“In other words, any act that rejects immediate gratification in favor of long-term grown, health, or integrity. Or, expressed another way, any act that derives from our high nature instead of our lower. Any of these will elicit Resistance.” WayLongTermIntegrityFavorsResistanceLong TermRejectsAnother WayGratificationImmediate Gratification Author:Steven Pressfield
“You have to dream, you have to have a vision, and you have to set a goal for yourself that might even scare you a little because sometimes that seems far beyond your reach. Then I think you have to develop a kind of resistance to rejection, and to the disappointments that are sure to come your way.” ThinkingWayKindLittlesSometimesDreamSeemsMightGoalVisionDisappointmentResistanceRejectionScareDreams You Have Author:Gregory Peck
“If you find your opponent in a strong position costly to force, you should leave him a line of retreat as the quickest way of loosening his resistance. It should, equally, be a principle of policy, especially in war, to provide your opponent with a ladder by which he can climb down.” IfsWayShouldWarStrongForceLinesPrinciplesMilitaryPolicyPositionResistanceOpponentsClimbsRetreatLadders Author:B. H. Liddell Hart