You Don’t Have to Be “Special” to Do Great Things

Excellency is born from effort.

Elizabeth Carlton
Nov 1 · 3 min read

Growing up, I was the kid who dreamed big. I wanted to be an artist; an author; a circus performer; and at some point in my thirty-plus years on this earth I chased after all of those dreams to some extent.

By age 20, I was a freelance journalist covering the music beat and human interest stories for…

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