[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fLgekRV7eZ-nWadDEa2ThrYqetwx6pmYutjiYPi5oNb4":3,"$fAMj-nEjMutkqOxxtfIWlhYoiu4-S5SHz2gt5hkoY33s":12},{"author":4,"tags":11},{"author_id":5,"author_name":6,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"bio":9,"short_bio":9,"bio_jsonld":9,"slug":10,"image_url":9},199194,"Alex Lickerman","A",6,null,"alex-lickerman",[],{"quotes":13,"pagination":53},[14,21,27,33,39,47],{"id":15,"quote_text":16,"author_id":5,"source_id":8,"has_image":17,"author":18,"source":19,"quote_tag":20,"commentary":9},2833482,"If our lives are so busy, so filled with errands and responsibilities and passions that we feel we have no emotional capacity or time to take compassionate action when confronted with the opportunity to do so, we need to consider reordering our life priorities.",false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":22,"quote_text":23,"author_id":5,"source_id":8,"has_image":17,"author":24,"source":25,"quote_tag":26,"commentary":9},2833471,"And if we continue asking why, like the child we once were, trying to excavate down to our most rudimentary ambition – a time-worn exercise – we’ll eventually find all reasons lead to the same place, to the one core reason for living we’d sought all along, the core reason against which we measure the value of everything we do: to be happy.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":28,"quote_text":29,"author_id":5,"source_id":8,"has_image":17,"author":30,"source":31,"quote_tag":32,"commentary":9},2833456,"From a Buddhist perspective, however, this means neither denying our problems exist nor denying they make us suffer. Rather, it means learning to use suffering as a springboard for creating benefit.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":34,"quote_text":35,"author_id":5,"source_id":8,"has_image":17,"author":36,"source":37,"quote_tag":38,"commentary":9},2833444,"Something about disconnecting from one’s sense of self even briefly, about glimpsing oneself as belonging to a greater whole, seems profoundly and persistently comforting to most people who experience it.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":40,"quote_text":41,"author_id":5,"source_id":8,"has_image":42,"author":43,"source":44,"quote_tag":45,"commentary":46},2833434,"But our determination is what creates the path – our determination to make use of adversity rather than escape it.",true,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nThis quote is likely from Alex Lickerman's book \"The Undefeated Mind: On the Science of Constructing a Better You,\" where he draws upon his experiences as a Harvard Medical School professor and a patient of Eastern spiritual disciplines. At that time, Dr. Lickerman was grappling with his own physical limitations and the challenges of teaching medicine amidst personal adversity.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nThe quote's beauty lies in its inversion of our typical reaction to hardship: we often seek to escape it rather than confront and transform it into an opportunity for growth. This paradox highlights how our determination to overcome adversity can, in fact, be the very catalyst that creates the path forward.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset, a modern professional or creative should recognize that their most significant breakthroughs often arise from embracing, rather than fleeing, the obstacles they face – whether these are external challenges or internal doubts. By reframing adversity as an opportunity for growth and transformation, they can cultivate a sense of resilience and determination that propels them forward, even in the darkest moments.",{"id":48,"quote_text":49,"author_id":5,"source_id":8,"has_image":17,"author":50,"source":51,"quote_tag":52,"commentary":9},2833413,"Victory may not be promised to any of us, but possessing an undefeated mind means behaving as though it is, as though to win we only need wage an all-out struggle and work harder than everyone else, trying everything we can, and when that fails trying everything we think we can’t, in full understanding that we have no one on whom we can rely for victory but ourselves.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"currentPage":54,"totalPages":54,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":55},1,10]