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    “Life is a maze in which we take the wrong turn before we have learned to walk.”

    Cyril Connolly, via Sunbeams (Page 83)

      “The right kind of misadventures—the ones that yield information—can produce confidence.”

      Chris Guillebeau, The Happiness of Pursuit (Page 222) (Read Matt’s Blog On this Quote)

        “Whenever anything negative happens to you, there is a deep lesson concealed within it, although you may not see it at the time. Even a brief illness or an accident can show you what is real and unreal in your life, what ultimately matters and what doesn’t.”

        Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now (Page 178) | Read Matt’s Blog on this quote ➜

          “They say all that is old is not gold. I say, even if all that is old is gold, forget about it. Choose the new—gold or no gold, it doesn’t matter. What matters is your choice: your choice to learn, your choice to experience, your choice to go into the dark. Slowly slowly your courage will start functioning. And sharpness of intelligence is not something separate from courage, it is almost one organic whole.”

          Osho, Courage (Page 149)

            “Committing many mistakes, one learns what is a mistake and how not to commit it. Knowing what is error, one comes closer and closer to what is truth. It is an individual exploration, you cannot depend on others’ conclusions.”

            Osho, Courage (Page 16)

              “That is one of the problems: people have been taught never to do anything wrong, and then they become so hesitant, so fearful, so frightened of doing wrong, that they become stuck. They cannot move, something wrong may happen. So they become like rocks, they lose all movement. Commit as many mistakes as possible, remembering only one thing: don’t commit the same mistake again. And you will be growing.”

              Osho, Courage (Page 12)

              John C. Maxwell Quote on Experience and How It Isn’t The Best Teacher

                “What I had been taught all my life was not true: experience is not the best teacher! Some people learn and grow as a result of their experience; some people don’t. Everybody has some kind of experience. It’s what you do with that experience that matters.”

                John C. Maxwell, Leadership Gold

                Beyond the Quote (305/365)

                “Experience is the best teacher” works when you’re talking about touching a hot stove. I can describe to you the feeling of getting burned with conviction, give you examples, and use sound logic until I’m blue in the face—it still won’t compare to what you come to understand when you touch the hot stove. The same is true when we’re talking about swimming. I can teach you all of the best strokes, floating strategies, and swimming techniques in the field—it still won’t compare to what you learn by actually being in the water.

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                  “Go to what will teach you the most, not what will pay the most. It’s about choosing opportunities that you’ll learn the most from. That’s the rubric. That’s how you get better. People sometimes try to sweeten speaking offers by mentioning how glamorous the location is or how much fun it will be. I’d be more impressed if they told me I was going to have a conversation that was going to blow my mind.”

                  Ryan Holiday, Medium

                  J. Cole Quote from Snow On Tha Bluff and How It’s More Effective To Treat People Like Children

                    “I would say it’s more effective to treat people like children

                    Understandin’ the time and love and patience that’s needed to grow

                    This change is inevitable but ain’t none of us seen this before

                    Therefore we just gotta learn everything as we go”

                    J. Cole, Snow On Tha Bluff

                    Beyond the Quote (186/365)

                    There’s no disrespect in treating people “like children” in this way. It’s actually a brilliant way to look at uniquely challenging situations. For, what’s the difference between adults and children anyway? Development and experience? Adults are obviously developmentally more mature physically, mentally, and emotionally. And beyond that, the only other real difference is experience. Adults have undergone more experiences in their lives which have had more direct effects on how they think, feel, and act. And the reason most adults make better decisions is because their “better” judgement comes from their “bad” judgement remembered. Most children are still in the “bad” judgement phase.

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                    Mark Manson Quote on Experiences and How To Find The Ideal Balance Between Breadth and Depth

                      “Yes, breadth of experience is likely necessary and desirable when you’re young—after all, you have to go out there and discover what seems worth investing yourself in.  But depth is where the gold is buried.  And you have to stay committed to something and go deep to dig it up.  That’s true in relationships, in a career, in building a great lifestyle—in everything.”

                      Mark Mason, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

                      Beyond the Quote (163/365)

                      With every major category in life—relationships, career, lifestyle—we must choose how to optimally invest our time. With time being our most precious resource, this is no easy task. How much time should we spend with our family versus our friends? With our current friends versus new friends? On our career versus our vacations? On tasks related to our career versus tasks that might expand our career options? On consuming things produced versus producing things to be consumed? On acquiring more versus minimizing and using less? What Manson points to above, however, is a fundamental insight that can help guide you in this effort.

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                        “Find people you admire and ask how they got where they are.  Seek book recommendations.  Add experience and experimentation on top of this.  Put yourself in tough situations.  Accept challenges.  Familiarize yourself with the unfamiliar.  That’s how you widen your perspective and your understanding.  The wise are still because they have seen it all.  They know what to expect because they’ve been through so much.  They’ve made mistakes and learned from them.  And so must you.”

                        Ryan Holiday, Stillness is the Key (Page 66)

                          “Our progress is paved with mistakes, failures, and defeats, and it’s our resilience that keeps us keeping on.  Every misstep is a teacher, and not all the things and people we lose in life end up being losses.  Our obsession with winning can cost us much more than losing a healthy outlook when life doesn’t go our way.  There’s always a lesson, a nugget of wisdom or a jewel waiting when things look like they won’t be going in our favor; we just have to be willing to pay attention and do some digging if need be.  Once we remind ourselves to find opportunity in any situation, there is no loss, just learning.  Failure isn’t the opposite of success, it’s a path to it.” ~ Humble the Poet, Things No One Else Can Teach Us (Page 268)

                            “Life is trial and error, and culture is a collection of some of our best practices handed down from generation to generation, but even they aren’t one-size-fits-all.  We have to make our own mistakes to figure everything out.  When we were kids, we had to bump into something before we stopped running in the house; we had to burn our hands before we stopped playing with the stove.  And now, we gotta get our assess kicked a few dozen times before we get the hang of whatever the rest of this life is.” ~ Humble the Poet, Things No One Else Can Teach Us (Page 267)

                              “To live is to deal with challenges and setbacks.  No one is immune to the bullshit life flings our way; but our actions can make that bullshit better or worse.  If you look back at your life, the biggest lessons you learned didn’t come from a Tumblr quote or celebrity PSA; they came from harsh reality checks when the shit hit the fan.  That process isn’t going to get any more enjoyable as you grow, but if you anticipate the learning, then the moments you have in life end up being that much more enriched.” ~ Humble the Poet, Things No One Else Can Teach Us (Page 84)

                                “You can’t be yourself if you don’t know who you are.  So how do you know who you are?  Everyone is a gooey batter of both nature and nurture, and every time shit hits the fan in our lives, we have an opportunity to get to know ourselves a bit better.  It’s an exhausting experience, but it’s enriching.  We learn about ourselves through all of our interactions with the world, both good and bad.  So with everything you do, think about how it shapes who you are, and think about how who you are shapes your experience of everything you do.” ~ Humble the Poet, Things No One Else Can Teach Us (Page 57)