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It's Great to Suck at Something: The Unexpected Joy of Wiping Out and What It Can Teach Us About Patience, Resilience, and the Stuff that Really Matters

Book by Karen Rinaldi · 5 quotes · Failure, Act, Compel

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“We have to water the right seeds. If we do that, we can shift our habit energy--that negative loop that contributes to our suffering into mindfulness.”

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“Sucking can be epic and important when it comes to sex, love, marriage, work, birth, death. That means that learning to accept sucking when the stakes are low will ultimately help us when we suck at the big stuff.”

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“For many of us, our happiest, most joyful stories are from moments when-at the time-we experienced an acute form of failure. Broken bones and embarrassment and chagrin. Then, with time, we turn that putatively negative pathway into a hilarious one. It's just what we do. And it works.”

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