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Sisu: How to Develop Mental Toughness in the Face of Adversity
a tough-minded optimism is best. The future is not shaped by people who don't really believe in the future. Men and women of vitality have always been prepared to bet their futures, even their lives, on ventures of unknown outcome. If they had all looked before they leaped, we would still be crouched in caves sketching animal pictures on the wall,
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James Clear • "Personal Renewal"
persevering in the face of difficulty (grit) and deploying tailored tactics to circumvent opposition (smart).
Morten T. Hansen • Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More
In these situations, talent is not the most sought-after characteristic. Grace and poise are, because these two attributes precede the opportunity to deploy any other skill. We must possess, as Voltaire once explained about the secret to the great military success of the first Duke of Marlborough, that “tranquil courage in the midst of tumult and s
... See moreRyan Holiday • The Obstacle is the Way: The Ancient Art of Turning Adversity to Advantage
Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard for twenty-two minutes to make sense of something that most people would give up on after thirty seconds.
Malcolm Gladwell • Outliers
Endurance is a form of trust, in your capacity over time to absorb the stresses and extremes of the present. I say trust because the math in the moment may break: the opposition overwhelming, your resources faint. So you make eye contact with the enemy. You put down your spear. You turn your back and wait for the tension to break. The quality that ... See more