
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