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“The way you pass through the land of Learning is that you try a bunch of things. Fear would love for you to try just one, get discouraged, and then march right back to average. But” quote by Jon Acuff — Download Open image

““The way you pass through the land of Learning is that you try a bunch of things. Fear would love for you to try just one, get discouraged, and then march right back to average. But””

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“There is no in-between, just two extremes. That’s the land of noble obstacles.”

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“The real tragedy of a one-hit wonder is when someone succeeds once and then never tries again. No matter your circumstances, if you want to be more awesome, you’ve got to start again. That begins in the land of Guiding when you start helping others down the paths they’re on. It continues when you return to the land of Learning…

“done, we will never work. There will always be one more amazing distraction. Our minds will do anything to avoid the challenge of focusing on something. The second you hear the word “until” pop into your mouth, spit it out like Brussels sprouts that have been served without bacon. You can always tell how gross a vegetable is by how…

“All you have to do is win more today than you did yesterday and repeat the whole thing tomorrow.”

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“In situations like that, all of your focus and energy need to be placed on the actions dial. You’ll have to dramatically increase your…

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“If you’re watching Netflix every time it’s time for you to do X, that’s a hiding place. You’re afraid to face the fear of…

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“To deal with our secret rules, we have to do three things: Identify them. Destroy them. Replace them.”

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“perfectionism is a desperate attempt to live up to impossible standards. Perfectionism will do anything to protect those impossible standards. It can’t let you find out how impossible they are, especially with the cold eye of data, so it terrifies you into thinking that you’ll be crushed by disappointment if you peer behind that curtain. Data would tell you that…

“Cut your goal in half. Choose what you’ll bomb. Make it fun if you want it done.”

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“Your emotions cloud your judgment. They form a perfect smoke screen for denial, making your path in life feel murky and confusing. In the…

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“Writers aren’t the only ones who use the first kind of noble obstacle. I know some guys who say they can’t work out until…

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“If you ever have to do a complicated, multistep explanation to say why what you’re doing is valuable, it probably isn’t.”

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“That horrible stinging sensation returned, the muscles behind my eyes straining as the first tear began to fall. “I’m scared, too. For eighteen months now, I’ve lived in terror, fearing everything and everyone. I don’t want to be scared anymore. The only time I’ve ever felt safe is in your arms. I love you, and I just want to let…

“...Often that which most we fear births the resolve that spurs us on to altitudes we could not have achieved, had we continued walking…

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“Anything that you find yourself worrying about regularly may find you suddenly wanting unrealistic changes.”

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“We all know how the thing we secretly fear is not a secret at all but the open and eternal thing that predicts its…

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When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone twice your size who wants to pound you into the earth - it feels as if you're being injected with darkness. It's like black water as cold as ice settling in your body where your blood…

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“I had nowhere to go and did not wish to be seen by anyone for fear they would recognize my sadness and so for…

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“Snip off the little worries and expressions of worry” like little branches atop a tall tree.28 If you are truly worried, sharing your concerns…

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“Fear and desire for pleasure. Aggressiveness comes out of fear, predominantly, and sexuality predominantly out of the other. But they mix in the middle. Anyway, both of these impulses can destroy order, which comes out of both drives, and which is another human need I haven't yet fit into my scheme. So both have to be controlled. But in fact,…

“Yes, the issue was courage. It always had been, even as a kid. Things scared him. He couldn't help it. Noise scared him, dark scared him. Tunnels scared him: the time he almost won the Silver Star for valor. But the real issue was courage. It had nothing to do with the Silver Star...Oh, he would've liked winning it, true,…

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