The Transformative Power of Pursuing Your Dreams A Journey with "The Alchemist"

Embark on a literary odyssey with us as we navigate the enchanting narrative of Paulo Coelho's "The Alchemist," a masterpiece that has redefined the pursuit of dreams for many, including luminaries like Will Smith and Tony Robbins. Through the eyes of Santiago, the shepherd boy on a quest for treasure, we'll uncover life's true riches and what it means to live out your "personal legend." Coelho's own riveting spiritual journey and eclectic life infuse his storytelling, offering a treasure trove of wisdom for you to discover.

In today's soul-stirring discussion, we unravel the intricate interplay of love, destiny, and the relentless search for one's treasure. Reflect with us on Santiago's transformative encounters, how giving value to others surpasses all wealth, and the profound realization that our greatest treasures often lie beyond the material. We also tackle the philosophical musings of destiny versus free will, the guiding power of omens, and the invaluable practice of being present. Let Santiago's journey inspire you to unearth the personal legend within, and join us in this conversation to illuminate the path to fulfilling your deepest aspirations.

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Speaker 1: 0:28

Hi guys, my name is Fabio from the Fabio podcast Journey to Success, and today we're gonna talk about this new book. The name of the book is the Alchemist a fable about following your dream. I I really like the the title. So Description. It says paulo coelos.

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So the the, the writer is paulo coelos Masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago and Andalusian shepherd boy who earns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches for different and far from satisfying than he ever imagined. Santiago's journey teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our heart, of recognizing opportunity and learning to read the omens, students along life's path and, most importantly, to follow our dreams. So One of my favorite book so this is a, let's say, a review or A feedback from Will Smith one of my favorite books is the Alchemist of paulo coelos, and I just believe that I can create whatever I want to create if I will put my head on right, studied, learn the patterns. I just feel very strongly that we are who we are, that we are who we choose to be. Brain Brown says love it. There is a great quote in the Alchemist when you are on the right path, the universe conspires to help you. Beautiful. And in Robbins, also author of Awakened the Giant within, he says a remarkable tale about the most magical full journeys, the quest to fulfill one's destiny. Okay, I didn't read yet the book, but I really like it, so let's let's do, let's read it All, right, okay. Okay, life gets busy. The Alchemist by paulo coelos being gathered in dust on your bookshelf is to learn the key inside. Now we're scratching the surface in the Alchemist summary, if you don't already have the book, or the book or the audiobook free on Amazon, to learn the juicy details.

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Introduction Do you have a personal legend? You probably do, even if you don't know it yet. Your personal legend is what you want to achieve in life. In the Alchemist, paolo Coelos explores this theme through the mystical tale of a Shapered boy named Santiago. He thinks his desired goal is to find treasure, but after going on a long, difficult quest, he realizes his true goal, or personal legend is what he learns along the way. Since it was first published in 1988, the Alchemist as the light and inspired million of people around the world. Of course, then it says reader summary to discover why.

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About Paolo Coelos. Paolo Coelos is a Brazilian writer who specializes in the spirituality inspired novels. Coelos had trouble childhood and rebelled against his Catholic parents religion. Subsequently, they committed him to a psychiatric hospital on three occasions. Coelos used this hardship and his spiritual awakening while on his 500 mile journey to Santiago de Compostela as inspiration for his books. Before becoming a writer, coelos engaged with multiple professions. He has worked as a lawyer, songwriter, actor, journalist and theater director. The Alchemist was initially a slow seller but has grown to become the most translated book by a living author. Coelos lets the world around him guide his writing, his Frigilist to begin writing a novel when he sees a white feather in January of a not year. Okay, credit from wiki media we have. We have his mage? I don't. I don't think you care about it, since we are in the podcast anyway.

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Chapter one dreaming is what makes life interesting. It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting, that what Paolo Coelos says the main characters in the Alchemist is a shepherd called Santiago. The story starts with Santiago. Santiago pondering the nature of his work. Santiago is close to his animals. He calls each of them of them by name, his schedule revolves around them and he has conversions with them. Recently, santiago's conversions have been about a girl he met a year ago. He met her in the village that is the next destination destination on his journey. Santiago hasn't stopped thinking about this girl here. She's a merchant's daughter. He met while delivering a wall to a shop where she was browsing. The shop owner bought the wall from Santiago and encouraged him to return a year later. Hence, santiago is on the way back on the view to the village where the first met the girl. Santiago views his Sherpa doing life as providing him with consider Considerable freedom. He allows his ship to lead the way that eventually finds a new path. However, santiago realizes this is a very important. Santiago realizes this is not a real discovery. He once dreamed of traveling the world. He accepts the dreaming about what you don't have is what makes life interesting. This is why he has been dreaming for a year about seeing this girl again.

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Chapter two we all have a personal legend. We want to achieve that. You key teams in the alchemist personal legends and pursuing your dream. So let's talk first about personal legends. One Santiago reached tarifa. He's allowed to stop before the village where his trim girl lives. He visits an old gypsy woman. This woman claims she can interpret dreams. Santiago has the recurring dream where a child shows him the location of some treasure. However, he wakes up. He wakes up just before he finds out exactly where it is. The gypsy woman tells Santiago this treasure is legitimate. She explains to him the dream are a language used by the soul of the world to communicate with people. The woman accepts as a payment one hand off the tracer when Santiago finds it Apple.

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Leaving the gypsy woman's house, santiago sits in the plaza to read a book and An old man comes up to him and tells him he has to read the book. I, the man, reveals himself to be Melchizedek, the king of Salem. A best of wisdom, open Santiago. This wisdom is that the word beliefs, faith, prevents people from achieving their personal legend. Personal legends are dreams that people have want to achieve their entire life. What has the gypsy woman said? Melchizedek explains that personal legends comes from the soul of the world. However, fear and routine obscure our personal legend. I would like to stop here. It is a beautiful book. Something that I wanted to say is that, however, fear and routine obscure our personal legend.

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It is true, we are so focused to live our life like the rest of the people and then we also wish to be special. You cannot do that. I mean, if you really want to be special, if you really want to achieve your dream, if you really want to achieve success, you have to follow a different path, and most of the times, maybe all the time, the path you are going to follow, the path of success, is different than other paths. You know paths like I don't know, like being in the school and get your degree, have a family, have an ordinary life. There is nothing wrong on that. Yeah, I mean, there is truly nothing wrong. I like, I love the ordinary life as well. I love my home, I love my woman. I would like to have a child one day. It's beautiful to have a simple life, but at the same time, what happened? We are so much focused to live our ordinary lives that then we forget our dreams, and it's very pretty.

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Let's continue, melchizedek. I'll just go a little bit before so you don't miss the point, guys. So personal legends are dreams that people have want to achieve their entire life, just as the gypsy woman say. Melchizedek explains that personal legends come from the soul of the world. However, fear, routine, obscure. Are personal legends. Melchizedek, guys, I don't know if it's Melchizedek or Melchizedek. Let's say it's Melchizedek, okay, so let's go forward. So Melchizedek explains to Santiago that he only appears to people who are ready to achieve their dreams. He will tell Santiago about the treasure in his dream if the boy gives him one tent of his ship. Pursue your dreams. So this is another title.

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After the liberation, santiago decides his ship and the merchant's daughter will merely step on the way to his personal legends, like the treasure. He decides to sell his flock immediately and gives Melchizedek six ships for free. Melchizedek tells Santiago to always follow the almonds and gives Santiago two stones. One stone is black and called Uri, meaning yes, and the other is white and called two meme meaning no. These stones will help Santiago if he struggles to understand the almonds. With the money from selling his flock, santiago buys a ticket from Tarifa to Africa and sets sales to find the treasure.

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Upon arriving in Tangiers, santiago realizes that obtaining his personal legend will be more complicated than he first imagined. For starters, he does not speak Arabic. While sitting alone in a bar, a young man approaches Santiago In Spanish. The man offers to help him get to the Egyptian pyramids where the treasure lies. However, when the young man offers to help Santiago buy a camel, he robs him of all his money. Santiago weeps with despair. He has nothing and asks the stones if Melchizedek's blessing is still with him. The answer is yes. So Santiago continues on his journey toward obtaining his dreams. Wandering the streets in search of opportunities, santiago comes across a crystal shop struggling financially. Santiago cleans the front window and the owner offers him a job. The owner is willing to pay Santiago enough to save up for a new flock of sheep and his passage back home. Santiago agrees and takes the job.

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Personal legend explains Personal legends serve as the only means by which a person can live a satisfying life. Those who put off their personal legends will suffer from a regret and fail to experience the wealth associated with achieving them. Finally, following your personal legends will allow the world to best the fowl upon you. The novel even explains that natural elements must aim to achieve their personal legend. For example, alchemy involves turning metal into its own personal legend Gold, chapter 3.

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Everything happens for a reason. This phrase is so powerful, truly, the first time that I, when I knew my the one that now is my current fiancé no, my fiancé, and so it was about like four years ago now yeah, in February, it's four years and I remember that I can be very punitive with myself. Sometimes I can be very strong when I make some decision and this decision don't go true in a way that I wished. That's a problem that I had. Now I'm better Well, I'm more than better, because now I accept failures, and it's not even that I accept failures. Failure is my friend. I see failure as a teacher, you know, who teach you how to correct your path. Before wasn't like that. So something that she used to say was she always says that everything happens for a reason. And now I use this phrase, these three words, right, everything happens for a reason. It is so powerful I use literally everywhere, sometimes also to justify things that happen around my life. But I have to say this phrase helps a lot. Everything happens for a reason. So Chapter 3. Let's go forward.

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After obtaining enough money to buy another flock and travel home, santiago has a conversation with the Crystal Shop owner. He asks for the owner's blessing to go home. Although the owner gives his blessing, he also tells Santiago that he knows it will not return to Spain. He says Santiago will continue to pursue his personal legend. Santiago accepts his far-from-home and closer to the Egyptian pyramids and the treasure. He takes a chance and starts living in a caravan in the desert to search for the treasure While living here. Just a small note this situation with pyramids, egypt, reminds me of a trip I had this year. It was in Morocco. I know it's pretty far. You know we're not talking about Egypt, we're talking about Morocco. But Morocco has the most beautiful desert in the world. It's the Sahara. But the side part of Morocco has truly the most beautiful dunes, so big, like you see in the movie. I love it. Let's go forward.

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While living here, he meets an Englishman in search of his own personal legend. Melchizedek also gave this man Yurim and two mimim. Santiago realizes the series of events he has experienced have all guided him closer to his personal legend. Even being robbed was part of his journey toward find the treasure. You know and that's the phrase everything happens for a reason.

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While traveling across the desert, the Englishman talks to Santiago about the soul of the world. He describes this as the principle that governs all things. If we have an intuition or genuinely want something, we are immersed in the soul of the world. Santiago reads some of the Englishman's alchemy books. He discovered that almost all famous alchemists dedicated their lives to realizing the personal legend. However, santiago wants to read the world's omens through everyday life rather than old books.

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Chapter 4 Love Helps you Hear the Soul of the World. The caravan finally reaches the oasis, where an alchemist has been waiting for its arrival. This alchemist knew from reading the desert's omens that someone in the caravan saw them out. At this time, a world is taking place between the tribes of the desert. This war makes the desert too dangerous to cross. Therefore, the caravan must stay at the oasis indefinitely.

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Santiago meets a beautiful girl, fatima, at a well-unforsoned love with her. So, santiago, I think Santiago forgot the beautiful woman in the shop. By the way, he learns that being in love helps you hear the language of the soul of the world. Santiago starts meeting Fatima at the well. Every day. He tells her about his story and everything he has learned during his journey. Santiago's vision saves him. Santiago is so in love with Fatima. He tells her he wants to marry her. He's even thinking about giving up on his quest so he can be with her. Fatima tells Santiago she understands he needs to find a treasure to realize his life goals. While pondering this alone on the outskirts of the oasis, santiago has a vision of an embedding army.

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After consulting one of the caravan's guides, santiago resolves to tell the oasis chiefs what the desert's omens have shown him. After he tells them, they deliberate and decide to prepare for war. This war is against the oasis tradition, as the area is usually considered neutral ground. The chiefs make a deal with Santiago If the enemy arrives, they will give Santiago a gold piece for every ten enemies lane. If Santiago's vision is wrong, he will be killed.

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He is a man with a falcon on his shoulder, dressed all in black and riding a white horse, assails Santiago. The attacker holds an sword to Santiago's head and demands to know how he knew of the approaching army. Santiago is frightened and he is afraid of the enemy. He is afraid of Santiago's head and demands to know how he knew of the approaching army. Santiago is frightened and explains to the man about the omens of the desert and his personal legend. He says he had no choice. To Santiago's surprise, the man understands completely. He leaves, telling Santiago to find him if he survives in the coming days. As the horseman rides away, santiago realizes he has just met the alchemist. The next day, the men of the oasis kill all the intruders. Subsequently, the oasis chiefs award Santiago 50 pieces of gold and ask him to become the oasis consular. Instead, santiago makes a difficult decision of leaving Fatima, an opportunity to become a consular. He chooses to pursue his personal legend alongside the alchemist.

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Chapter 5. Our true treasure is not always what we think it is. Through Santiago's journey in the alchemist, paolo Coelhos teaches us that the treasure we are aiming for may not be our true goal. Chapter 6.

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My dream, maybe 18 or 20 years ago, no, even a child. Yeah, I think I was my maybe my eighties birthday. Then I went to the bet and I prayed God. I say God, I really, I really want to achieve success. I'm gonna give you everything. I think I say like if I achieve success, I'm gonna give you I don't know part of my money, like in a percent way. Yeah, I'm gonna give you 10, 20% of what. They are not something like that, like two children and and something like that. If I think right now about it I don't know, it's a little bit shame photo, but very curious. Yeah, I mean I was literally Say to God like, hey, just give me some success and I keep you sati back. But regardless that During my path to success, I never, I never Imagined I would have had, I would have, I would have had these podcast, you know.

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And talking about success, today, right now that I'm 34 years old, I Start with everything. I start with trading, a binary option, selling websites and web agency. There was a moment in my life I understood it's not about money, but it is about how you can give value to the people. And then money comes later, indirectly. So I didn't think anymore how to monetize. I just saw how to give value to the people, forgetting how to, kind of forgetting how to monetize. So I spent more than ten years, around ten years, to understand how to monetize Something. That's one of the big mistakes. Right, if you think about it.

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We are so focused to understand how to monetize our dream. But if you are so much focused to monetize your dream, you will never get your dream at the first place. So first you have to give value, make the dream comes true. And then, of course, we live in a world where we need money, and money is not that Such bad concept if you know how to use it. But hey, first you have to give value, make your dream comes true, and then, of course, money will come. But what I'm trying to say here, it's a small note. It should be a small note, but it's not.

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This chapter is so real, so true. So our true treasure is not always what we think it is. So I try out everything. I there was a moment that no more than a moment, that was years that I was thinking to give value to the people singing or acting, something that I still want to do in my life, even if I'm 34 years old. But the age is just a concept, it's just something that I understood these years. So you are never late. If you're really focused on something, if you really want to achieve something, you are never late, no worries about it. But the point is that I never thought I would have been here talking with my broken English and Say to all of you stories about success, success and Etc, etc, etc. Learning from it as well, because I, I Consider myself still Okay I don't want to say a beginner or starter, because I want to be real with myself, since I treat etiquette More than ten years about it but I, I feel I still need to learn a lot. Learn a lot for myself and learn a lot from the people around me. Learn a lot from you guys, learn, learn, learn from everyone. Right, let's go forward Nearing the treasure. Why do we have to listen to our hearts? Because whatever your heart is, that is where you'll find your treasure. Paolo Coelho.

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Santiago travels across the desert with the alchemist. It grows restless, wanting to learn more about the alchemist secrets. However, the alchemist explains that, although he has learned much, some things cannot be told. Santiago must learn these things himself. The alchemist also explains that men complicate matters by seeking their personal legends, treasures without living their personal legends. He advises Santiago to listen to his heart when nearing the treasure. That two men are traveling through dangerous lands. Santiago's heart is becoming agitated. He hears from the soul of the world about others who have failed to find their fortune. He's scared and wants to return to Fatima. However, he learns to be at peace with these worries.

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War catches up with the travelers. This is another chapter. A warring tribe captures the travelers and threatens to kill them. To save their lives, the alchemist gives the tribe or Santiago's money and tells them Santiago is powerful wizard. He says Santiago can turn himself into the wind and destroy them. The tribesmen do not believe them, but gives Santiago three days to prove his powers.

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Although the alchemist is unaffected, santiago continues to worry about proving his abilities. On the third day, he goes to the top of a cliff. He tries to speak to the desert and explains he needs to turn himself into the wind to return to his love, fatima. However, the desert doesn't know how to do this. Santiago then asks the wind, but the wind is unaware of what love is. Finally, the son suggests Santiago asks the end that wrote all. Santiago begins to pray His prayers not a request, but an acknowledgement that is, a heart and the soul of the world are the same. Upon this realization, santiago turns into the wind. The tribesmen arrive to learn what? Santiago has disappeared. Then he reappears on the other side of the camp, impressed. The tribal chiefs let the two travelers go and give them a guide to find their destination. The alchemist lives Santiago.

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The next day, the alchemist takes his leave at the Coptic monastery. Santiago continues his travels and reaches the pyramids, where the treasure is located. He realizes the real treasure in life as not the gold or jewels that lie there. It is the wisdom he has gained on his way to the pyramids and his love for Fatima. Santiago is happy to walk back home at this point. However, the alchemist tells him to listen to his heart. His heart tells him to start digging in the spot. Where was a scarab beetle? As he is digging, some men approach him and beat him savagely. They also take all his money. Santiago tries to explain what is to end, how he has come to be there. The men tell him that he is a foal and they have the same recurring dream. They dreamed of treasure in Spain, but they say they were not stupid enough to chase after their dream. Santiago has been beaten down but is ecstatic. He now knows where his treasure lies.

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The alchemist teaches us lessons about fear, dreams, faith and omens. Cuellio teaches us many lessons through the story of Santiago and his quest to find treasure. Fear fear of failure is the primary obstacle Santiago must overcome on his journey. Through the book, wise individuals tell Santiago this fear becomes irrelevant if you faithfully pursue your dreams. This wisdom is supported by the times. Santiago truly pursued his dreams, like turning himself into the wind Dreams.

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Although dreams are common in the alchemist, the most important dream is Santiago's personal legend. Personal legends enlighten the characters and form communication with the soul of the world. You can use life goals to guide you through hardships. What's more, the possibility of achieving your dream is what makes life interesting Faith many characters use the term MacTube in the book. Mactube means it is written. Santiago's story shows that faith always cooperates with those in pursuit of their personal legends. Everything the universe conspires to help you achieve what you desire. Therefore, you should remain focused on your goals and find comfort in the belief that your destiny is already written in the world's history. Just a small note this is something that I sometimes see and read, and you know when I'm around on my way to read different books, this phrase here. Therefore, you should remain focused on your goals and find comfort in the belief that your destiny is already written in the world's history.

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I don't know if I like it. I don't know if I like to believe that it's not the first time that I see something like that, like that my destiny is already written. Like, okay, if my destiny is already written, then if I achieve success, so I have to say thanks to who? Basically to me, no, because I didn't use my strength, so that it doesn't matter how much strength I used to achieve success anyway was written in the day now in my destiny. I don't know as a concept. As I said, there is so much that I have to learn, and have to learn to accept and and but the. Here it's.

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Maybe I'm a fairly very tailed person, but I like to think that we are the one who write our destiny, you know. So If I see a homeless person In the city, I always like to think that that person Unfortunately, for unfortunate reason, he right now Is there. Okay, understandable, but he has their right to find the strength to To change his life. But If this is not true, if our destiny is already written in the world history, right, so then nothing. Hmm, then nothing. Nothing to do, nothing to do. You have been poor and you stayed poor, or you, you burn poor and you're gonna be successful one day and very rich man and Whatever. We cannot Write anything.

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I Don't want to think this, want to think, I truly want to think that we're the one, who, who write our destiny and who knows, maybe one day we're gonna, you know, one day we're gonna die and they were gonna be in front of God or Whoever, which mystical being is gonna be in front of us and Then maybe it's gonna show us some book and that is gonna sell us and that's the book, your, of your life. It was already written so many, I don't know so many age ago, and Then nothing, that we cannot do anything about it. But Until that moment, until the moment I I'm gonna die and I'm gonna be in front this Entity, I really would like to think that I can change my destiny. Thank you, oh man's, oh Man's. Okay, this is another part. So we have Fear, dreams, fate, and oh man's, oh man's, oh man's.

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Allow you to find your meaning, no matter the environment. This is because oh man's are part of the universal language of the world. We should also try to find meaning random events. Every event can be applied to our personal legend and consider Another step toward achieving our goals. You'll be happy if you keep your eyes on the present life would be a grand party for you, because life is the moment you are living now.

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Don't be a ship the ship in the alchemist are symbolic of. Though Santiago cares for his ship, he also understand they lack some Something he has. He understands his ship. Do not have the same capacity as him to have a personal legend. This is why they follow him wherever he goes. Before Santiago started chasing his dream, he was like a ship if follow orders and was focused on material desire and social acceptance, something that we say before. Identify your personal legend is vitally preventing you from becoming dependent on others. Guys, if you choose your, your dreams, you're gonna be different than others, and because you are gonna choose a different path and that different path allow you to become Whatever you want to be in the future, hardship helps you find your true personal legend.

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Santiago's journey to find this personal legend wasn't easy. The alchemist is a fillet with Challenging times for Santiago. It was robbed, uptalked and the threat, and with theft and beaten, robbed again. However, santiago ends the book happier than it was before and barking on this journey. The most important to take away a message from this book is that the saring goal in life is where we gain happiness. A life of challenges in pursuit of personal legend is a happier than a safe and Directionless life. According to coelho, the secret of life is to fall seven times and to get up eight times. Beautiful, oh my god. Beautiful. Quote. Never hear that. Final assembly a review.

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The alchemist tells the mystical story of Santiago. This Andalusian shepherd boy years to travel in search of a worldly treasure. Santiago regards this treasure as his personal legend. However, his quest to obtain the stressor leads him to different reaches that are far from satisfying. Santiago experienced a hardship, love and friendship. He also learns that staying focused on a life goal Provides him with the tribe to carry on. The pursuit of the dream becomes more important than outcome. Beaten and exhausted, santiago is ever them.

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Before Embarking on this journey, what is your personal legend? And here, of course, there is this, this phrase. So what is your personal legend? Tagas on social media tell us which true goal is in life. As I said, it's beautiful book and you should download story shots. You should also buy the book. I never this is my first time I'm rigged in this, this, this book, in in terms of reasms. So for sure I'm gonna buy it, because I'm I'm sure there is a lot in this book that we don't know yet. And this guys, thank you for being here in all our journey to achieve success and and good luck with your life, and don't forget to achieve your dream, because your dreams are Waiting for you To be achieved. Okay, and see you soon and thank you so much and To the next episode. Cheers. I.