It is the art of self-reflection, leading us to analyze our own motivations and emotions, as well as an understanding of how others see us.

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So, today it is up to each of us to define our own desired epithet, our own desired description, and then to make sure that others see and define us in that way.

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It allows us to take advantage of opportunities before others see them.

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People who sign up are able to look at a map of the US or the UK and see areas where others have self-reported "symptoms" marked in orange.

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Instead, we see every day that politics tells us we must begin from the premise that the others are to blame, and that all is lost until we resolve that problem.

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By doing this both individually and with others around us, on each and every day, I believe that we will start to see the changes that we all are looking for so desperately and desire so much.

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We took a slightly different approach to some others using option tires only -- whether that helps us tomorrow we'll have to wait and see, but it will be an interesting race and a lot will be about tire degradation.

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