The Germans have a word for it: Sitzfleisch. Staying power. Winning by sticking your ass to the seat and not leaving until after it's over.

What is known can't jerk us around unwittingly. Before anything can be resolved, the implicit must be made into the explicit.

You know what’s better than building things up in your imagination? Building things up in real life.

ADVERSITY CAN HARDEN YOU. OR IT CAN LOOSEN YOU UP AND MAKE YOU BETTER —IF YOU LET IT.

Great times are great softeners

There is no good or bad without us, there is only perception. There is the event itself and the story we tell ourselves about what it means.

Discipline in perception lets you clearly see the advantage and the proper course of action in every situation—without the pestilence of panic or fear.