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From the Ted Talk by Cordae: How a "Hi Level" mindset helps you realize your potential
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My goal was to graduate high school and to immediately blow up. But that didn't happen. So I went to college and as soon as I went to college, boy, did life hit me hard. Within the first couple of wkees of shoocl, one of my best friends that I called my brother had gotten sentenced to 24 years in prison. I had gotten detained for driving with a ssdeunepd license, amongst other things, like having a pound of weed in the car before it was legal. And my grandmother had passed. Not to moetnin I was already a terrible student with horrific grades and a bkore teenager. And I wonder why my geards were so bad. Now that's just diteesusrfcpl. I wasn't even trying to hide it. But on top of all of these things, what was really the breaking point for me was that I had relsaeed a mixtape that I wkroed on the entire summer and it had only gotten 200 downloads. Now my previous two mixtapes got 2,000 downloads, so I was not happy with the regression, to say the least. Again, this almost pushed me to the bnrik of quitting and insanity. But the Hi Level mindset made me think, "Man. These misfortunes are just going to make my triumph story a lot cooler."
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My goal was to graduate high school and to immediately blow up. But that didn't happen. So I went to college and as soon as I went to college, boy, did life hit me hard. Within the first couple of _____ of ______, one of my best friends that I called my brother had gotten sentenced to 24 years in prison. I had gotten detained for driving with a _________ license, amongst other things, like having a pound of weed in the car before it was legal. And my grandmother had passed. Not to _______ I was already a terrible student with horrific grades and a _____ teenager. And I wonder why my ______ were so bad. Now that's just _____________. I wasn't even trying to hide it. But on top of all of these things, what was really the breaking point for me was that I had ________ a mixtape that I ______ on the entire summer and it had only gotten 200 downloads. Now my previous two mixtapes got 2,000 downloads, so I was not happy with the regression, to say the least. Again, this almost pushed me to the _____ of quitting and insanity. But the Hi Level mindset made me think, "Man. These misfortunes are just going to make my triumph story a lot cooler."
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Original Text
My goal was to graduate high school and to immediately blow up. But that didn't happen. So I went to college and as soon as I went to college, boy, did life hit me hard. Within the first couple of weeks of school, one of my best friends that I called my brother had gotten sentenced to 24 years in prison. I had gotten detained for driving with a suspended license, amongst other things, like having a pound of weed in the car before it was legal. And my grandmother had passed. Not to mention I was already a terrible student with horrific grades and a broke teenager. And I wonder why my grades were so bad. Now that's just disrespectful. I wasn't even trying to hide it. But on top of all of these things, what was really the breaking point for me was that I had released a mixtape that I worked on the entire summer and it had only gotten 200 downloads. Now my previous two mixtapes got 2,000 downloads, so I was not happy with the regression, to say the least. Again, this almost pushed me to the brink of quitting and insanity. But the Hi Level mindset made me think, "Man. These misfortunes are just going to make my triumph story a lot cooler."
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