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The Power of Pain, The Way of the Strong Leader, You Are Your Thoughts
Mario Peshev
February 21, 2023
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3 Ideas For Better Habits
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Pain is a Teacher if You Let it Be
Three-time #1 New York Times best-selling author Mark Manson on the growth opportunity found in pain. “Because pain is the universal constant of life, the opportunities to grow from that pain are constant in life. All that is required is that we don’t numb it, that we don’t look away. All that is required is that we engage it and find the value and meaning in it.”
Source: Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope 2
Are You Being Challenged Enough?
Wharton’s top-rated professor Adam M. Grant on how we learn more when we’re being challenged.
"We learn more from people who challenge our thought process than those who affirm our conclusions. Strong leaders engage their critics and make themselves stronger. Weak leaders silence their critics and make themselves weaker.
This reaction isn’t limited to people in power. Although we might be on board with the principle, in practice we often miss out on the value of a challenge network."
Your Mentality Becomes Your Reality
Prolific communication pathologist Caroline Leaf on guarding our thoughts as they’ll become our reality.
"What you are thinking every moment of every day becomes a physical reality in your brain and body, which affects your optimal mental and physical health.
These thoughts collectively form your attitude, which is your state of mind, and it’s your attitude and not your DNA that determines much of the quality of your life."
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