3 IDEAS FROM ME
I.
“When things don't go well it's easy to wonder, “Why me?” It's easy to point fingers. It's easy to wallow in frustration or defeat.
But it is also easy to ask, “What is this teaching me?”
You can't remove the frustrations from life, but you can always try to come out a little wiser on the other side.”
II.
“My favorite type of mental toughness is not forcing one path, but being open to many paths: Whatever comes my way, I can handle it. Whatever resources I have, I can make it work. Whatever the day brings, I can thrive.”
III.
“Earlier this week I read a line that stood out to me, “Your goal in life should be to reduce the amount of time it takes you to get out of a bad state.”
The ability to bounce back quickly is a key skill in life.
My wife once told me, “When you're five, you can be mad for a day. When you're ten, you can be mad for an hour. By the time you're thirty, you get ten minutes—and then you have to move on.”
Life is full of moments of frustration and disappointment. Growth and maturity is learning to pull yourself out of a bad state faster.”
2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS
I.
A question from interior designer Rita Wilkins:
“What are you still carrying that isn't yours and is weighing you down?”
Source: A Heart-to-Heart Conversation
II.
Writer Wallace Wattles on being great today:
“Do not merely think that you are going to become great; think that you are great now. Do not think that you will begin to act in a great way at some future time; begin now. Do not think that you will act in a great way when you reach a different environment; act in a great way where you are now. Do not think that you will begin to act in a great way when you begin to deal with great things; begin to deal in a great way with small things.”
Source: The Science of Being Great
1 QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you doing this because it makes you feel curious and alive, or because inertia makes it easy to continue doing and you're hesitant to let go?
Until next week,
James Clear
Author of Atomic Habits
Cofounder of Authors Equity
p.s. Feed the boy.
