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But you must figure out if your Fight is for what you love or what you’re doing for love.
A QUICK EXERCISE TO IMPROVE YOUR DAY I love breaking my bigger goals into micro (read: achievable) ones. To get into the practice, do this simple exercise. Don’t sweat it; just see what comes to mind and then see it through. Take ninety seconds to evaluate the biggest challenge facing you tomorrow. Think about what makes you nervous about it or why it’s important. Imagine the scenario playing out. Take ninety seconds to think about one thing you can do to prepare for the challenge. It can be anything from preparing two ideas to say at a work meeting to mentally picking out your outfit for a
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REPEAT IN A FEW WORDS REPEAT IS . . . FAILURE SUCCESS PERSPECTIVE RESILIENCE LEARNING IMPROVING
Your goal in any meeting for a job should be to plant a seed in the interviewer’s mind for the next time a job comes open (because you probably aren’t getting this one). That’s what goes through my head when I take a meeting for any kind of opportunity. I’m not truly there for that role, deal, or partnership—I’m there for the ones I don’t even know exist yet.
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WHEN YOU DON’T GET THE JOB . . . Don’t take it personally Don’t get derailed You haven’t failed, but instead invested in your future
Keep a list of your rejections, flameouts, or anything that is tough for you. Look three failures back instead of at your last one. Time and space give you more clarity on solutions. The further we’re removed from conflicts, the smarter we are about them. Working on failures from the past will help you with those in the present—without your even needing to try. Sometimes we also notice, when looking back, that the failure wasn’t as significant as we thought at the time.
It sucked. I hated going up. I hated going down. I hated the parachute being pulled, because it yanked my tater tots. I hated all of it. Except the landing, where I put both my palms on the ground and thanked anyone and everyone for being there to witness it. Meanwhile an eleven-year-old girl who landed ten feet away loved every second of the experience. I hated it, but I had done it. I made a promise and I fulfilled it. A Lannister always pays his debts. I could never ask God for another favor if I hadn’t fulfilled the previous one.
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Here’s my to-do list for you: Read this book again! Find another book. (And read a chapter every time you watch an episode of a Netflix show.) Watch Ted Talks online. Watch documentaries on people you admire. Put things in front of you. Say your goals out loud. Give yourself the opportunity to succeed. But be vulnerable enough to fail. Find someone to share with who will have empathy for and believe in you. Have empathy for and believe in someone else.
