Questions Flashcards
What does failure show us?
Failure shows us the way by showing us what isn’t the way.
What is the process?
Mammoth tasks becoming a series of component parts. Excellence is a matter of steps. The process is focusing and each component or step in the process to accomplish something. We start at A thinking about Z when it’s best to focus on A, then B, then C.
What is the correct attitude for whatever task stands before you?
No job is beneath you. Respond with hard work and honesty
Instead of worrying about pretty method we we should worry about what?
The results. Don’t worry about the “right” way worry about the right way.
Think progress not what?
Perfection. Under this kind of force obstacles break apart. They have no choice.
What strategic approach can I take when facing an obstacle that seems insurmountable by direct confrontation?
Consider a “flank attack” by creatively working around the obstacle, leveraging indirect or unconventional methods to achieve your goal.
How can I turn the power of an obstacle against itself to overcome it?
Use their own force and momentum against them. How can you use the advantage into a disadvantage?
Don’t act out.
Act
How can we seize opportunities, even in crises?
By understanding that crisis provides opportunities to do things we couldn’t do before.
See Obama’s A More Perfect Union speech and what sparked that opportunity.
Lady fortune has a habit of behaving just how she pleases, so what should we do?
Not give in to adversity and don’t trust prosperity. We must be willing to roll the dice and lose
We can’t take the teeth out of the world. What should we do instead?
Toughen yourself up to prepare for the world.
Fate can guide you if you do what?
Accept it. You will only be hindered of you resist objective truth.
What does Amor Fati mean?
“Love of fate”. What it means for you is that something has happened, it’s an objective truth and cannot be reversed. What is the best course of action? Bitch and moan about it? No. Accept it and even better love that it happened. With this attitude, you’ll get the best results moving forward.
The discipline of perception
You’ll come across obstacles in life, fair and unfair. And you’ll discover, time, and time again, that what matters most is not what these obstacles are, but how we see them, how we react to them, and whether we keep our composure. This reaction determines how successful we will be in overcoming or possibly thriving because of them.
Recognize your power
Choose not to be harmed and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed and you haven’t been. Marcus Aurelius.
Laura Ingalls Wilder, she simply chose to see each situation for what it could be— accompanied by hard work, and a little upbeat spirit. Others make the opposite choice. As for us, we face things that are not nearly as intimidating, and then we promptly decide we’re screwed. This is how obstacles become obstacles.
Just because you’re mine tells you that something is awful or evil or unplanned or otherwise negative doesn’t mean you have to agree.