Isaac

“The disruptor’s journey is always the same. First, they laugh at you, then they ignore you, and then you win.”
― Uri Levine, Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution: A handbook for entrepreneurs

“Bring to mind a recent memory of a failure or setback. Then work through the following exercise. Notice what emotions are brought up by that memory and where you feel them in your body. How did the self-criticism sound? What words and phrases came up and how did they influence how you felt? How did you then respond to the feelings? Bring to mind someone that you love or respect. If they experienced the same failure, how might you have responded to them differently? Why would you have shown them that respect? How would you want them to perceive the setback in order to get them back on track?”
― Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

“When we get caught in self-criticism and shame, we feel inadequate, defective and inferior. When we feel that way we want to hide, get smaller, disappear. It produces urges to escape and avoid, rather than to dust ourselves off and try again. In fact, it is so painful that it induces strong urges to block that feeling, which is risky for anyone living with addiction.”
― Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

“Thoughts are not facts. They are guesses, stories, memories, ideas and theories.”
― Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?