“Our culture has become hooked on the quick-fix, the life hack, efficiency. Everyone is on the hunt for that simple action algorithm that nets maximum profit with the least amount of effort. There’s no denying this attitude may get you some of the trappings of success, if you’re lucky, but it will not lead to a calloused mind or self-mastery. If you want to master the mind and remove your governor, you’ll have to become addicted to hard work. Because passion and obsession, even talent, are only useful tools if you have the work ethic to back them up.”
― Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
― Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
“You are giving up instead of getting hard! Tell the truth about the real reasons for your limitations and you will turn that negativity, which is real, into jet fuel. Those odds stacked against you will become a damn runway!”
― Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
― Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
“You are in danger of living a life so comfortable and soft, that you will die without ever realizing your true potential.”
― Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
― Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
“It's a lot more than mind over matter. It takes relentless self discipline to schedule suffering into your day, every day.”
― Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
― Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
“Always be willing to embrace ignorance and become the dumb fuck in the classroom again, because that is the only way to expand your body of knowledge and body of work. It’s the only way to expand your mind.”
― Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
― Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
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