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101 " Human beings, he argued, are not hardwired for seeking pleasure and avoiding pain. They want meaning. In spite of what we say, we don’t want happiness. It’s simply not enough to satisfy our deepest longings. We are looking for something more, something transcendent—a reason to be happy. "
― Jeff Goins , The Art of Work
102 " in time, he was able to see the purpose in his pain. "
103 " Each wrong choice grows your character and strengthens your resilience, readying you for what comes next. "
104 " As part of his life-saving therapy with suicidal patients and his own experience in a Nazi concentration camp, Frankl learned there are three things that give meaning to life: first, a project; second, a significant relationship; and third, a redemptive view of suffering. "
105 " In any great narrative, there is a moment when a character must decide to become more than a bystander. It’s an important moment that always seems to happen in the mind before it unfolds in real life. "
106 " WE FIRST APPROACH OUR ART NOT WITH OUR HANDS BUT WITH OUR minds. "
― Jeff Goins , Real Artists Don't Starve: Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age
107 " You already have some sense of what you’re supposed to do with your life, even if you aren’t sure what it is. The trick is to find your vocation hidden in your life. "
108 " As you begin to see the patterns, don’t move too quickly. Just take one step at a time, trusting that opportunities will open at the right time. "
109 " Believe you already are what you want to be. And then start acting like it. "
― Jeff Goins , You Are A Writer (So Start Acting Like One)
110 " best way to make a friend is to show interest in someone else without an agenda. "
111 " Before others will believe what is true about you, you’ll have to first believe it yourself. "
112 " BENEFITS OF BREAKING THE RULES If we want to become artists, we are going to have to break some rules. We cannot do just what is expected of us. At some point, we must break away from the status quo and forge a new path. As it turns out, this is how creativity works best. "
113 " As Frederick Buechner wrote, “Vocation is the place where our deep gladness meets the world’s deep need. "
114 " This is the Rule of the Scene, which says that places and people shape the success of our work far more than we realize. Location is not irrelevant. Place matters. As social psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi wrote, “Creativity is more likely in places where new ideas require less effort to be perceived.” The "
115 " The smallest moments, the ones we think are insignificant, are the ones we will cherish the most. "
116 " We are either becoming more of our true selves or drifting into a false self. In "
117 " Many of us are speeding up and skipping over, missing the important as we scan for the urgent. The irony is that in our anxiety toward not missing out, we are losing the most meaningful moments of life. "
― Jeff Goins , The In-Between: Embracing the Tension Between Now and the Next Big Thing: A Spiritual Memoir
118 " one of the reasons it can be so hard to find a good mentor these days is that so few people have been mentored. "
119 " As Paulo Coelho writes, “When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. "
120 " It’s easier to conform to what people expect than it is to stand out. But this is not the way great art is made, nor is it the way real artists are made. "