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Breakout success means training your mind to pursue opportunity before the tipping point of evidence, in the interstitial space between intuition and data.
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The key to unlocking potential is to embrace your highest competitive advantage: you are the only one who has the full story of your life. YOU are the one subject about which there will never be a greater expert in the world.
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No visions are ever rendered to us in the dead of night that we are incapable of pursuing at the break of dawn.
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So often, data is merely insurance against self-delusion. It wont (and it shouldnt) provide the green light. In fact, research too often ends up serving as a reason people give up before they start. Dont let numbers hold you back when you know in your gut that youre onto something, and dont be afraid to go digging for the support you know in your heart must be out there somewhere.
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Barbara Fredrickson, a psychologist at the University of Michigan, bears this out. Her research has demonstrated that positive emotions during crises do more than just help in the moment; in fact, they lead to superior long-term resilience, and an increased ability to cope and thrive in the future.1 Looking at college students responses to 9/11, Fredrickson found that those with negative emotions suffered lingering effects as compared to those who made an effort to concentrate on the positive. Thinking positively had a lasting benefit, helping subjects buffer themselves through future crises in their lives.
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try our best not to expose ourselves to people who will pick us apart and criticize the goals weve decided to chase. We need to harness every ounce of positive energy we can in order to pull off big ideas. Be careful who you consult with, who you let into your circles, and who you trust with the things you value most. I warn people who are incubating brand-new companies or ideas that these new ventures are very fragile in the beginning. Cradle your dreams with the utmost care. You need to create the right environment to stick with your nascent plans and keep your instincts from getting drowned out. Many of us have a predisposition for self-loathing, a secret feeling so shameful that we often conceal it even from our closest loved ones. So the last thing we need are even more negative voices to lend credence to the skeptics in our own headsespecially in the early, more tenuous days of a new venture.
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