Today I'm sharing some quotes and extracts from Inspiring Reads I come back to again and again.
These books guided me as I grew up in my teens, carried me through 100 nights in hospital, and even gave me the courage to start this very business.
My hope is that they might mean as much to you as they do to me. They say you never read the same book twice - the words on the page never change between reads, but you do!
Illusions
By Richard Bach
“Every person, all the events in your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them, is up to you.”
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
By Richard Bach
“What he had once hoped for the Flock, he now gained for himself alone; he learned to fly, and was not sorry for the price that he had paid. Jonathan Seagull discovered that boredom and fear and anger are the reasons that a gull’s life is so short, and with these gone from his thoughts, he lived a long fine life indeed.”
The Way Of The Peaceful Warrior
By Dan Millman
“For the first time, I realised why I loved gymnastics so. It gave me a blessed respite from my noisy mind. When I was swinging and somersalting, nothing else mattered. When my body was active, my mind rested in the moments of silence.”
The Road Less Travelled
By M. Scott Peck
“Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult - once we truly understand it and accept it - then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.”
Mindset
By Dr Carol Dweck
“Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better? Why hide deficiencies instead of overcoming them? Why look for friends or partners who will shore up your self-esteem instead of ones who will also challenge you to grow? And why seek out the tried and true, instead of experiences that will stretch you?”
Don't Sweat The Small Stuff (and it's all small stuff)
By Richard Carlson
"One of the most important questions you can ever ask yourself is - do I want to be right, or happy? Many times, the two are mutually exclusive. Being right, defending our positions, takes an enormous amount of mental energy and often alienates us from the people in our lives. Needing to be right - or needing someone else to be wrong - encourages others to become defensive, and puts pressure on us to keep defending."usiness.
Discipline is Destiny
By Ryan Holiday
“Always and forever, the reward is the work. It is a joy itself. It is torture and also heaven - sweaty, wonderful salvation.”
Courage Is Calling
By Ryan Holiday
"Some of us are afraid to be different. Most everyone is afraid to be difficult. But there is freedom in those traits. To insist on a higher standard. To not compromise.”
The Obstacle Is The Way
By Ryan Holiday
"You will come across obstacles in life. And you will discover, time and time again, that what matters most is not what these obstacles are but how we see them, how we react to them."
The Author: Dylan Bland
Dylan is responsible for assembling a team of Heroes on a mission to build the best online bookstore in the world for New Zealanders. Passionate about eCommerce, design, and customer service, Dylan is driven to build a company the whole team is proud to be part of—and that customers are proud to support.