Learn more about personaldevelopment with this collection
The value of hard work and persistence
How to stay focused on long-term goals
How to learn from failures and setbacks
7. Have patience on your journey to excellence
You can’t expect to try something and instantly be amazing at it. Those you admire weren’t awesome when they started either. Mastery takes time! It also takes a ton of mistakes to reach the top.
47
146 reads
MORE IDEAS ON THIS
5. Focus on what you can control
You can’t control the outcome of everything you do. But, there are skills and things you can learn to prepare yourself beforehand. So, do whatever you can to give yourself the best chance possible.
48
123 reads
1. Get to the root of the fear of failure
Write down what in the past caused you to be afraid to fail. Now, look back at this situation and realize that failing is okay.
47
256 reads
4. Redefine failure
What do you think of when you imagine failing? Not achieving a certain result or outcome?
We are taught that failure is horrible, and you should avoid it at all costs. But this is wrong! It’s not bad at all; it’s one of the ingredients to success.
43
120 reads
2. Fail your way to success
Failure isn’t as horrible as you might think. It’s actually a step towards success.
42
167 reads
3. Learn from failure
Every time you make a mistake, there’s a lesson to learn. It doesn’t mean you suck at life!
46
163 reads
6. Change your story
At the core of your fear are long-held, negative belief patterns. These thoughts keep you from changing your life. You’ve thought this way for so long that it’s become entrenched in your subconscious, and now you believe them. But, you can retrain your brain to think o...
46
98 reads
Related collections
Other curated ideas on this topic:
#7 ADD A RESERVE CLAUSE TO YOUR PLANNED ACTIONS
You have a plan and try everything to achieve your goal, but at the same time you should know that something may intervene
IF YOU DON’T HAVE CONTROL OVER YOUR DAILY SCHEDULE
- Be aware: Simply knowing that you’re operating at a suboptimal time can be helpful because you can correct for your chronotype in small but powerful ways.
- Work the margins: Even if you can’t control the big things, you might still be able to shape t...
The Five Rituals To Make Your Life Awesome
- Gratitude: Think of how life could be worse. Be happy those things are not real. Appreciate the good things that are real.
- Reciprocity: I’ll say something nice to that stranger next time I’m at Starbucks if you do the same. Deal?
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates