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I just finished the audio version o this book. Adaptability via exploration is the message I take from this book. In a world so locked into a linear structured approach to just about everything it is refreshing to look back in history and see folks l
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Unfortunately, falling short under stress is the norm, not the exception, a shared human refrain. Most people fall short of realizing their potential primarily because our culture promotes a misleading belief: that life is predictable.
“Man is made or unmade by himself; in the armoury of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself; he also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace.”
― As a Man Thinketh
― As a Man Thinketh
“Periodic practice arrests forgetting, strengthens retrieval routes, and is essential for hanging onto the knowledge you want to gain.”
― Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
― Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
“Decisions without actions are pointless. Actions without decisions are reckless.”
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“ReThink Training: The best process of learning is on the job, just-in-time, "nibble-knowledge" to incrementally transform mindsets and skillsets irrevocably.”
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“Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.”
― Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
― Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
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