You Can't Win Them All
"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
All this to say: not every success story needs to start with a cosmic, altruistic yes moment. Being rejected, overlooked, or ignored can serve as the greatest fuel for take-off. But, as I would come to learn, you can’t rely on that kind of kickoff fuel forever.
Derin Emre • Talk to Strangers
You only control the work, not how it’s received. “So ultimately, you have to love doing it. You have to get to a place where doing the work is the win and everything else is extra.” You have to find joy in what you do for the sake of it
down-to-earth view that most of what happens in our lives is not entirely within our control and the best we can do is to steer the boat a little as we float down the river of life.
Paul Jarvis • Company Of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business
Such thinking assumes that you must be constantly victorious—not only against your peers, but also against an earlier version of your own poor self. Most dangerously of all, such thinking assumes that if you cannot win, then you must not continue to play. But what does any of that have to do with vocation? What does any of that have to do with the
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