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# You Get What You Accept
- URL: https://www.totallypreachless.com/you-get-what-you-accept/
- Published: 2026-08-19T12:33:28.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-19T12:33:29.000Z
- Description: Somerset Maugham wrote: "It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it."
- Author: Ty Lacroix
- Tags: Consequences Now or Later, Reflections, Change

Somerset Maugham wrote: "It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it."

Unfortunately over the years, we are told not aim to high because we will be disappointed if we don't get what we aim for.

Or a medal for placing 14th in a race!

Or bad advice.

"You create things twice; first mentally, then physically. You will never outpace your mental models." Brian P Moran

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