“How do we keep our inner fire alive? Two things, at minimum, are needed: an ability to appreciate the positives in our life – and a commitment to action. Every day, it's important to ask and answer these questions: ‘What's good in my life?’ and ‘What needs to be done?”
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“The irony of commitment is that it's deeply liberating -- in work, in play, in love. The act frees you from the tyranny of your internal critic, from the fear that likes to dress itself up and parade around like rational hesitation. To commit is to remove your head as the barrier to your life.”
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“If my aim is to prove I am “enough,” the project goes on to infinity—because the battle was already lost on the day I conceded the issue was debatable.”
― The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem
― The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem
“Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves.”
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“Self-esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.”
― Six Pillars of Self-Esteem
― Six Pillars of Self-Esteem
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