· Life will keep giving you the same test until you pass it. And even then, it likes to occasionally give you a pop quiz to make sure you didn't forget.
· A fixed mindset robs a person of grit and resilience, two essential skills for success in any domain, because everything worthwhile will, at some point, challenge you.
· You should be kind because it genuinely makes you feel better and makes the world a better place to live.
· Every fighter fights for different reasons, but rarely are those reasons born from a state of abundance and fulfillment.
· We seek hardship while the masses seek comfort. We confront pain while everyone else pursues pleasure. We walk side-by-side with uncertainty and fear while most people embrace the safe and sure path.
· Becoming a fighter to build an identity is like joining the army to learn how to fold your sheets. Sure, you’ll get what you came for, but it comes with so much pain, hardship, and restriction that the cost of admission must exceed the value received.
· You don't do it to make the other person feel better. You don't even do it to make yourself feel better, though that's often a benefit. You practice forgiveness so that past events lose their grip over your present emotions and you don't do something in the future that ruins your life.
· The main idea I remember when forgiving myself is that the past isn't real. Understanding this concept is crucial to forgiving yourself and others. I'm not implying that what happened in the past is a figment of your imagination, nor am I suggesting that past events don't affect present and future events. More specifically, the past is something that you can't interact with. Just like your imagination takes you to a future location that does not yet exist, your memory takes you to a past that no longer exists. The only difference between memory and imagination is that the yet-to-exist future can be modified by what you do now, but the past cannot be changed.
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