#successful mindset

𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐓𝐎 𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓: 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐂𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚

While it may be obvious to others to fight a battle that can be easily won, to defeat a weaker foe simply because the opportunity presents itself to do so…just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.  And just because it’s easy, doesn’t mean it's worth your time.  

𝐖𝐈𝐒𝐃𝐎𝐌 · 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐘 · 𝐁𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 · 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐄 · 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒

A practitioner of Sun Tzu is beholden to these 5 Virtues as they survey the battlefield and contemplate going to war.

They will seek to only fight when it is necessary, not when it is profitable and easy.

𝘽𝙐𝘿 𝙁𝙊𝙓: "𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙮?"

𝙂𝙊𝙍𝘿𝙊𝙉 𝙂𝙀𝙆𝙆𝙊: "𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 *𝙬𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙠𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚*, 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩? 𝙄 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙."

𝘽𝙐𝘿 𝙁𝙊𝙓: "𝙄𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙟𝙤𝙗𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤! 𝙈𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 24 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨! 𝙄 𝙜𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙢𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙."

𝙂𝙊𝙍𝘿𝙊𝙉 𝙂𝙀𝙆𝙆𝙊: "𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙨, 𝙠𝙞𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣... 𝙃𝙚𝙮, 𝘽𝙪𝙙𝙙𝙮, 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙗𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩? 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨, 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙪𝙩𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙩, 𝙖 𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙢𝙖𝙣. 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚, 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙙𝙖𝙙'𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚."

𝘽𝙐𝘿 𝙁𝙊𝙓: "𝙎𝙤 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚, 𝙂𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙤𝙣: 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙚𝙣𝙙, 𝙝𝙪𝙝? 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙮𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧-𝙨𝙠𝙞 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙? 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝?"

𝙂𝙊𝙍𝘿𝙊𝙉 𝙂𝙀𝙆𝙆𝙊: "𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝, 𝙥𝙖𝙡. 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙖 𝙯𝙚𝙧𝙤-𝙨𝙪𝙢 𝙜𝙖𝙢𝙚: 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙨, 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙨. 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙞𝙩𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙞𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚, 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧. 𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘."

(𝙒𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙩)

𝙇𝙄𝙆𝙀 if you are Warrior who is well aware that there are those who are in and out for the buck, and they don't take prisoners.

𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘 this to them, as they proudly profess that "𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥."

"𝙇𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚." ~ 𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝘾𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙮

"𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙, 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙, 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙨 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙮." ~  𝘾𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙮𝙣 𝙇𝙤𝙪𝙞𝙨

"𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝." ~ 𝙍𝙪𝙢𝙞

"𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙛 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙮." ~ 𝙎𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙎𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨

𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 for Daily Inspiration/Wisdom/Strategies from Sun Tzu's "The Art of War".

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I absolute love this quote!

Why would you ever settle for average when you can be a fucking lioness?

Ignore anything that isn’t positive to your goal and your vision. Anything that doesn’t align with that, anything that throws negativity your way can get pushed aside. Don’t let that stuff get to you, don’t even give it the time of day. Just smile, and wink in the face of anyone trying to get you down.

Surround yourself with people who are where you want to be, and bring up your fellow lionesses. Find success in the journey, and help anyone who is trying to do the same to find their way. Boss babes need to create a support system.

There is so much in life trying to get people down, don’t contribute to that! Instead, contribute to the growth of yourself, and of your fellow boss babes. Seek out other successful women, and encourage more success in each other!