"If you think it’s simply enough to take advantage of the opportunities that arise in your life, you will fall short of greatness. Anyone sentient can do that. **What you must do is learn how to press forward precisely when everyone around you sees disaster**. It’s at the seemingly bad moments, when people least expect it, that we can act swiftly and unexpectedly to pull off a big victory. While others are arrested by discouragement, we are not. We see the moment differently, and act accordingly." ([Location 1478](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00IX49OS4&location=1478)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[obstacle-is-the-way]], [[adversity]], [[failure]], **Source** -- [[202409180132 - B - The Obstacle is the Way]]