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Paul Coleho's The Alchemist
The theme of the book, the Alchemist, is to pursue your personal legend above all things. Paul Coleho makes it very clear that any one can achieve personal greatness by using a shepherd. Their are many reasons why you should follow your personal legend. Not only could you benefit from it, other lives you encounter on your journey maybe changed. You may have to post pone your journey to find the funds to complete you journey.

In the book Santiago sales his sheep and goes to a lnad he has never seen before. Although your personal leghend will probably not require you to such extreme things, you will have to overcome challenges. “’if it happens once it will not happen again, but if it happens twice it will surely happen a third.” In the book
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