W.I.N. Wednesday: 9 concepts and quotes for you to ponder.
These are challenging times. We are all impacted and will all be “tested” in a variety of ways. Below are 9 concepts and quotes for you to ponder, share, discuss, debate and apply as you work to get through, and grow through those challenges. As you do so remember the difference between Simple and Easy. Simple is the lack of complexity and Easy is the lack of effort. These may seem Simple, but they are not easy.
You must retain unwavering faith that you can and will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties, and that at the same time have the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality.
The Stockdale Paradox
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way”
Victor E. Frankl
"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired and success achieved."
Helen Keller
“For what then matters is to bear witness the uniquely human potential at its best, which is to transform a personal tragedy into a triumph, to turn one’s predicament into a human achievement. When we are no longer able to change a situation we are challenged to change ourselves.”
Victor E. Frankl
“Out of this capacity to experience a “gap” between self and world, between stimulus and response, man has developed his capacity to use symbols, to reason, and to speak in language. These are the unique ways in which mind expresses itself. Indeed I would define mental health as the capacity to be aware of the gap between stimulus and response, together with the capacity to use this gap constructively.”
Rollo May
“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.”
Stephen R. Covey
“Man has the capacity for pause between stimulus and response — he may choose among alternatives in responding. This is the taproot of individual freedom.”
Rollo May
"Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance."
Bruce Barton
“Overwhelmingly, experts agree that resilience isn’t something you have or you don’t. It’s neither a state or a trait, but a process. Like officer safety, physical fitness, or sobriety, it’s something that requires a daily commitment and actions in furtherance of this commitment.”
Stephanie Conn PhD, Increasing Resilience in Police and Emergency Personnel
What’s Important Now? Find ways to Embrace the Suck, Look for the Good and Dare to Be Great.
Take care.
Brian Willis
www.lifesmostpowerfulquestion.com
Maximizing human potential through Life's Most Powerful Question - What's Important Now?
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