Quotes About Commitment

Tennis has a Dip. The difference between a mediocre club player and a regional champion isn't inborn talent—it's the ability to push through the moments where it's just easier to quit. Politics has a Dip as well—it's way more fun to win an election than to lose one, and the entire process is built around many people starting while most people quit.

Emotional labor is the task of doing important work, even when it isn't easy. Emotional

It doesn't matter if anyone reads it, buys it, sponsors it or shares it. It matters that you show up.

No, the reason that most of them didn't have a chance is that somewhere along the way they quit. They didn't quit high school or college or law school. Instead, they quit in their quest to be the best in the world because the cost just seemed too high.

Art isn't a result; it's a journey. The challenge of our time is to find a journey worthy of your heart and your soul.

while luck may be more appealing than effort, you don't get to choose luck. Effort, on the other hand, is totally available, all the time.

Quit the wrong stuff. Stick with the right stuff. Have the guts to do one or the other. The

Apostar no significa estar en lo cierto; significa pasar a la acción.

In a story so good that it should be apocryphal, Zappos offers graduates of their two-week paid training school $2,000 if they will quit their new jobs.

Late is the first step to never.

Part of leadership (a big part of it, actually) is the ability to stick with the dream for a long time. Long enough that the critics realize that you're going to get there one way or another . . . so they follow.

We hesitate to make a promise like "the show will be on at 11:30," because we're not sure we can meet the deadline and make it happen in a way that allows us to control the outcome.

Simple: If you can't make it through the Dip, don't start. If you can embrace that simple rule, you'll be a lot choosier about which journeys you start.

If It Is Worth Doing, There's Probably a Dip

Quitting when you're in the dip is a bad idea. If the journey you started was worth doing, then quitting when you hit the dip just wastes the time you've already invested.

Of course you can do something that matters. I guess I'm wondering if you want to.

But wait, that's not enough. Not only do you need to find a Dip that you can conquer but you also need to quit all the Cul-de-Sacs that you're currently idling your way through. You must quit the projects and investments and endeavors that don't offer you the same opportunity. It's difficult, but it's vitally important.

Most of the time, if you fail to become the best in the world, it's either because you planned wrong or because you gave up before you reached your goal.

all tribes are made up of partisans, the more partisan the better. If you're a middle-of-the-roader, you don't bother joining a tribe.

The first step is write down the due date. Post it on the wall. It's real. You will ship on this date, done or not.

Attempt to create only one significant work a year.

The person who leans forward the most wins the race.

Vazgeçmek mutlaka pes etmek anlam?na gelmez.

Quitting creates scarcity; scarcity creates value.