![]() “I don't.I don't believe it,” Luke exclaims. We've all been there, farm boy.īut ever the patient teacher, Yoda demonstrates the error of Luke's thinking by effortlessly delivering the ship to dry-ish land with the wave of one tridactyl hand. Luke is positive he's never seeing his X-wing again after his shaky Force-wielding sends it plunging deeper into the murky swamp water. But back up and it seems he's more specifically warning against undermining your own successes with self-doubt. No list of Yoda's best lines is complete without the classic and infinitely useful meditation on the black and white nature of success and failure. There is no try.” - The Empire Strikes Back Hear you nothing that I say?.You must unlearn what you have learned.Try not. Stop focusing on the negative and commit. Perhaps Yoda said it best during Luke's lesson in handstand-assisted stone stacking: “Concentraaaaaaate!”Ģ. Daydream all you want, but you're missing out if you don't at least try to live in the moment. ![]() The stern reprimand of Luke's wanderlust is a prescient reminder for all of us: It's tempting to think we were happier yesterday or could be better off still tomorrow, yet none of that matters if we overlook today. ![]() Hmm? What he was doing.” - The Empire Strikes Back All his life has he looked away.to the future, to the horizon. ![]() “A Jedi must have the deepest commitment, the most serious mind. Need a life coach? Master Yoda, the ultimate wise and wizened elder of indeterminate origin and unmistakable syntax, is here to help. ![]()
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