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Coach Greg Harden On The Mindset Of Champions

The Daily Stoic

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The Power of Obstacles

Obstacles are not meant to frustrate or make us doubt ourselves, but rather to be advantageous. The ability to categorize things as within our control or outside our control is a key life lesson. The Serenity Prayer, born out of Alcoholics Anonymous, teaches us to accept the things we cannot change, change the things we can, and have the wisdom to know the difference. Learning to laugh at ourselves is a basic yet transformative practice. Despite its simplicity, the concept of controlling the controllables has been recognized for over 2000 years and is a fundamental philosophical insight.

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