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“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.” - Sun Tzu
Win in your mind. Then open up the possibilty to win in reality.
When I was younger, he used to tell me that one of the best things about life was that you never run out of new material to learn and absorb, that even at his old age, he still felt young in the face of new information.
Elle • How to Get Smart Again: Building a Media Syllabus
Remember, I am no teacher; I can merely be a signpost for a traveler who is lost. It is up to you to decide on the direction. All I can offer is an experience but never a conclusion, so even what I have said needs to be thoroughly examined by you. I might be able to help you to discover and examine your problem by awakening your awareness. A
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Bill Burr’s advice will banish anxiety from your life:
“You’re gonna be fine. And even if you’re not gonna be fine, isn’t it better to just exist thinking you’re gonna be fine. And then when it’s not fine you can just f*cking handle it then.”
“The only day you can influence is today. You can’t do a damn thing about yesterday and tomorrow, but you can do something about TODAY!”
Fredrik Backman • The Winners: From the New York Times bestselling author of TikTok phenomenon Anxious People
"You can't make time go faster or success come sooner. The only thing you can control is the next action."
James Clear • 3-2-1: On Obsessions, What You Can Control, and the Power of Decisive Action
"But doesn't everything always just work out? Like sure, it might suck in the moment, but everything's always fine. Somehow every moment in life always magically works out in the long run. I don't think I could name one time where everything went completely wrong, because if it did I wouldn't be here right now."
Training the Idea Muscle
according to the former AT&T presentation research manager, Ken Haemer, “designing a presentation without an audience in mind is like writing a love letter and addressing it ‘to whom it may concern.’”