“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
Train your brain on what to focus on, what to interpret as important.
We can’t feel equal courage and confidence in all areas of our life
Fear only becomes an opponent when it becomes our focus.
“…become afraid of earthquakes, tall buildings, desks, and donuts.” It’s as if the brain uses hashtags to group things - all these things might be #earthquake to the brain because of the simultaneity of occurrence.


“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
― Letters to a Young Poet
― Letters to a Young Poet

“Embrace your solitude and love it. Endure the pain it causes, and try to sing out with it. For those near to you are distant...”
― Letters to a Young Poet
― Letters to a Young Poet

“The necessary thing is after all but this; solitude, great inner solitude. Going into oneself for hours meeting no one - this one must be able to attain.”
― Letters to a Young Poet
― Letters to a Young Poet

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