Yvonne

“When there are no consequences, being wrong is simply a diversion.”
― Ian McEwan, Saturday

“First things first: Always go to class! The importance of this rule cannot be overmphasized. It doesn't matter if your class meets at 6:00 A.M., at the top of the steepest hill on campus, on saturday mornings—wake up, get dressed, and go to the lecture on time. As Lydia, a straight-A student from Dartmouth, explains, if you skip class, "it'll take twice as long studying to make up for what you missed." This is why class attendance is so important. Not because learning is power, or it's what your parents would want you do, but because it saves you time. if you attend class regularly, you will significantly cut down on the amount of studying required to score high grades. Don't make this negotiable. Even if you're tired, hung over, or extremely busy, find a way to make it there.”
― Cal Newport, How to Become a Straight-A Student

“But when things go awry, business and sports superstars dust themselves off and move on.”
― Harvard Business Review, On Mental Toughness

“There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Develop Self-Confidence & Influence People by Public Speaking