Voices in the Dark

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Theodore Roosevelt

“Stoicism is not a matter of gritting your teeth. It’s about seeing things differently so that you do not need to grit your teeth.” Richard Sorabji

"I'm convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance." Steve Jobs

"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool." Richard Feynman

When success begins to slip from your fingers—for whatever reason—the response isn’t to grip and claw so hard that you shatter it to pieces. It’s to understand that you must work yourself back to the aspirational phase. You must get back to first principles and best practices.