Dimitar Penkov

“Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don't belong.”
― Mandy Hale

“True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.”
― Matthew Syed, Black Box Thinking: Growth Mindset and the Secrets of High Performance

“The moment the alarm goes off is the first test; it sets the tone for the rest of the day. The test is not a complex one: when the alarm goes off, do you get up out of bed, or do you lie there in comfort and fall back to sleep? If you have the discipline to get out of bed, you win—you pass the test. If you are mentally weak for that moment and you let that weakness keep you in bed, you fail. Though it seems small, that weakness translates to more significant decisions. But if you exercise discipline, that too translates to more substantial elements of your life.”
― Jocko Willink, Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

“There is only one person to blame for this: me. I am the commander. I am responsible for the entire operation. As the senior man, I am responsible for every action that takes place on the battlefield. There is no one to blame but me. And I will tell you this right now: I will make sure that nothing like this ever happens to us again.”
― Jocko Willink, Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win