📫 Confidence, Mistakes, and Focus – Weekend Words #001

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Welcome to Slightly Smarter’s Weekend Words, where we highlight three new quotes from this past week’s Book Spotlights — just enough to reinforce the essential ideas. Enjoy!

"True confidence comes from taking action in the face of fear, not waiting for the fear to subside."

— Phil Stutz & Barry Michels, The Tools: 5 Tools to Help You Find Courage, Creativity, and Willpower--and Inspire You to Live Life in Forward Motion

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"I hate excuses and I despise with my entire soul when people just try to save face instead of learn from how they messed up. Mistakes are okay! Genuinely they are and I expect you to make a lot.”

— Jimmy Donaldson (aka MrBeast), How to Succeed in MrBeast Production

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"To focus your energy towards what matters, you must first remove the distractions that don’t."

— Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

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