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Enjoy the Process Quotes

    “You have three aspects of reality that nobody gets to avoid. Pain, uncertainty, and constant work. Those are things you’re just gonna have to live with, no matter what. What will make you happy is the process. You have to learn how to love the process of dealing with those three things.”

    Phil Stutz, Stutz

      “I’ve found that the less I actually care about numbers, the happier I seem to be. The more I focus on the journey, and less on the destination, the more fun I have doing this thing I love.”

      Ali Abdaal

        You work and work for years and years, you're always on the go
        You never take a minute off, too busy makin' dough
        Someday you say, you'll have your fun, when you're a millionaire
        Imagine all the fun you'll have in your old rockin' chair
        
        Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think
        Enjoy yourself, while you're still in the pink
        The years go by, as quickly as a wink
        Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it's later than you think
        
        ~ Guy Lombardo, Enjoy Yourself, It’s Later Than You Think

          “The most important battles must be fought anew each day. Exercising today does not render tomorrow’s workout unnecessary. Supporting your spouse today does not mean you can mail it in tomorrow. Learn to love the endless nature of things and life gets easier.”

          James Clear, Blog

            “Invest in the ‘process’ rather than the product. Process living neutralizes the depleting and impoverishing effects of chronically living in anticipation. Even when impossible goals occasionally are reached, satisfactions derived from them are invariably disappointing unless the process has given ample satisfaction along the way.”

            Theodore Rubin, via Sunbeams (Page 79)

              “Initially I thought the phrase ‘Mamba Mentality’ was just a catchy hashtag that I’d start on Twitter. Something witty and memorable. But it took off from there and came to symbolize much more. The mindset isn’t about seeking a result—it’s more about the process of getting to that result. It’s about the journey and the approach. It’s a way of life.”

              Kobe Bryant, Mamba Mentality (Page 93)

              Viktor Frankl Quote on Success and Looking At It As A Side-Effect Rather Than A Target

                “Don’t aim at success—the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one’s dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one’s surrender to a person other than oneself.”

                Viktor Frankl

                Beyond the Quote (35/365)

                Having an aim in life is important.  Aim gives direction and direction gives energy, effort, and resources a focused purpose.  Without an aim you would presumably wander around aimlessly which, of course, would waste time, energy, effort, and resources.  It’s like if I gave you a bow-and-arrow and told you to shoot the target.  The first question you would necessarily ask is, “Where is the target?” 

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                  “The past is fixed, but the future—it could be better.  It could be better, some precise amount—the amount that can be achieved, perhaps, in a day, with some minimal engagement.  The present is eternally flawed.  But where you start might not be as important as the direction you are heading.  Perhaps happiness is always to be found in the journey uphill, and not in the fleeting sense of satisfaction awaiting at the next peak.  Much of happiness is hope, no matter how deep the underworld in which that hope was conceived.” ~ Jordan Peterson, via 12 Rules for Life (Page 94)

                    “If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat. Just get on.” ~ Sheryl Sandberg

                      “I don’t believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.” ~ Oprah Winfrey

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