In the beginning of Peter Thiel's commencement speech, we learn he almost didn't become the founder of PayPal. They may sometimes even be correct, but often they are justified by nothing except constant repetition. Whatever the disappointment is, you must remain hopeful because, after all, hope is what keeps us alive. You may not get that dream job you wanted or your boyfriend might dump you or you might not get that dream job and your boyfriend might dump you simultaneously.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but in life, you're going to face A LOT of disappointments. We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope. You have the power to forget about it, and move the eff on. In this quote, Tupac Shakur is telling us that just because something ends - a job, a relationship, whatever - life still goes on. This is not good because then we begin to believe we are a failure. So many of us overanalyze failures - or what feels like failures - over and over again in our heads. Musk reminds us that he is just an ordinary person who has chosen to be extraordinary. How could anyone but a superhero do that, right? He runs, like, nine ridiculously transformative, forward-thinking companies. When you think of Elon Musk, you probably think of a freakin' superhero. I think it is possible for an ordinary person to choose to be extraordinary. Keep an open mind and listen to their suggestions, but don't let them deplete you or even stop you.Īs one of my mentors always says: 'You only need one yes.' One day, you'll get that 'yes,' and you'll be so glad you didn't listen to the naysayers.

They'll poke holes in your work, your dreams and your ideas - especially when you have little experience and are just starting out. Seth Godin reminds us that the majority of people will try to shoot down our dreams. Just remember it's a learning experience, and the more you practice, the more you'll succeed. That fact alone is why you're going to fail a lot at first. Not only that, when you graduate and step into the real world, you won't have a syllabus or an academic calendar that tells you exactly what you can expect for every day of the year. If you're not failing, then you're either not doing enough, and/or you're not challenging yourself enough. I love this inspirational quote by Michael Jordan because it's easy to forget that the more you do, the more you fail.

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