Where the head goes, the body follows. Perception precedes action. Right action follows the right perspective.
RYAN HOLIDAYAm 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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To do great things, we need to be able to endure tragedy and setbacks. We’ve got to love what we do and all that it entails, good and bad. We have to learn to find joy in every single thing that happens.
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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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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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Conning the conmen is one of life’s most satisfying pleasures.
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True will is quiet humility, resilience, and flexibility; the other kind of will is weakness disguised by bluster and ambition.
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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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We decide what we will make of each and every situation. We decide whether we’ll break or whether we’ll resist.
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Focus on the moment, not the monsters that may or may not be up ahead.
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Discipline in perception lets you clearly see the advantage and the proper course of action in every situation-without the pestilence of panic or fear.
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Great times are great softeners.
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The most powerful predictor of what spreads online is anger.
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What is known can’t jerk us around unwittingly. Before anything can be resolved, the implicit must be made into the explicit.
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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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Ordinary people shy away form negative situations, just as they do with failure. They do their best to avoid trouble. What great people do is the opposite. They are their best in these situations. They turn personal tragedy or misfortune – really anything, everything – to their advantage.
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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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