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Children who associate success with hard work tend to have a “mastery-oriented response”
A man wants to walk across the land, but the earth is covered with thorns. He has two options—one is to pave his road, to tame all of nature into compliance. The other is to make sandals.
Mental resilience is arguably the most critical trait of a world-class performer, and it should be nurtured continuously.
My instinct is always to seek out challenges as opposed to avoiding them.
Investment in loss is giving yourself to the learning process.
If I want to be the best, I have to take risks others would avoid, always optimizing the learning potential of the moment and turning adversity to my advantage.
