Setting up a system that rewards you for meeting your goals and has penalties for failing to hit your target is just as important as putting your goals down on paper.
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When you learn to keep fighting in the face of potential failure, it gives you a larger skill set to do what you want to do in life. It gives you vision. But you can't acquire it if you're afraid of keeping score.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Persistence in the face of failure builds skills and vision for achieving your goals.
This quote by Pat Summitt emphasizes the importance of resilience and the value of continuing to strive for your goals, even when faced with the possibility of failure. It suggests that overcoming the fear of failure and embracing challenges allows individuals to develop a broader range of skills and insights, ultimately leading to a clearer vision of what they want to accomplish in life.
Themes
PersistenceFailureSkillsVisionCourage
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech to athletes before a competition.
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