By Mark Manson
Learning how to grow up and be more mature starts with knowing what you truly value. Being an adult means sticking to your values, even when it’s not popular or doesn’t benefit you.
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We all love to think of ourselves as honourable and decent people. If I were to cite the most virtuous of values, I believe there would be few people who wouldn’t count courage among their own.
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What began as a statement by an accused prisonor became, over the 29 minutes it took Mandela to deliver it, his best known and most important speech. It was a recounting of his story up to that point, an expression of his views and a morally forceful argument on behalf of his cause.