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October 10 - October 12, 2024
Potential is not a matter of where you start, but of how far you travel. We need to focus less on starting points and more on distance traveled.
evidence shows that it’s having high personal standards, not pursuing perfection, that fuels growth.
to goals that are specific and difficult.
Do your best is the wrong cure
You’re not sure what you’re aiming f...
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you’ve made meaningful...
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is an objective that’s precise and...
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aim for a clear, high target.
Did you make yourself
better today? Did you make someone else better today? If the answer to either question is yes, it was a good day.
Beating yourself up doesn’t make you stronger—it
leaves you bruised. Being kind to yourself isn’t about ignoring your weaknesses. It’s about giving yourself permission to learn from your disappointments.
People judge your potential from your best moments, not your worst.
with leaders doubting them, there would be plenty of reasons ahead for them to question themselves.
When other people don’t
believe in your abilities, it can tie your boots to the ground or send you runnin...
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Congratulations, you didn’t make it. How did it feel to give up?
They weren’t qualified. They didn’t deserve to be there.
Stop saying you climbed Everest . . . if you didn’t get to the to...
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a spiral of self-doubt and ...
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The expectations people hold of us often become self-fulfilling prophecies.
high expectations offer support for us to climb, low expectations tend to hold us back—it feels like our boots are made of lead.
when others underestimate us, it limits our effort and growth.
There are times when you can turn others’ low expectations to your advantage. They don’t have to strap you in place—you can grab on to them and pull yourself forward.
When you’re invested in a goal, being doubted by experts is a threat. They may be credible, but since they don’t recognize your potential, they’re not coaches who will help you improve.
disbelief quickly becomes your insecurity.
shatters your confidence and stifles...
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The desire to prove others wrong can light a spark of motivation. Turning the spark into a flame, though, often requires more.
a roaring fire comes from having something to fight
for.
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It’s easier to overcome obstacles when we’re carrying a torch for people who matter to us.
When others are counting on us, we find strength we didn’t know we had.
naysayers to disprove and a beloved friend to honor, now she had a credible supporter rooting for her.
Progress is not only reflected in the peaks you reach—it’s also visible in the valleys you cross. Resilience is a form of growth.
The responsibility of each generation is not to please our predecessors—it’s to improve conditions for our successors.
we reach the greatest heights when we
attach our bootstraps to other people’s boots. If multiple credible supporters believe in us, it’s probably time to believe them. If ignorant naysayers don’t believe in us, it might be time to prove them wrong. And when our faith falters, it’s worth remembering what we’re fighting for.
their own dreams made a unique contribution to how they progressed and who they became.
those who were sure they were a
to the world, and those who feared they were the one mistake.
don’t know what I’m doing yet. It’s only a matter of time until I figure it out.”
decided to pursue a book of my own.
shifted from judge to coach and told me to stop doubting myself. “Of course you can do it! Just write like you teach, not like you write for academic journals.”
Not long ago, it dawned on me that impostor syndrome is a paradox:
If you doubt yourself, shouldn’t you also doubt your low opinion of yourself?
impostor syndrome is a sign of hidden potential.
It feels like other people are overestimating you, but it’s more likely that you’re underestimating yourself. They’ve recognized a capacity for growth that you can’t see yet. When multiple people believe in you, it might be time to believe them.
the gains that count the most are the hardest to count. The most meaningful growth is not building our careers—it’s building our character.
Success is more than reaching our goals—it’s living our values.
There’s no greater accomplishment than unleashing our...
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