No pressure, no diamonds.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Value and quality often result from enduring pressure and hardship.
- In plain terms
- Hard times help make something valuable.
- What can you take from it?
- Pressure can create value.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Does pressure help growth?
- What value comes from struggle?
Another view
Too much pressure can destroy rather than create.
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