Why give up before we try Feel the lows before the highs Clip our wings before we fly away I can't say I came prepared I'm suspended in the air Won't you come be in the sky with me
Alicia KeysRead
Failure isn't an option. I've erased the word fear from my vocabulary and I think when you erase fear you can't fail.
Interpretation
Embracing fearlessness can lead to success, as fear often hinders our potential.
In this quote, Alicia Keys emphasizes the importance of eliminating fear from oneβs mindset to achieve success. She suggests that fear is a barrier that can prevent people from reaching their goals, and by choosing not to acknowledge it, one opens the door to possibilities and resilience in the face of challenges.
In practice
In a motivational speech about overcoming challenges.
Why give up before we try Feel the lows before the highs Clip our wings before we fly away I can't say I came prepared I'm suspended in the air Won't you come be in the sky with me
I always want to stay focused on who I am, even as I'm discovering who I am.
Everything you want to be, you already are. You're simply on the path to discovering it.
I'm a very positive person, but this whole concept of having to always be nice, always smiling, always happy, that's not real. It was like I was wearing a mask. I was becoming this perfectly chiselled sculpture, and that was bad. That took a long time to understand.
Iβve found that the best life has to offer is right in front of me, with my husband and child
How terrible would it have been if I had come out with some watered-down version of who I am? People fell in love with the real me, and I still feel blessed that that was how the journey began.
What I enjoy most is doing something I've never done before.
No failure means no risk, which means nothing new
To help people believe they can achieve victory, put them in a position to experience small successes.
How you gon' win when you ain't right within. Uh uh come again
In part, slacktivism is what happens when the energy of otherwise dedicated activists is wasted on approaches that are less effective than the alternatives.
Life doesn't give you all the practice races you need.
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