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“If you see a problem and you don't come to the table with a potential solution, I don't want to hear your whining about how bad it is. It couldn't be that bad if it hasn't motivated you to try to fix it.”
― Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
― Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
“Learn from your mistakes and then say, "I'll be back.”
― Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
― Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
“If anything, when you look at it with the right perspective, failure is actually the beginning of measurable success, because failure is only possible in situations where you've tried to accomplish something difficult and worth-while. You can't fail when you don't try. In that sense, failure is kind of like a progress report on your path to purpose.
It shows you how far you've come, and it reminds you how far you still have to go and what you have to work on to get there. It's an opportunity to learn from your mistakes, to evolve your approach, and to come back better than ever.”
― Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
It shows you how far you've come, and it reminds you how far you still have to go and what you have to work on to get there. It's an opportunity to learn from your mistakes, to evolve your approach, and to come back better than ever.”
― Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
“Do not let your ego win. Don't correct them. If you can stay focused on winning and on achieving your goals, you can use their doubts and underestimation against them to effortlessly bridge the conversation, or the interview, or the negotiation to whatever you want to talk about.”
― Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
― Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
“And when exactly has complaining ever gotten someone closer to achieving their goals? You work to make a dream come true, you don't whine it into existence. Plus, problems and adversity are a normal part of every person's journey. Whatever your vision is, there is going to be struggle. Tough times. Things that bug the shit out of you. You have to learn how to manage those moments. You have to get good at shifting gears and finding the positive in things. You have to know how to reframe the failure you experience and understand the risks you're under-taking. Confronting problems instead of complaining about them gives you the chance to practice all these skills.”
― Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
― Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
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