People don’t fail because they lack resilience; they lack resilience because circumstances have set them up for failure.
Category: best things / quotes / words of wisdom
On Jealousy
“Everybody pities the weak. Jealousy you have to earn.”
-Arnold Schwarzenegger
"Everybody pities the weak. Jealousy you have to earn." – Arnold Schwarzenegger #jealousy
— Get Wiser (@GetWiser) August 16, 2019
Never Give Up
Committing to Excellence
- Excellence is not a long-term aspiration. Excellence is the ultimate short-term strategy. Excellence is the next five minutes, or not.
- Excellence is your next conversation. Or not.
- Excellence is your next meeting. Or not.
- Excellence is shutting up and listening, really listening. Or not.
- Excellence is your next customer contact. Or not.
- Excellence is saying ‘Thank you’ for something “small.” Or not.
- Excellence is the next time you shoulder responsibility and apologize. Or not.
- Excellence is pulling out all the stops at warp speed to respond to a screw up. Or not.
- Excellence is the flowers you brought to work today. Or not.
- Excellence is lending a hand to an outsider who’s fallen behind schedule. Or not.
- Excellence is bothering to learn the way the folks in finance (or IS or HR) think. Or not.
- Excellence is way over-preparing for a three-minute presentation. Or not.
- Excellence is turning insignificant tasks into models of excellence. Or not.
On small joys and happiness
Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness.
– Pearl S. Buck