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What does it mean?
Success requires balancing dreams and thoughts while treating triumph and disaster with equal composure.
In plain terms
Do not let dreams, thoughts, success, or failure control you.
What can you take from it?
Maintain balance and stoicism in all outcomes.

Where it applies

  • leadership
  • personal growth
  • coping

Putting it to work

  • practice neutrality
  • manage expectations
  • stay grounded

Questions to consider

  • How do you handle failure?
  • What controls your thoughts?

Another view

Equal treatment of good and bad may feel unnatural.

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