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    It is prudent to avoid taking on goals we cannot possibly... — Carmelics
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    Supports→It is prudent to eschew projects that cannot possibly be completed during the course of a normal lifetime.

    It is prudent to avoid taking on goals we cannot possibly attain.

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    However, the core idea of adapting our desires is useful, if not taken to an extreme. It is prudent to avoid taking on goals we cannot possibly attain, and hence prudent to eschew projects that cannot possibly be completed during the course of a normal lifetime.

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