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I truly loved this book, even, if you're reading this, I recommend it to you whoever you are 😌

We're philosophers, and action persons, what isn't a contradiction 📝

If we can keep steady no matter what happens, we will get through.

It all lies in emotional regulation. A skill that must be built, a muscle that needs strengthening.

“Panic has to be trained out & it does not go easily”

“Control your emotions” - the art of NOT panicking.

shake off the bad stuff and soldier on.

There is ALWAYS a way through.

“There is only perception. The story we tell ourselves and what it actually means. A mistake becomes training.”
“Just because your mind or others say something is evil or horrible doesn’t mean we have to agree” “it’s the story we tell ourselves” - p e r c e p t i o n

“Our perceptions & mind are in our complete control”

Anger and outrage is almost never the answer.

Focus on what can be controlled.
“This logic is available to you, you just need to be able to deploy it”

The greatest thing is that you can rule over yourself - command over oneself allows you to overcome largely anything.

In part 1 the Rockefeller comparison needs to be memorized and re studied and tattooed on my brain.

“Obstacles are there to test us and try a new way”

“What holds you back?”
Whatever it is, here we are. & now we deal with it without giving up.