You've failed countless times in your life. But 99% of those failures were disingenuous pursuits. Jobs applied to out of desperation. Ventures dabbled in for self image. Actions taken in an attempt to soothe insecurity
Poor track records were never due to you not being capable
You've failed countless times in your life. But 99% of those failures were disingenuous pursuits. Jobs applied to out of desperation. Ventures dabbled in for self image. Actions taken in an attempt to soothe insecurity Poor track records were never due to you not being capable
All of the people I know who are very talented and could be hugely successful have an obvious cringe activity standing between them and their reward and they just aren’t yet willing to walk into the tsunami of cringe
People do well when they can. Not when they want to do well, but when they can. By asking all these open-ended questions, you might just discover that the person you love wants to do well, they just don’t think they can right now. It’s not an issue of motivation. What’s in their way is a lack of belief in their ability to change—they don’t think th
... See moreMel Robbins • The Let Them Theory
And here’s one thing I know for sure: no matter the decision, the why shouldn’t ever be for the simple glory of saying you’ve done something. At least to me, right now, that’s not good enough.
Maria Konnikova • The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win
More than likely your need for perfection is simply a symptom of your fear of failure or your tendency to procrastinate.
Elysha Dicks • Someday Is Today
What I call the "failure interpretation framework" determines whether setbacks become:
Demoralizing evidence of inadequacy
Or clarifying data pointing toward alignment
When we misinterpret our business struggles as dead ends rather than detours, we either abandon our entrepreneurial journey entirely or—perhaps more dangerously—persist in directions mi... See more
Demoralizing evidence of inadequacy
Or clarifying data pointing toward alignment
When we misinterpret our business struggles as dead ends rather than detours, we either abandon our entrepreneurial journey entirely or—perhaps more dangerously—persist in directions mi... See more