Emotions can get the best of us and cloud our judgement.

The key to success for people at all levels of business (and life, for that matter), is “know how to process issues.” Life is always happening; the way you respond is based on how you process issues. Many people fail because they refuse to abandon their preconceived notions about work and life. They refuse to solve (and learn from) any and all kinds of problems as they arise.

What differentiates mediocre people from exceptional ones is how deeply they process. Most people are surface-level processors, but the best of the best go much deeper. Long-term thinking verses short-term thinking is the difference between a grand master and an amateur. Surface-level processors are looking for a quick fix. They are thinking only one move ahead, and their goal is to make the issues disappear for now. Deep-level processors look beneath the surface for causes. They are thinking several moves ahead and planning a sequence of moves to make sure the issue doesn’t happen again.

Your mindset is everything. When you start viewing problems or a crisis as an opportunity, you are winning.

-Excerpts from Your Next Five Moves, Patrick Bet-David

“You can’t always control circumstances. However, you can always control your attitude, approach, and response.”
-Tony Dungy

“Have the courage to act instead of react.”
-Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response.”
-Viktor Frankl

“You have control over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
-Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius