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Serenity Prayer
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“Excellence is a habit”
Widely misattributed to Aristotle, the following quotation was, in fact, part of…
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“What I cannot create, I do not understand”
Nobel-Prizewinning physicist Richard Feynman was a master teacher as well as brilliant…
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“Genius is made, not born.”
“Genius is made, not born.” Michael Gelb – How to Think Like Leonardo…
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“When I taught in a boy’s prep school…”
“When I taught in a boy’s prep school, I used to talk…
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Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom
Not so much a quote, more Søren Kierkegaard’s concept that captures the…
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“…true potential is unknown…”
“Do people with this mindset believe that anyone can be anything, that…
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Fixed Mindset vs. Growth Mindset
“For twenty years, my research has shown that the view you adopt…
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“Sow a thought…”
“Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and…
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