3-2-1: On loving your fate, how to handle pressure, and the value of being proactive yet positive
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3-2-1: On loving your fate, how to handle pressure, and the value of being proactive yet positive
this, we must learn to adapt ourselves to the environment into which fate has placed us and do our best to love the people with whom fate has surrounded us. We must learn to welcome whatever falls to our lot and persuade ourselves that whatever happens to us is for the best.
William B. Irvine • A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
We cannot control our circumstances, but we can control how we respond to them. We can control whether an experience makes us a bitter person or a better person. What matters in life is not so much what happens to us but what happens in us.
Rick Warren • God's Power to Change Your Life (Living with Purpose)
"People can sometimes be held hostage by their expectations. They have a dream of something they would like to achieve or a path they intend to follow, but their mindset falls apart when things don't work out how they had hoped.
The key is to reach for an extremely high bar, but to be adaptable enough to reframe the failures, disappointments, and d... See more
The key is to reach for an extremely high bar, but to be adaptable enough to reframe the failures, disappointments, and d... See more
3-2-1: On the danger of a good idea, how to do your best work, and a question to inspire action
Hi friend,
I’m having a bit of a tough time at the moment.
Normal challenges are harder than they should be.
Everything is more difficult than usual.
My mood and my energy and my resilience are low.
I’m anxious and imagining bad outcomes happening everywhere, even though there is no reason to.
On days like these I think it’s important to remember a few t
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