Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- History does not excuse failures based on difficulty.
- In plain terms
- Saying it was hard is not a good excuse.
- What can you take from it?
- Difficulty is not a valid reason for failure.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When is a difficulty a valid excuse?
- How do you measure success?
Another view
Some tasks are objectively impossible due to constraints.
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