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Book cover for Fragile Lives: A Heart Surgeon’s Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table
We must learn from failure and try to do better the next time. But to indulge in sorrow or regret brings unsustainable misery.
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Timothy Ferriss
“You don’t “succeed” because you have no weaknesses; you succeed because you find your unique strengths and focus on developing habits around them. To”
Timothy Ferriss, Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers

William H. McRaven
“it takes a team of good people to get you to your destination in life. You cannot paddle the boat alone. Find someone to share your life with. Make as many friends as possible, and never forget that your success depends on others.”
William H. McRaven, Make Your Bed: Feel grounded and think positive in 10 simple steps

Ranulph Fiennes
“But, by the end of four dark days, we had logged eleven northerly miles. This would not sound very impressive except to someone who has also pulled a load in excess of his own bodyweight over pressure rubble in the dark and at a temperature of –40°C.”
Ranulph Fiennes, Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know: The extraordinary life story of the world's greatest modern explorer

Marcus Aurelius
“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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