“Any recurring patterns of behavior that can be productively applied are talents.”
― First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently
― First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently
“My dad used to ask my brother and me at the dinner table what we had failed at that week," she told the audience at a recent Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship event in New York City. "I can remember coming home from school and saying, 'Dad, I tried out for this and I was horrible!' and he would high-five me and say, 'Way to go!' If I didn't have something that I had failed at, he actually would be disappointed." This dinner table tradition allowed Blakely to see the value in failure. "My dad always encouraged me to fail, and because of this, he gave me the gift of retraining my thinking about failure," she explained. "Failure for me became about not trying, instead of the outcome." ”
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“Rilke’s reflections have proven timeless and timely, over and over, in countless human lives —”
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“Steinbeck’s commitment to discipline isn’t mere moral vanity or fetishism of productivity — his is an earnest yearning to create the greatest work of his life,”
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“faute de mieux——" "I don't get you, Jeeves." "A French expression, sir, signifying 'for want of anything better'.”
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