Andrew Bernstein Quotes

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• The truth is that stress doesn't come from your boss, your kids, your spouse, traffic jams, health challenges, or other circumstances. It comes from your…
• Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible - the hero is the…
• We need to distinguish between stress and stimulation. Having deadlines, setting goals, and pushing yourself to perform at capacity are stimulating. Stress is when you're…
• Remember that stress doesn't come from what's going on in your life. It comes from your thoughts about what's going on in your life.
• The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships, disease. As the nature of…
• If you're successful and stressed out, you're succeeding in spite of your stress, not because of it.
• A hero has faced it all: he need not be undefeated, but he must be undaunted.
• The less you think counterfactually, the less you experience stress. Stress, in this light, isn't a bad thing. It's simply a warning system telling you…
• We all enjoy pushing ourselves to accomplish our objectives. But we don't need stress to get there.
• First, he must hold rational values, and to do this he must be a thinker.
• A hero holds purposes appropriate to man and is, therefore, a thinker.
• The hero is the man dedicated to the creation and / or defense of reality-conforming, life-promoting values.
• The hero is valorous because he stands up to every threat directed against his values. Heroism requires value conflict.

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