Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it. – Josephus Daniels
. . . when you give up.
When you stop learning and trying.
When you decide that (the illusion of) safety and stagnation is better than intelligent risks and action.
Losing is not defeat.
“Failure” is not defeat.
Not-getting-what-you-want is not defeat.
Just keep going.
Learn from what happens.
That’s how you win regardless of the “score.”
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There’s a difference between cognitive knowledge (facts, ideas, etc., in your brain) and physical knowledge (being able to perform certain actions to achieve a result). And both are important. To know something cognitively is to study it in-depth: to read books from experts, consult with people who have experience and understand the component parts of…
Work is changing. Life is changing. Much of what worked before simply won’t anymore. Whether you know it or not, you’re playing two games. The first is the Outer Game – this is what you do, your profession, your career, your job. The other is the Inner Game. The Inner Game is what will (really) make…
The mind is everything. What you think, you become. – Buddha I’ll keep posting stuff like this until I get it.* * * * * I’m working on it, but it make take a while . . . .
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