Don't settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had. We need to live the best that's in us."
— Angela Bassett

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“In my whole life I’ve never been good at something I wasn’t very interested in. It just doesn’t work. There’s no substitute for strong interest.”

— Charlie Munger

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I needed to ease some of the pressure I’d placed on myself. Pressure comes with high expectations, which is great because it can bring out your best, but there are times when it can be more helpful to offload pressure.
When you are exhausted, it is vital to remain in control of your thoughts and emotions so you can make decisions with your right mind. Choosing to relieve pressure allows you to do that.
When the pressure is high, you develop blinders that limit perspective. That’s great for certain situations that demand a hyper focus, but when you’re engaged in something that demands your maximum endurance, it’s better to broaden your perspective and your awareness to absorb more of the experience, which enables maximum growth both during the event and in the days and weeks to follow.
Besides, if you allow that unrelenting pressure to build, you’re liable to snap and make a bad situation a whole lot worse.
Remember, the goal is always to complete the mission—whatever it may be—with no regrets and a clear head, so you can use it to progress in life.

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There is more to life than increasing its speed."
— Mahatma Gandhi

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It's not about perfect. It's about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that's where transformation happens. That's how change occurs.
— Jillian Michaels

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The secret is to show up everyday and tackle the tasks you've been putting off, no matter how you feel about them in the moment.
— Mohit Panchal

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Be silent and safe — silence never betrays you;
Be true to your word and your work and your friend;
Put least trust in him who is foremost to praise you,
Nor judge of a road till it draw to the end.
― John Boyle O'Reilly, Life of John Boyle O'Reilly

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The quality of any advice anybody has to offer has to be judged against the quality of life they actually lead.
― Douglas Adams, The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide


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While most of the dialogue focuses on the 1% better every day, which results in a ~38x improvement, the 1% worse every day is just as important:

It effectively zeroes you out—it knocks you out of the game...

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Well, here's a harsh truth: No one is thinking about you. No one is looking at your failure. They'll all forget about it within a minute and move on to whatever pressing issue they are facing in their own lives.

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“It is only when we take chances that our lives improve. The initial and the most difficult risk we need to take is to become honest.”
— Walter Anderson

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You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot—it's all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive."
— Maya Angelou

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Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you're wasting your life."
— Jackie Robinson

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"Why should I be sad", he said, "I lost someone who didn’t love me, they lost someone who loved them".

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“The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.”
– Barack Obama

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Don’t ruin a good day by thinking about a bad yesterday. Keep moving.

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Are you sad or are you angry?
Do you want to pity yourself or do you want to work ?

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