“To deny your discomfort is ultimately to deny part of yourself.”
― Hunting Discomfort: How to Get Breakthrough Results in Life and Business No Matter What
― Hunting Discomfort: How to Get Breakthrough Results in Life and Business No Matter What
“The thing about justifications is that they’re required when there’s not enough truth in what we’re doing to justify it without justifying it.”
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“The meaning of life can best be simplified as gratifying a personalized set of instincts.”
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“Pessimism is a sign of decay, optimism is a sign of superficiality; "tragic optimism" is the mood of the strong man who seeks intensity and extent of experience, even at the cost of woe, and is delighted to find that strife is the law of life.”
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“There are only three options for black sheep: live authentically and get kicked out of the community, have the courage to move out on your own and rebuild from scratch, or hide your true self and desperately try to fit in (which you never will).”
― 2,000 Miles Together: The Story of the Largest Family to Hike the Appalachian Trail
― 2,000 Miles Together: The Story of the Largest Family to Hike the Appalachian Trail
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