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3442: Responsibility: Not Apologizing When You Succeed Or Complaining When You Fail by Benjamin Hardy


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Episode 3442:

Benjamin Hardy emphasizes the power of taking full responsibility for both successes and failures. By owning your actions and choices, you unlock the ability to adapt, grow, and achieve specific outcomes without attaching your identity to results. This mindset enables consistent progress while fostering humility and gratitude for the journey.

Read along with the original article(s) here: https://medium.com/thrive-global/mature-people-don-t-apologize-when-they-succeed-nor-complain-when-they-fail-ad3a7d044ded

Quotes to ponder:

“The greatest form of maturity is at harvest time. This is when we must learn how to reap without complaint if the amounts are small and how to reap without apology if the amounts are big.”

“It’s better to be an example of someone living a powerful life than to live small in order to make other people feel comfortable around you.”

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.”

Episode references:

Strategic Coach: https://www.strategiccoach.com

The Fifth Discipline: https://www.amazon.com/Fifth-Discipline-Practice-Learning-Organization/dp/0385517254

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