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“Having hope,” writes Daniel Goleman in his study of emotional intelligence, “means that one will not give in to overwhelming anxiety, a defeatist attitude, or depression in the face of difficult challenges or setbacks.” Hope is “more than the sunny view that everything will turn out all right”;
Doris Kearns Goodwin • Team of Rivals
being heroic is the ability to conjure hope where there is none.
Mark Manson • Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope (The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck (2 Book Series))
Strong leaders can convince people to make “irrational” bets with their own lives, persuade customers or clients to be early adopters, and can inspire people to do what they never realized they could achieve.
These are the people who defy the odds, master the intangibles, and use effort to bypass the naturally gifted.
In the end, talented teams with ... See more
These are the people who defy the odds, master the intangibles, and use effort to bypass the naturally gifted.
In the end, talented teams with ... See more
Alex Tan • #091 Something Very Noticeable
For men to plunge headlong into an undertaking of vast change, they must be intensely discontented yet not destitute, and they must have the feeling that by the possession of some potent doctrine, infallible leader or some new technique they have access to a source of irresistible power. They must also have an extravagant conception of the prospect
... See moreEric Hoffer • The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (Perennial Classics)
Hope is not prognostication. It is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart; it transcends the world that is immediately experienced, and is anchored somewhere beyond its horizons. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously hea
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