I'm always drawn to stories that people don't know about, particularly when they're inside of a story that everyone knows about.
Robert RedfordRead
Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.
Interpretation
Challenges can transform into chances for growth with teamwork and collaboration.
The quote by Robert Redford emphasizes the idea that when individuals with the right skills, perspectives, and support unite, they can turn challenges into exciting opportunities. It suggests that collaboration can lead to innovation and positive change, highlighting the importance of surrounding oneself with capable and inspiring people.
In practice
In a motivational speech about overcoming work challenges.
I'm always drawn to stories that people don't know about, particularly when they're inside of a story that everyone knows about.
People say I've gone against Hollywood, but I've tried to be independent within Hollywood, tried to be my own person.
When I was a kid, all I knew was that I felt more comfortable sitting in one chair than in another. And now I realize it was because one chair was older. I still respond directly to the age of things.
For me, the Sundance Institute is just an extension of something I believed in, which is creating a mechanism for new voices to have a place to develop and be heard.
Storytelling was a way to see the world bigger than the one you were looking at, and that had great appeal for me. I think, since that was part of my upbringing, it became part of me, and I wanted to pass it along to my kids and my grandkids.
Be careful of success; it has a dark side.
When a man gets it into his head to do something, and when he exclusively occupies himself in that design, he must succeed, whatever the difficulties. That man will become Grand Vizier or Pope.
The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted.
In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.
When doing what we most love transforms us into the best possible version of ourselves and that version hints at even greater future possibilities, the urge to explore those possibilities becomes feverish compulsion. Intrinsic motivation goes through the roof. Thus flow becomes an alternative path to mastery, sans the misery.
Here is an opportunity for you to celebrate like never before, my own power, and my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary.
We may at times be unemployed, but no one ever becomes uncalled.
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