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The Undesirable Path to Success, How Failure Shows us the Way, and the Key to Self-Confidence
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3 Ideas For Better Habits
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Focus on the Mundane to Reap the Rewards
Former publisher of SUCCESS magazine, Darren Hardy on how the power of the compound effect lies in its simplicity.
“The path to success is through a continuum of mundane, unsexy, unexciting and sometimes difficult daily disciplines compounded overtime.”
Lean Into Openness to Grow
American psychologist, Carol Dweck on how true confidence is found on the far side of holding onto external validation.
“True self-confidence is the courage to be open—to welcome change and new ideas regardless of their source. Real self-confidence is not reflected in a title, an expensive suit, a fancy car, or a series of acquisitions. It is reflected in your mindset: your readiness to grow.”
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Find More Meaning and Growth Through Obstacles
Author and public-relations strategist, Ryan Holiday, on the power of leaning into obstacles in our way.
“Failure shows us the way—by showing us what isn’t the way.”
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