Because obstacles are not only to be expected but embraced. Embraced? Yes, because these obstacles are actually opportunities to test ourselves, to try new things, and, ultimately, to triumph. The Obs...
The movie marketing paradigm says throw an expensive premiere and hope that translates into ticket sales come opening weekend. A growth hacker says, Hey, it’s the twenty-first century, and we can be a...
What happened yesterday—what happened five minutes ago—is the past. We can reignite and restart whenever we like. Why not do it right now?
Al no contar con una evaluación precisa de nuestras propias capacidades comparadas con las de los demás, lo que tenemos no es seguridad en nosotros mismos sino delirio.
Serenity Prayer: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Reclaim the ability to abstain because within it is your clarity and self-control.
Take a good hard look at people’s ruling principle, especially of the wise, what they run away from and what they seek out. —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 4.38
Control your perceptions. Direct your actions properly. Willingly accept what’s outside your control.
Let's be honest. Most of the time we don't find ourselves in horrible situations we must simply endure. Rather, we face some minor disadvantage or get stuck with some less-than-favorable conditions. O...
The extent of the struggle determines the extent of the growth. The obstacle is an advantage, not adversity. The enemy is any perception that prevents us from seeing this.
Well, what if the other party is wrong? What if conventional wisdom is too conservative? It’s this all-too-common impulse to complain, defer, and then give up that holds us back. An
Realized that the same drive and compulsion that had made me successful so early came with a price—as it had for so many others. It wasn’t so much the amount of work but the outsized role it had taken...
See things for what they are. Do what we can. Endure and bear what we must. What blocked the path now is a path. What once impeded action advances action. The Obstacle is the Way.
At the end of a frustrating exchange, you might find yourself thinking, Ugh, this person is such an idiot. Or asking, Why can’t they just do things right? But not everyone has had the advantages that...
Take your situation and pretend it is not happening to you. Pretend it is not important, that it doesn’t matter. How much easier would it be for you to know what to do? How much more quickly and dispa...
It doesn’t matter whether this is the worst time to be alive or the best, whether you’re in a good job market or a bad one, or that the obstacle you facie is intimidating or burdensome. What matters r...
Who then is invincible? The one who cannot be upset by anything outside their reasoned choice. —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 1.18.21
How much more tolerant and understanding would you be today if you could see the actions of other people as attempts to do the right thing?
At twenty-one, Richard Wright was not the world-famous author he would eventually be. But poor and black, he decided he would read and no one could stop him. Did he storm the library and make a scene?...
Never in a hurry never worried never desperate never stopping short
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