GOOD TO GREAT/COLLINS 82-85

85 You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end--which you can never afford to lose--with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality.

What separates people, Stockdale taught me, is no the presence or absence of difficulty, but how they deal with the inevitable difficulties of life. In wrestling with life's challenges, the Stockdale Paradox (you must retain faith that you will prevail in the end and you must also confront the most brutal facts of your current reality.

THE STOCKDALE PARADOX
Retain faith that you will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties...and at the same time...Confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.