Quotes from The Rise

Sarah Lewis Quote on How A ‘Near Win’ Could Be Better Than ‘The Win’

“To reach an audacious goal, we sometimes benefit from having it lie just beyond our grasp.”
Sarah Lewis, The Rise

Beyond the Quote (130/365)

Think about a time when you won – by a lot. What was going through your mind?

“Who’s ready to celebrate?!”
“What are we having for dinner?”
“All of my hard work has finally paid off.”

Think also about a time when you lost – by a lot. What was going through your mind after that?

“Grit is not just simple elbow-grease term for rugged persistence. It is an often invisible display of endurance that lets you stay in an uncomfortable place, work hard to improve upon a given interest, and do it again and again.” ~ Sarah Lewis, The Rise

“To reach an audacious goal, we sometimes benefit from having it lie just beyond our grasp.” ~ Sarah Lewis, The Rise

“Pain is not a punishment. And pleasure is not a reward. You could argue that failure is not punishment and… Success is not reward. They’re just failure and success. You can choose how you respond.” ~ Sarah Lewis, The Rise

“Masters are not experts because they take a subject to its conceptual end. They are masters because they realize that there isn’t one. On utterly smooth ground, the path from aim to attainment is in the permanent future.” ~ Sarah Lewis, The Rise

Julie Moss’s Inspirational Near-Win in the 1982 Ironman [Excerpt]

Excerpt: The following is an excerpt from The Rise by Sarah Lewis. It is an inspirational story of Julie Moss’s near win in the 1982 Ironman when she lost complete control of her body and how, out of sheer will and determination, she was able to cross the finish line crawling on her knees. It’s a story that will motivate you to push a little harder the next time you go to workout—of that, I’m sure.

“A near win shifts our view of the landscape. It can turn future goals, which we tend to envision at a distance, into more proximate events. We consider temporal distance as we do spatial distance. (Visualize a great day tomorrow and we see it with granular, practical clarity. But picture what a great day in the future might be like, not tomorrow but fifty years from now, and the image will be hazier.)” ~ Sarah Lewis, The Rise

“The pursuit of mastery is an ever onward almost.” ~ Sarah Lewis, The Rise

The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery [Book]

By: Sarah Lewis

From this Book: 6 Quotes

Book Overview: It is one of the enduring enigmas of the human experience: many of our most iconic, creative endeavors from Nobel Prize winning discoveries to entrepreneurial inventions and works in the arts are not achievements but conversions, corrections after failed attempts. The Rise explores the inestimable value of often ignored ideas the power of surrender for fortitude, the criticality of play for innovation, the propulsion of the near win on the road to mastery, and the importance of grit and creative practice. From an uncommonly insightful writer, The Rise is a true masterwork.

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Sarah Lewis Quote on How A ‘Near Win’ Could Be Better Than ‘The Win’ (Beyond the Quote 130/365)
Julie Moss’s Inspirational Near-Win in the 1982 Ironman