How to Overcome Criticism: What David Brinkley’s Quote Gets Right About Success A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. David Brinkley Most people can remember at least one remark that stayed with them far longer than it should have. It might have been Read more…
Why We Spend So Much Time Running Away From Sadness Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. Carl Jung A few years ago, I came across an old family photograph that had been tucked away in Read more…
The Stories We Never Hear If your life is free of failures, you’re not taking enough risks. H. Jackson Brown Jr. A few years ago, I watched an interview with a business owner who had built a company worth millions. The conversation followed a familiar pattern. The interviewer wanted to know about the turning points, Read more…
Why Taking Risks in Life Often Matters More Than Winning Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise. At first glance, this quote sounds motivational in the way many internet quotes do. Short. Clean. Easy to agree with. But the more you sit with it, the more Read more…
The Will to Win: Why Wanting to Win Still Matters Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is. Vince Lombardi’s words sound simple at first. Almost too simple, in fact. They feel like the kind of line we expect to hear before a big match, an exam, a business pitch, or any moment where the Read more…
There Are Some Things People Never Really Forget Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. Paul Boese Everybody has something from the past that still hurts a little. Sometimes it is obvious. Sometimes it sits quietly in the background for years before suddenly returning on an ordinary afternoon. A smell, Read more…
When Life Doesn’t Go According to Plan You can’t control the wind, but you can adjust your sails. Anthony Robbins It sounds like the kind of thing you nod at and move on from. Something you might even save and forget about five minutes later. But then life does what it does. Something shifts. Something Read more…
How to Develop a Growth Mindset: What Failure Really Teaches Us Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. Henry Ford There’s a strange thing about failure that no one really prepares you for. It doesn’t just disappoint you. It lingers. It sits in your mind longer than it should, replaying Read more…
Hope Never Leaves—You Do Hope never abandons you; you abandon it. George Weinberg The first time you read that, it doesn’t feel motivating. It feels… slightly unfair. Because most of us don’t feel like we’re the ones letting go of hope. It feels like life takes it away. Things don’t work out. People disappoint you. Read more…
Health Is Wealth Meaning: The One Thing We All Know… and Still Ignore A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. Spanish Proverb It sounds obvious. Almost too obvious. And yet… if you look at how most of us live, it’s Read more…
