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Jul 2017
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Little: A Lesson from Pre-School: You Ge...

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project
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My daughter’s pre-school teachers used to tell the kids “You get what you get, and you don’t get upset,” and I’ve found this to be extremely useful advice.

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