Blocking out noise, pursuing your beliefs and drawing inspiration from Teddy Bear
In a world where criticism seems to flow far too easily, I’ve noticed one incredibly consistent attribute in people who achieve whatever it is they set out to achieve in life: an ability to block out all of the noise and put the ‘blinders’ on to the distractions of the world, allowing them to solely focus on moving towards their goals.
It’s a learned skill and a mindset which is central to the inspiring speech delivered by Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne in Paris, France on 23rd April 1910. Also referred to as ‘Teddy Bear’, Roosevelt was the youngest person to ever become President of the United States, a campaigner for the conservation of natural resources, and the recipient of the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize. Most of all he was someone who didn’t let anyone, or anything stand in the way of the pursuit of what he believed in, a key message he delivered in the speech below.
Excerpt from ‘Man in the Arena speech’ – Theodore Roosevelt
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
If you want more out of life but find yourself sitting on the sidelines, frozen by the noise and distractions of the modern world, ask yourself if it’s time to put the blinders on to the things blocking your way.
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