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The Final Practice

I Want

Tell the truth and leave it standing before deciding what the truth can build.

Chapter Fourteen

Before writing

No doctrine, institution, family, nation, or movement is permitted to complete the sentence for you.

The complete practice

Read each line without improving it.

  1. 01

    Find a quiet room.

  2. 02

    Do not bring a crowd.

  3. 03

    Write:

  4. 04

    I want.

  5. 05

    Complete the sentence.

  6. 06

    Do not write what God, family, country, church, business, history, or a movement wants through you.

  7. 07

    Write what you want.

  8. 08

    Money.

  9. 09

    Love.

  10. 10

    Power.

  11. 11

    Safety.

  12. 12

    Praise.

  13. 13

    Control.

  14. 14

    Forgiveness.

  15. 15

    Victory.

  16. 16

    A family that returns.

  17. 17

    A child who agrees.

  18. 18

    A leader who remembers your name.

  19. 19

    Do not improve the desire.

  20. 20

    Then write the noble name you gave it.

  21. 21

    Purpose.

  22. 22

    Service.

  23. 23

    Duty.

  24. 24

    Freedom.

  25. 25

    Faith.

  26. 26

    Leadership.

  27. 27

    Protection.

  28. 28

    Ask who paid for what you wanted.

  29. 29

    Do not use shame to become small.

  30. 30

    A leader may turn shame into one more way to keep the story centered on himself.

  31. 31

    Tell the truth and leave it standing.

  32. 32

    Then leave the room before deciding what the truth can build.

Private journal

Write without sending.

0 of 3 fields contain an answer.

Leave the answer standing

Leave the answer alone for one night.