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The foremost requirement for potent leadership is humility, so that leaders can fully understand and appreciate their own shortfalls.
The Dichotomy of Leadership
Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
THE optimistic style of explaining good events is just the opposite of the optimistic style of explaining bad events. People who believe good events have permanent causes are more optimistic than people who believe they have temporary causes.
Learned Optimism
Martin E.P. Seligman
If the breath gets very, very subtle, or if it disappears entirely, instead of taking a deep breath, shift your attention away from the breath to a pleasant sensation. This is the key thing. You notice the breath until you arrive at and sustain access concentration, and then you let go of the breath and shift your attention to a pleasant sensation, preferably a pleasant physical sensation.