Alex Toussaint Quotes

Feeling good is a mindset. It boils down to this simple phrase, which was drilled into me by my coworker Christine D’Ercole when I joined Peloton: I am, I can, I will, I do. Feeling good requires discipline. It requires execution, repetition, and focus. It requires confidence, a confidence that comes from the inside and not from “likes” on Instagram and Facebook.

If you are not prepared and you fail because of it, that failure will become a setback instead of what it could and should be: a learning experience and a stepping-stone to success.

Love, in one way at least, is like money. If you invest it wisely, it grows. There is no return without investment.

If you find your gratitude, and fix your attitude, that will help you reach your greatest altitude.

When we prove to ourselves that we can get broken down and then build ourselves back up, we realize what seemed impossible was just a self-imposed limitation caused by self doubt. We can apply that same lesson to our relationships, our jobs, our lives. It changes our perspective on everything.

Fail fast, fail now, fail here, fail forward.

The bigger issue—what’s really happening—is that we become uncomfortable with failing after we really try. When we prepare and try and still fail, we’ve lost all of our excuses. And that leads to discomfort. But that feeling of discomfort is what we have to get used to.

Disconnecting isn’t always permanent. It can be in certain situations, and when it is, it becomes much clearer that we needed to disconnect in the first place. But a lot of times we disconnect, and then we evolve and grow without the relationship weighing us down. And the other person evolves and grows, too. And that, a lot of the time, makes it possible to reconnect, on better and healthier terms.

There is a physical way to start to be present with ourselves, which involves breath work, but with a stated purpose. That is, you have to inhale your confidence and exhale your doubt.

When you stay ready, you never have to get ready.

Overcoming setbacks and roadblocks is the point. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress,” Frederick Douglass once said.