Problems are rarely as bad as we think-or rather, they are precisely as bad as we think.
RYAN HOLIDAYThe obstacle in the path becomes the path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.
More Ryan Holiday Quotes
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The Germans have a word for it: Sitzfleisch. Staying power. Winning by sticking your ass to the seat and not leaving until after it’s over.
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I run 5 miles every night. It’s where I go to digest my day, hash out the multitude of information that’s been poured into me in the last wild six months or so, and to try and condense it down to some sort of cohesive strategy to live my life by.
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Great times are great softeners.
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Bad companies are destroyed by crisis. Good companies survive them. Great individuals, like great companies, find a way to transform weakness into strength.
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Our first idea is a grand opening, a big launch, a press release, or major media coverage. We default to thinking we need an advertising budget. Our delusion is that we should be Transformers and not The Blair Witch Project.
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No one will argue that writing is an easy profession. Getting someone to pay you for your words isn’t easy. But there are strategies you can use to simplify the process and transform what you can produce.
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Where the head goes, the body follows. Perception precedes action. Right action follows the right perspective.
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Focus on the moment, not the monsters that may or may not be up ahead.
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Conning the conmen is one of life’s most satisfying pleasures.
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ADVERSITY CAN HARDEN YOU. OR IT CAN LOOSEN YOU UP AND MAKE YOU BETTER —IF YOU LET IT.
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What I’ve learned most clearly from blogs is that the majority of them write about the problems from the outside for a reason—because they are missing the abilities that allow people to move to the inside.
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Am I saying this because I want to prove how smart I am or am I saying this because it needs to be said?
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There is no good or bad without us, there is only perception. There is the event itself and the story we tell ourselves about what it means.
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You know what’s better than building things up in your imagination? Building things up in real life.
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The obstacle in the path becomes the path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.
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