I love overcoming challenges and fear.

Reframe your perception of your most painful moments as your moments of greatest strength!

When life is going smoothly, we tendto lose ourselves in complacency. Smallsetbacks and challenges can actually awakenour conscience and help us grow. Isn’t thata blessing?

What matters isn't the stories themselves; it's how the stories end.

I have taken from the continued success of Union Square Café is that willingness to overcome difficult cimcumstances is a crucial character trait in my employees, partners, and restaurants. 49

Overcoming the obstacle is the most important test you need to pass.

On the other side of your fear is your freedom.

A human being is a finite thing, and his freedom is restricted. It is not freedom from conditions,but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.

Sometimes, the presence of enemies instigates you to overcome dangers but, the presence of frenemies sabotages you to be overcome by the dangers. Better have enemies than frenemies. Watch!

The more they rejected me, the more I learnt to love and appreciate myself. I used the period of solitude to perfect my skills. Eventually, I became invincible.