"In the same way, a series of things which would be possible for us if we used all our potential, are not because they are not considered sensible things to do from the image we have of ourselves. In other words, we can only be what we give ourselves the power to be."
-- Mario Alonso Puig
"Although setback stories can sadden and shame us, they can also be enormously uplifting. In them, we encounter ordinary people who have experienced setbacks vastly more challenging than any we are likely to experience, and who, instead of wallowing in self-pity, responded with courage and intelligence. They thereby transformed what could have been personal tragedy into personal triumph."
-- William B Irvine
"We’ve all heard about the importance of persistence. But I had misunderstood. Success comes from persistently improving and inventing, not from persistently doing what’s not working."
-- Derek Sivers
"Thoughts create actions and results. Thoughts make you want to give up; thoughts make you want to keep going. Thoughts make things look hopeless; thoughts make things look better. The lesson here is: Be careful what you choose to think, because you will not go higher than your thoughts."
-- Robert Holden
"Problem solving is a key component of mental agility, and there is a way to hone problem-solving ability. When facing challenges, rather than adopt the first viable response you consider, pause and take time to consider all viable options. You might get lucky and come up with a great solution immediately, but you might not. There could be an even better response, which unless you take the time to consider alternative options, and potentially garner feedback and suggestions from others, you’ll never know. As you practise thinking broadly rather than focusing on one possible response, you’ll learn the skills required to grasp new ideas quickly and push through complexity, which are both factors that support mental agility."
-- Gemma Leigh Roberts
"Because how you set your goals—the way you think about whatever it is you want to do, and how you will get there—is every bit as important. Success is more likely when you focus on the right details, in the right way."
-- Heidi Grant Halvorson
"“Our conscious mind can be compared to the captain of a sailing boat, and our subconscious mind to the wind that fills the sails. Even if it is hard for him to admit it, the captain has to learn how the wind works (and to use it in his favour), or he wont get anywhere with his boat.”"
-- Mario Alonso Puig
"Consciousness needs attention. It is like the eye that sees. Attention is like the light that shines so that the eye can see. Only when we pay attention to our inner self can we discover that which had remained covered over and reveal that which was veiled."
-- Mario Alonso Puig
"My friend back in the day claimed that he wanted to be a writer with all his heart, but it turns out he didn’t want to eat the shit sandwich that comes along with that pursuit. He loved writing, sure, but he didn’t love it enough to endure the ignominy of not getting the results he wanted, when he wanted them. He didn’t want to work so hard at anything unless he was guaranteed some measure of worldly success on his own terms. Which means, I think, that he only wanted to be a writer with half his heart. And yeah, soon enough, he quit. Which left me hungrily eyeballing his half-eaten shit sandwich, wanting to ask, “Are you gonna finish that?” Because that’s how much I loved the work: I would even eat somebody else’s shit sandwich if it meant that I got to spend more time writing."
-- Elizabeth Gilbert
"Identifying what makes us tick is important, because it lays the groundwork for who we are, where we are going, how we are going to get there, and when. We are on a path that will take us to places we have never been before, and things we have not achieved before. We are on a path that will send us and drive us to wherever we want to go."
-- Gino Wickman
