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“There are two types of criticism that will shut you down or make you play small: the internal kind that comes from the voices of judgment that run rampant in your brain, and the external kind that comes from members of an audience, your peers, or your superiors. As much as we’d like to avoid them, we are always going to face the external faultfinders. But we don’t have to play that role ourselves and become our own worst critics.”
― Michael Port, Steal The Show: From Speeches to Job Interviews to Deal-Closing Pitches, How to Guarantee a Standing Ovation for All the Performances in Your Life

“A person who lives below their means has far more latitude than a person who can’t. That’s why Michelangelo, the artist, didn’t live as austerely as Cato but he avoided the gifts dangled by his wealthy patrons. He didn’t want to owe anyone. Real wealth, he understood, was autonomy.”
― Ryan Holiday, Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control

“Only full, overhead sun
diminishes your shadow. But that shadow has been serving you!
What hurts you, blesses you.
Darkness is your candle.
Your boundaries are your quest.”
― Rumi, The Essential Rumi

“This is the genius of great leadership. Great leaders and great organizations are good at seeing what most of us can’t see. They are good at giving us things we would never think of asking for.”
― Simon Sinek, Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action