As Dero says, " "soul grows more by subtraction than by addition", by getting rid of these limitations, limitations that are preventing us from fulfilling our potential.

就像俗话说的那样，“做减法比做加法让灵魂成长得更快，减法包括除去那些，阻碍我们发挥潜能的限制。

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I think there's the old saying, "You can't run before you walk." and I think it's basically the same thing about writing.

有句俗话叫，“你不能未立先走。”我觉得写作跟这个是一个道理。

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