The author cites researcher David Howard's idea of post-traumatic growth. Howard contends that some individuals faced with a traumatic event actually develop new strength.
There’s no such thing as ruining your life. Life’s a pretty resilient thing, it turns out.
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Sophie Kinsella
Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.
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Steve Maraboli
What helps you persevere is your resilience and commitment.
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Roy T. Bennett
No matter how much falls on us, we keep plowing ahead. That's the only way to keep the roads clear.
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Greg Kincaid
Never say that you can't do something, or that something seems impossible, or that something can't be done, no matter how discouraging or harrowing it may be; human beings are limited only by what we allow ourselves to be limited by: our own minds. We...
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Mike Norton
More Quotes By Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Things always become obvious after the fact
Reality is far more vicious than Russian roulette. First, it delivers the fatal bullet rather infrequently, like a revolver that would have hundreds, even thousands of chambers instead of six. After a few dozen tries, one forgets about the existence of a bullet, under a...
Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness.
A prophet is not someone with special visions, just someone blind to most of what others see
You cannot do anything with knowledge unless you know where it stops, and the costs of using it.
