Ignoring many of the small problems in life can…

Page 114. Ignoring many of the small problems in life can build up into ways, it can make you crazy, work and make your life crazy both are bad. Details matter. Ignoring them can be the difference between success and failure.

— from Failure & Resilience (Challenge/Failure/Perseverance/Accountability/Flexibility/Resilience) · Fortitude American Resilience in the Era of Outrage written by Dan Crenshaw

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Beware, too, the slide into blame, because there is a plain word for the person who answers every problem by blaming others or circumstances: a victim. And do not let the small failures pile up unattended — ignoring the little problems is its own slow disaster, and details are often exactly the difference between success and failure. [Here is the place for my own turbulence — write in, or let me tell you, about the business failure that nearly took everything, and how I climbed back.] — Failure & Resilience (Challenge/Failure/Perseverance/Accountability/Flexibility/Resilience)

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