Where the head goes, the body follows. Perception precedes action. Right action follows the right perspective.
RYAN HOLIDAYThere 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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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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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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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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True will is quiet humility, resilience, and flexibility; the other kind of will is weakness disguised by bluster and ambition.
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The most powerful predictor of what spreads online is anger.
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Focus on the moment, not the monsters that may or may not be up ahead.
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Dollar for dollar there is no better investment in the world than a book.
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Problems are rarely as bad as we think-or rather, they are precisely as bad as we think.
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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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ADVERSITY CAN HARDEN YOU. OR IT CAN LOOSEN YOU UP AND MAKE YOU BETTER —IF YOU LET IT.
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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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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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The obstacle in the path becomes the path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.
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