What IS is more important than WHAT SHOULD BE. To many people are looking at 'what is' from a position of thinking 'what should be.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Accepting reality as it is matters more than focusing on how it should be.
- In plain terms
- Look at what is happening instead of what you wish was happening.
- What can you take from it?
- Focus on reality rather than expectations.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What are you refusing to accept?
- How does 'what should be' affect you?
Another view
Vision of what should be drives progress.
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