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internal confidence
Of course, what is truly ambitious is to face life and proceed with quiet confidence in spite of the distractions. Let others grasp at crutches. It will be a lonely fight to be real, to say “I’m not going to take the edge off.” To say, “I am going to be myself, the best version of that self. I am in this for the long game, no matter how brutal it m
... See moreRyan Holiday • Ego Is the Enemy
“I’m not telling you to make the world better I’m just telling you to live in it. Not just to endure it, not just to suffer it, not just to pass through it, but to live in it. To look at it. To take chances. To make your own work and take pride in it."
—Joan Didion
—Joan Didion
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Nothing has transformed my life more than realizing that it’s a waste of time to evaluate my worthiness by weighing the reaction of the people in the stands.
Brené Brown • Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
I used to be a parrot, echoing other people's ideas, opinions, and beliefs, because I wasn’t sure of my own. I thought that by ‘borrowing’ and mimicking, I’d be more likeable, it’d be easier to seem cool, clever, or to belong. Looking back now, it gives me the ick—the amount of shit I nodded along to, gross. I think I was scared of looking stupid, ... See more
Zoe Scaman • Forty Years, Forty Lessons
He knew himself. The opinions of another, unless they were truly close to him, didn’t matter. He had lived life the way he wanted to. That’s the most any of us can ask.
Kamal Ravikant • Live Your Truth
Katherine Anne Porter in an interview once said "I made the mistake of thinking I was quite like anyone else, of trying to live like other people. It took me a while to realize that simply wasn’t true. I had my own needs, and I had to live like me. ” I’ve been trying to articulate this for a while now to no avail: I really think true confidence eme... See more