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Q U T E S
TO TURN
OBSTACLES INTO OPPORTUNITIES
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WE KNOW THAT DEEP DOWN WE LEARN ANDBENEFIT FROM FAILURE &ADVERSITY.
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BUT HAVE YOU
NOTICED THAT WE SEEM TO DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO AVOID
THOSE VERYOBSTACLES?
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WHAT WE NEED IS
A N E W
ATTITUDE, A N E W
APPROACH.
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ONE WHERE WE DON’T AVOID OBSTACLES,
BUT LOVE THEM. BECAUSE SO OFTEN
THE
OBSTACLEIS THE WAY
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T U R N O B S T A C L E S
I N T O O P P O R T U N I T I E S
– M A R C U S A U R E L I U S
№01
“OUR ACTIONS MAY BE IMPEDED...BUT THERE CAN BE NO IMPEDING OUR
INTENTIONS OR DISPOSITIONS. BECAUSE WE CAN ACCOMMODATE & ADAPT, THE MIND ADAPTS & CONVERTS TO ITS OWN PURPOSES THE OBSTACLE TO OUR ACTING.
THE IMPEDIMENT TO ACTION ADVANCES ACTION. WHAT STANDS
IN THE WAY BECOMES THE WAY.”
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T U R N O B S T A C L E S
I N T O O P P O R T U N I T I E S
№02
“BAD COMPANIES ARE DESTROYED BY CRISIS.
GOOD COMPANIES SURVIVE THEM.
GREAT COMPANIES ARE IMPROVED BY THEM.”
– A N D Y G R O V E former ceo of intel
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T U R N O B S T A C L E S
I N T O O P P O R T U N I T I E S
№03
“THE THINGS WHICH
HURT, INSTRUCT”
– B E N J A M I N F R A N K L I N
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T U R N O B S T A C L E S
I N T O O P P O R T U N I T I E S
№04
“OH, HOW BLESSED YOUNG MEN ARE
WHO HAVE TO STRUGGLE FOR A FOUNDATION AND
BEGINNING IN LIFE.”
– J O H N D . R O C K E F E L L E R
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T U R N O B S T A C L E S
I N T O O P P O R T U N I T I E S
№05
“ADVERSITY CAN HARDEN YOU.
OR IT CAN LOOSEN YOU UP AND MAKE YOU BETTER
—IF YOU LET IT.”
– R YA N H O L I D AY
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T U R N O B S T A C L E S
I N T O O P P O R T U N I T I E S
№06
“A GOOD PERSON DYES EVENTS WITH HIS OWN
COLOR...AND TURNS
WHATEVER HAPPENS TO HIS OWN BENEFIT.”
– S E N E C A
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T U R N O B S T A C L E S
I N T O O P P O R T U N I T I E S
“HE SAYS THE BEST WAY OUT IS ALWAYS THROUGH
AND I AGREE TO THAT, OR IN SO FAR AS I CAN SEE
NO WAY OUT BUT THROUGH.”
№07
– R O B E R T F R O S T
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T U R N O B S T A C L E S
I N T O O P P O R T U N I T I E S
“WHAT IS DEFEAT? NOTHING BUT EDUCATION;NOTHING BUT THE FIRST STEPSTO SOMETHING BETTER.”
№08
– W E N D E L L P H I L L I P S
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T U R N O B S T A C L E S
I N T O O P P O R T U N I T I E S
№09
“WISE MEN ARE ABLE TO MAKE A FITTING USEEVEN OF THEIR EMNITIES.”
– P L U TA R C H
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T U R N O B S T A C L E S
I N T O O P P O R T U N I T I E S
№10
“WHAT MATTERS MOST IS NOT WHAT OUR OBSTACLES ARE BUT HOW WE SEE THEM,
HOW WE REACT TO THEM, AND WHETHER WE KEEP
OUR COMPOSURE.”
– R YA N H O L I D AY
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T U R N O B S T A C L E S
I N T O O P P O R T U N I T I E S
№11
“(A) CRISIS PROVIDES THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO THINGS THAT YOU COULD NOT
“DO BEFORE”
– R A H M E M A N U E L
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T U R N O B S T A C L E S
I N T O O P P O R T U N I T I E S
№12
“IF THY FAINT IN THE DAY OF
ADVERSITY, THY STRENGTH
IS SMALL”– P R O V E R B S 2 4 : 1 0
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T U R N O B S T A C L E S
I N T O O P P O R T U N I T I E S
№13
“THE BARRIERS ARE NOT ERECTED WHICH CAN SAY TO ASPIRING
TALENTS AND INDUSTRY, THUS FAR AND NO
FARTHER”– B E E T H O V E N
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T U R N O B S T A C L E S
I N T O O P P O R T U N I T I E S
№14
“IT DOESN’T MATTER WHETHER THIS IS THE WORST TIME TO
BE ALIVE OR THE BEST, WHETHER YOU’RE IN A GOOD JOB MARKET OR A BAD ONE,
OR THAT THE OBSTACLE YOU ARE FACING IS INTIMIDATING OR BURDENSOME
WHAT MATTERS RIGHT NOW IS RIGHT NOW”
– R YA N H O L I D AY
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T U R N O B S T A C L E S
I N T O O P P O R T U N I T I E S
№15
“NOTHING EITHER GOOD OR BAD, BUT
THINKING MAKES IT SO.”
– S H A K E S P E A R E
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T U R N O B S T A C L E S
I N T O O P P O R T U N I T I E S
№16
“DON’T LET THE FORCE OF AN IMPRESSION WHEN IT FIRST HITS
YOU KNOCK YOU OFF YOUR FEET; JUST SAY TO IT:
HOLD ON A MOMENT; LET ME SEE WHO YOU ARE
AND WHAT YOU REPRESENT. LET ME PUT YOU TO THE TEST.”
– E P I C T E T U S
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T U R N O B S T A C L E S
I N T O O P P O R T U N I T I E S
№17
“BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
ARE LIKE BUSES; THERE’S ALWAYS
ANOTHER COMING AROUND.”
– R I C H A R D B R A N S O N
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T U R N O B S T A C L E S
I N T O O P P O R T U N I T I E S
“WHEN JARRED, UNAVOIDABLY, BY CIRCUMSTANCE
REVERT AT ONCE TO YOURSELF AND DON’T LOSE THE RHYTHM
MORE THAN YOU CAN HELP. YOU’LL HAVE A BETTER
GRASP OF HARMONY IF YOU KEEP GOING BACK TO IT.”
№18
– M A R C U S A U R E L I U S
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T U R N O B S T A C L E S
I N T O O P P O R T U N I T I E S
“THERE IS GOOD IN EVERYTHING, IF ONLY WE LOOK
FOR IT.”
№19
– L A U R A I N G A L L S W I L D E R
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T U R N O B S T A C L E S
I N T O O P P O R T U N I T I E S
“THE BEST MEN ARE NOT THOSE WHO HAVE
WAITED FOR CHANCES BUT WHO HAVE TAKEN THEM;
BESIEGED CHANCE, CONQUERED THE CHANCE, AND MADE CHANCE THE SURVIVOR.”
№20
– E . H . C H A P I N
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OVERCOME
YOUR OBSTACLES
AND TURN
ADVERSITY INTO
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