Motivation
Choices like these cause migraine headaches. Tip to aspiring entrepreneurs: If you don’t like choosing between horrible and cataclysmic, don’t become CEO.
Ben Horowitz • The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
This is why embracing a what-could-possibly-go-right mindset is so necessary for creating positive change. Thinking in terms of best possible outcomes doesn’t mean you ignore potential negative outcomes. It means you avoid those outcomes by envisioning the future you want and steering toward it.
Greg Beato • Superagency
A great way to get out of your head and into your world is to do a task you can actually finish.
Jon Acuff • Soundtracks
Underrated life advice: Stop arguing with reality. Start where you are, not where you wish you were (or thought you'd be). Every minute spent denying your current position is a minute stolen from your future. The faster you face today, the faster you can change tomorrow.
Blake Burgex.comif I’d only made the goal trying instead of succeeding,
Jay Acunzo • Break the Wheel: Question Best Practices, Hone Your Intuition, and Do Your Best Work
It’s okay to be discouraged. It’s not okay to quit. To know you want to quit but to plant your feet and keep inching closer until you take the impenetrable fortress you’ve decided to lay siege to in your own life—that’s persistence.
Ryan Holiday • The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
Your work is too important to be left to how you feel today. On the other hand, committing to an action can change how we feel. If we act as though we trust the process and do the work, then the feelings will follow. Waiting for a feeling is a luxury we don’t have time for.
Seth Godin • The Practice
The game of life just like any other game is meant to be played,so avoid those conversations about challenges and problems,just play it in order to became a better and better player.