{"id":711,"date":"2025-10-21T06:59:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T06:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugurkilci.com\/blog\/?p=711"},"modified":"2025-10-21T06:59:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T06:59:54","slug":"focu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugurkilci.com\/blog\/focu\/","title":{"rendered":"Focus on the things you know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Focus on what you know. People cannot know what you know or where you are going, that is, your future. They compare yours either to themselves or to others. Don&#8217;t get caught up in that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Unusualness happens outside the usual. <\/p>\n<cite>&#8211; Ugur KILCI<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>If you constantly move forward with things you don&#8217;t know, you continually start from scratch. 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