ADVERSITY CAN HARDEN YOU. OR IT CAN LOOSEN YOU UP AND MAKE YOU BETTER —IF YOU LET IT.
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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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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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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Dollar for dollar there is no better investment in the world than a book.
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An entrepreneur is someone with faith in their ability to make something where there was nothing before.
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The most powerful predictor of what spreads online is anger.
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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 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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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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The obstacle in the path becomes the path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.
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Great times are great softeners.
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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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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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Failure shows us the way – by showing us what isn’t the way.
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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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Conning the conmen is one of life’s most satisfying pleasures.
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