Studies show that aggressively expressing anger doesn't relieve anger but amplifies it. On the other hand, not expressing anger often allows it to disappear without leaving ugly traces.
Gretchen RubinRead
I enjoy the fun of failure. It's fun to fail, I kept repeating. It's part of being ambitious; it's part of being creative. If something is worth doing, it's worth doing badly
Interpretation
Embracing failure is essential for ambition and creativity.
Gretchen Rubin highlights the importance of failure as a natural part of the journey toward achieving one's ambitions and exercising creativity. By viewing failure as an enjoyable and necessary part of the process, individuals can foster resilience and a willingness to take risks, knowing that even mistakes can lead to growth and eventual success.
In practice
Motivation speech for students about embracing challenges.
Studies show that aggressively expressing anger doesn't relieve anger but amplifies it. On the other hand, not expressing anger often allows it to disappear without leaving ugly traces.
Keep in mind that to avoid loneliness, many people need both a social circle and an intimate attachment. Having just one of two may still leave you feeling lonely.
One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy. One of the best ways to make other people happy is to be happy yourself.
To eke out the most happiness from an experience, we must anticipate it, savor it as it unfolds, express happiness, and recall a happy memory.
I am living my real life, this is it. Now is now, and if I waited to be happier, waited to have fun, waited to do the things that I know I ought to do, I might never get the chance.
What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while.
...it occurred to me that the voracious ambition of humans is never sated by dreams coming true, because there is always the thought that everything might be done better and again.
Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
I'm far from being god, but I work god damn hard.
You don't get lucky. You create lucky.
Whatever one man is capable of imagining, other men will prove themselves capable of realizing.
Adversity often produces an unexpected opportunity. Look for it ! Appreciate and utilize it! This is difficult to do if you're feeling sorry for yourself because you're faced with adversity.
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