Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Most of life's outcome depends on your reaction to events rather than the events themselves.
- In plain terms
- How you react matters more than what happens.
- What can you take from it?
- Focus on your reaction to events.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you handle bad news?
Another view
Some events have objective impacts regardless of perspective.
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