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Kering Sets Goal to Decouple Growth From Climate Impact

March 17, 2023BruceDayne

In February, Kering chief executive François-Henri Pinault told investors that the delicate balancing act the French luxury group has tried to perform between furthering its business objectives and limiting its environmental impact was “no longer sufficient” to meet its climate ambitions.

Though Kering has positioned itself at the forefront of fashion’s efforts to operate more sustainably, like many of its luxury rivals, its environmental targets have focused on reducing impact relative to sales. That means so long as business is growing, so could the company’s footprint.

But that’s a position that’s getting harder to justify for businesses that want to be taken seriously on climate. Global carbon emissions hit a new record last year, leaving the world with 50/50 odds of staving off a climate catastrophe, according to research group Global Carbon Project. The effects are being felt in extreme weather events, which pose a threat to businesses as well as communities. Some impacts are already irreversible.

“We see what is happening all over the world,” said Kering’s sustainability chief, Marie-Claire Daveu. “It is also our role to try to go beyond, and not only speak about [emissions] intensity, but to make a commitment about absolute value.”

On Friday, Kering updated its climate goals to address this tension for the first time. Its new target is an absolute emissions reduction of 40 percent across its supply chain by 2035.

“It’s very ambitious, because we are also a company and we want to continue our growth,” said Daveu. “So beyond this kind of target is a decorrelation between the growth of the business and degrowth of greenhouse gases.”

A Thorny Challenge

Though retailers in other parts of the market have already progressed in this direction, Kering’s new target makes it the first among Europe’s major luxury groups to grapple with one of fashion’s thorniest sustainability challenges: we cannot consume our way out of the climate crisis. There is a direct relationship between the amount brands produce and environmental impact, which means companies need to find new models that don’t rely on making and selling more new stuff.

But while ambitions across the industry are growing, emissions are still rising, too.

Kering managed to reduce its environmental footprint (measured using an environmental profit & loss, or EP&L account, which puts a financial value on factors like emissions, land use, waste and water pollution) by 40 percent relative to sales between 2015 and 2021 — meeting a previous target four years early. But in absolute terms, its footprint grew by 30 percent over the same period.

In 2021, that trend shifted, with the company’s growth diverging from its impact for the first time. Though sales rose 10 percent that year compared to pre-pandemic levels, operational efficiencies and efforts to source lower raw materials helped offset the cost to the environment. The company’s EP&L score declined 11 percent compared to 2019.

To meet its new target, the company needs to show it can sustain and build on that trend.

‘Value Over Volume’

So far, Kering has only outlined in the broadest terms how it plans to do that, but a growing focus on elevating its brands’ positioning and exclusivity will play a significant role.

The “idea is to really to prioritise value over volume,” said Daveu. “We are speaking about quality and exclusivity, and for me, that’s really how the business will bring solutions to decrease greenhouse gases.”

Other key areas of focus include improving raw-material sourcing and efficiency in manufacturing and inventory management, as well as expansion into new sales channels and services. The company has set up a sustainable finance department to help unlock long-term solutions but provided no details on spending or investment plans.

Some of the things it is looking at are opportunities to use AI to help better predict volumes and sizes and to track sell-through rates for products, said Daveu. Several of the group’s brands have experimented with second-hand sales and the group invested in luxury resale platform Vestiaire Collective in 2021. Last year, it set up a climate fund with L’Occitane as part of its efforts to promote regenerative farming practices, and it’s experimenting with next-generation materials, like leather alternatives.

“There’s no magic solution, but to reach this target we will have to push on all the topics,” said Daveu.

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The Next Big Performance-Booster Is Already in Your Kitchen

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Olof Sköld was in a small, hip bike shop in Paris last summer when conversation turned to something odd that people had noticed while watching Tour de France coverage. “Everybody was talking about [Primož] Roglič,” Sköld recalls. “He’s eating soup before racing! There must be some doping in it!” Tour de France riders burn as much as 8,000 calories a day, so they’re famous for hoovering down energy in every available form. But slurping soup before a race was, admittedly, unusual. Sköld, the CEO of Swedish sports nutrition company Maurten, knew exactly what was in the soup, but he wasn’t telling—yet.

Back in 2016, Maurten made a big splash with their new carbohydrate drink, which claimed to ease the pangs of digesting large quantities of sugar during hard exercise by encapsulating it in a hydrogel. Simple carbohydrates are the primary fuel for high-intensity exercise, and top endurance athletes aim to take 60, or 90, or even 120 grams—the equivalent of almost five gels—for every hour of racing. It doesn’t go down easily. “If you went to New York or any of the big marathons back in 2015, they had sand in buckets at the finish line to clean up all the vomit,” Sköld says. “That really doesn’t exist anymore.”

While initial research into Maurten’s carb drink was equivocal, it now appears that the formula really does reduce gastrointestinal distress. The hydrogel, which forms in the stomach when the drink’s ingredients mix with stomach acid, effectively “hides” the carbohydrates from the stomach’s signaling systems until they’ve safely passed into the intestine. Even before the research caught up, word-of-mouth helped the drink spread rapidly among both elite and serious recreational athletes. The company has grown by about 120 percent annually for the last six years, Sköld says. And now they have another hydrogel-based product, launching at the end of February, which they believe will spark a further revolution.

The first indoor track meet of the year is always a shock to the airways. The frantic deep-breathing of the final laps of a race combined with the bone-dry winter air leaves just about everyone with a vicious “track hack.” In January 1995, after struggling through a leg of the 4×800-meter relay at the historic Dartmouth Relays, I staggered to the bleachers and reached blindly for my water bottle. Instead of throat-soothing water, though, I got a foul-tasting concoction that almost made me vomit. I’d accidentally grabbed my teammate’s water bottle—and he, it turned out, was soda loading.

The performance-boosting effects of sodium bicarbonate—that’s baking soda to the cooks and primary-school volcano-makers among us—have been researched for decades, going back at least to a 1984 study by pioneering sports scientist David Costill. The simple story that runners like me heard in the 1990s went as follows: hard exercise generates muscle-fatiguing lactic acid. Baking soda is a base that can counteract the rising acidity in your bloodstream, and thus indirectly counteract the negative effects of lactic acid in your muscles. The lab data showed that it worked, and the explanation made sense. Case closed. “Then researchers left it alone for a while,” says Andy Sparks, an exercise physiologist at Edge Hill University in Britain. “They thought all the work had been done.”

At the time, baking soda’s performance-boosting effects were so widely acknowledged that using it was considered a “restricted technique” by the forerunners of the World Anti-Doping Agency. They couldn’t place an outright ban on baking soda—you can’t take away muffins, after all. But taking large quantities for the express purposes of enhancing performance, as my teammate did, was considered verboten, though the rule was largely symbolic rather than enforceable.

Instead, there was a far more practical limitation on its use: it’s famously volatile in the stomach. At the conference championships that same year, my teammate had to withdraw from the relay because he’d overdone the soda loading for his individual events and was locked in the bathroom with explosive diarrhea. I got the call-up to the A squad, ran a three-second personal best, and earned my first trip to nationals. For that reason, I’ve always credited baking soda for that performance breakthrough—but thanks to the side-effects I was never tempted to try it myself, even after WADA removed any restrictions on its use a few years later.

The modern understanding of muscle fatigue, and of baking soda’s benefits, has evolved since the 1990s. Hard exercise above threshold generates lactate and hydrogen ions. Lactate is actually a valuable fuel, but the rising acidity associated with the hydrogen ions is thought to impair muscle contraction. Baking soda in the bloodstream helps pull these hydrogen ions out of the muscle cells and neutralizes them, thus counteracting fatigue. That’s one theory; there are others relating to potassium ions, or more generally to the role of so-called “strong ions” as a group. The mechanism is still up for debate, but the practical results aren’t. “The majority of studies say yes, it’s ergogenic [performance-enhancing],” Sparks says, “but for some athletes it’s curtailed by the GI problems.”

That’s also the consensus in the sports world. “It works,” says Kevin Sprouse, a sports medicine physician in Knoxville who is the director of sports science for the EF Education-EasyPost Pro Cycling Team. “It absolutely works.” But it’s finicky. Half the riders on a given team might not be able to tolerate it at all. The other half might vary in how much they need and how quickly it enters their system. There have been numerous attempts to find more reliable protocols: split doses, delayed-release capsules, and even a topical gel called PR Lotion. But none has really cracked the problem.

Meanwhile, there are hints that baking soda might have broader benefits than initially thought. Since its primary function is to counter rising levels of acidity, most of the research has focused on short, intense exercise bouts lasting between about one and ten minutes—the type of activity that produces the highest levels of lactate. But one study found improved sprinting even at the end of a three-hour race. And other lines of research suggest that it might accelerate post-exercise recovery by regulating acid-base balance in the blood, and perhaps even augment adaptations to endurance training through a cellular signaling mechanism called PGC-1alpha, says Lewis Gough, a physiologist at Birmingham City University in Britain.

It’s a potential miracle drug, in other words—if you believe the hype, and if you can get rid of the pesky explosive diarrhea. That’s where Maurten comes in. The hydrogel in their carbohydrate drink, after all, is nothing but a delivery system for getting carbs into your bloodstream without upsetting your stomach. “Bicarb was much harder,” Sköld says. “It took several years to get it right.” The formula they settled on involves mixing ingredients to make a yogurt-like (or soup-like, to some observers) slurry, then adding a spoonful of individually encapsulated micropills, each with 0.018 grams of baking soda. Take a total dose of 0.2 to 0.3 grams per kilogram of bodyweight. Slurp it down two to three hours before a race or competition, then go for gold.

Once they’d settled on a formula, they started testing it on elite athletes—and on themselves. In late October, when I spoke to Tobias Christensson, Maurten’s head of nutrition, he was in northern Sweden at a training camp with the Swedish cross-country skiing team. He’d just given them a seminar on the new product: the title was “Used by 1% for the 1%,” meaning that very few athletes currently use baking soda but those that do can expect a one-percent performance bump.

In the seminar, he shared with them the pilot data he’d taken on himself, using an ABL9 blood gas analyzer to measure blood pH and levels of bicarbonate. First he showed them that the formula did, indeed, raise the levels of bicarbonate (HCO3, on the vertical axis) in his blood. Normal soda loading is thought to raise bicarbonate levels for two to three hours. His levels, in contrast, were still elevated after seven hours.

Then he showed them what happened when he exercised. A hard interval workout made bicarbonate levels plunge… but then they surged back up when he stopped. The same thing happened when he did another workout a few hours later. Bicarbonate levels generally stay between about 22 and 26 mmol/L, but the hydrogel dose seemed to be protecting higher levels for many hours. Here’s what his levels looked like when he did three intense interval sessions over the course of five hours, dropping during each workout then rebounding during the recovery:

“After nine hours, I’m still elevated,” Christensson says. “And I could actually replicate this, so of course this pattern was really, really interesting for Jumbo-Visma.” That’s Roglič’s cycling team, and one of Maurten’s key partners. Grand Tour races play out over the course of many hours, largely below threshold but punctuated by intense accelerations up hills, around corners, and to cover breakaways. Most of the team’s riders had at least experimented with baking soda in the past, says Mathieu Heijboer, Jumbo Visma’s head of performance, but some couldn’t stomach it. Maurten’s formula changed that, he says: “Especially riders who experienced gastrointestinal issues with regular bicarb found it a game-changer.”

Christensson has carted his ABL9 blood gas analyzer to endurance training hubs around the world—Font Romeu, Flagstaff, Tenerife—to do bespoke testing with top athletes, who also began trying it in competition. One of the breakout stars of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing was Nils van der Poel, the Swedish speedskater who won both the 5,000 and 10,000 meters in world record times, then posted a lengthy manifesto revealing his training secrets for all to see. Buried halfway through the 62-page document was the revelation that he was using a bicarbonate mix produced by Maurten “which also worked good for my belly.”

One of the practical challenges for van der Poel was that he did many of his sessions first thing in the morning, making it difficult to take baking soda two or three hours beforehand. His solution? “I would take the soup the night before instead,” he says. Even after nine hours of sleep, he still saw a typical boost of 4 watts, or 1 percent, in his bike sessions, consistent with Christensson’s observation that bicarbonate levels stayed elevated for many hours.

When van der Poel skated to gold, Sköld was watching the broadcast proudly from his office alongside Kilian Jornet, the trail running legend. Jornet, too, started experimenting with Maurten’s baking soda more than two years ago. He tested it out in a two-hour ski mountaineering race, and—unlike when he’d previously tried regular bicarb—his stomach felt good. So he tried it in a 100-mile race. “Especially the second time I took it, 12 or 13 hours into the race, my muscles felt less clumsy,” he says. For middle-distance runners, the most noticeable benefit of baking soda is that it reduces the burning feeling of intense exercise, allowing you to push to higher lactate levels. But for trail ultras, Jornet believes the benefits are more neuromuscular, keeping his muscles working smoothly and enabling him to pick his way across rough terrain, up and down steep inclines, even after more than a dozen hours.

Plenty of other notable athletes are using it. Joshua Cheptegei, the Ugandan runner who holds the world records for 5,000 and 10,000 meters, was an early adopter. Tove Alexandersson—“the Eliud Kipchoge of orienteering,” Sköld explains—uses it for races ranging from six- to eight-minute sprints to 100-minute endurance contests, where the up-and-down terrain generates bursts of lactate. “It also feels like the body recovers a bit faster,” she says. “But I haven’t done any tests, it’s just my own feeling.”

The Dutch rowing team, with 35 mostly very large rowers on its squad, has been a big user. “When we switched to Maurten, there was a noticeable difference,” says Koen de Haan, a scientist with the program. “More people could tolerate it.” At the last World Championships, every single woman on the team medaled, and not a single rower reported stomach problems. “I always start with ‘Don’t believe the hype,’” says de Haan. “But it just works.”

Sköld offered to introduce me to a more or less endless list of satisfied users. Alexander Kristoff, the Norwegian Olympic cycling medalist and multi-time Tour de France stage winner, said that he was able to double his tolerable dosage. Another multiple Grand Tour stage winner, who needed to remain anonymous due to sponsor conflicts, raved about the ability to dig deeper and emphasized the possibility of boosting training adaptations. “We believe we’re making the biggest difference in training,” he said. And there were more names, among the very biggest in history in several different endurance sports, that Sköld dangled but forbade me to repeat due, once again, to sponsor conflicts.

At a certain point, further testimonials became meaningless. The athletes clearly like it, just as they liked the original Maurten carbohydrate drink. But what about the evidence? Back in 2016, Maurten’s media liaison, Herman Reuterswärd, contacted me to suggest writing about their then-unknown carbohydrate drink. I was intrigued, especially after Eliud Kipchoge chose to use it in his Breaking2 marathon the next spring, but I chose not to write about it until I saw some evidence that it worked as claimed. This would soon be forthcoming, Reuterswärd promised. But years passed without any published data.

“When we did the drinks, we learned a lot from the mistakes we did regarding publications,” Sköld says. “We are very Swedish, and we were kind of naïve.” They figured no one would believe their internal data, he says, so they waited for independent researchers to test their claims. But the world of nutrition is different from the world of pharmaceuticals, where Sköld cut his teeth. No independent research was forthcoming. This time, Maurten has funded Sparks and Gough to carry out independent testing of their baking soda claims. The funding is still a potential source of bias, but it’s better than no research at all, Sköld says.

The tests are just getting started, but the initial results are “very promising, especially in terms of reducing GI symptoms,” Gough says. At the recent International Sport and Exercise Nutrition conference in Manchester, Sparks presented pilot data from a grand total of two subjects. It’s not exactly publishable, but the visual he presented is certainly eye-catching. The vertical axis here is a total score summing up negative GI symptoms over time (on the horizontal axis) after taking baking soda either as a capsule or in Maurten’s hydrogel:

When Reuterswärd contacted me this time, he pitched the story as an exploration of fairness in sport. Maurten was worried, he said, that the supplement was just too good. Certainly, after seeing the evidence so far and hearing the list of athletes using it, you can’t help wondering if the playing field has been a bit tilted, if only by about 1 percent. Heijboer, the head of performance at Jumbo-Visma, told his riders they were the only team with access to it: “So not only was it a nutritional gain, but also a psychological one.” Sprouse, from EF Education-EasyPost, confirms this: the peloton started hearing rumors about Jumbo-Visma’s edge more than a year ago, which sparked in some riders a “frantic desire” to get some. But they couldn’t get it.

Even when it’s released, the initial price is 60 euros (about 65 dollars) for four doses. That’s some very pricey baking soda, especially if you believe it could be helpful in training as well as racing. Like carbon-plated running shoes, the combination of price and sponsor conflicts may mean that availability on the free market doesn’t translate into a perfectly even playing field. On the other hand, the frenzy about Roglič’s soup is reminiscent of the ketone mania that gripped the peloton a decade ago. When supply was constrained, cyclists were desperate to get their hands on it and convinced it was skewing race results. Now that anyone can buy it for $85, interest has waned. Some people in the cycling world still believe it can be useful, Sprouse says, but it’s no longer considered a game-changer.

Personally, I find it hard to get worked up about the ethics of baking soda. It’s like caffeine: clearly performance-boosting, but so common and harmless—diarrhea aside—that you can’t construe it as cheating. Still, finding a better way to deliver it could make a big difference, just as it did with carbs. Baking soda, instead of a danger-fraught experiment, could become a standard part of the serious endurance athlete’s arsenal. “It’s unlikely to be revolutionary, but it could be useful” is how Sprouse puts it. Sköld, for his part, is just eager to get it out in the open. “We don’t know how the world will react,” he says. “But I believe we know how the athletes will react. They really like it.”

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Q & A with Lifeway Women Academy

March 16, 2023BruceDayne

ICYMI, we now have a new way to equip women to study and teach the Bible: Lifeway Women Academy! Since the launch in October 2022, we’ve released two courses, How to Study the Bible: Hermeneutics 101, and What We Believe: Theology 101. We can’t wait to bring more of this in-depth teaching to you in the coming months (and years!).

If you’re still not quite sure what Lifeway Women Academy is or how it works, we wanted to answer a few FAQs.

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A: The $59 registration includes one Lifeway Women Academy course. The first course includes approximately 10 video teaching sessions, notes, a group discussion guide, and additional resources. You’ll have unlimited access to that content, so you can complete the course in a way that works with your schedule.

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Professional Thrifters Share The Secrets To Finding The Best Items

March 16, 2023BruceDayne

There will always be people who demand only freshly manufactured, shrink-wrapped items in their lives. But then there are the rest of us, who love nothing more than driving by an estate sale, checking out a rummage sale or making well-timed weekly visits to a local secondhand store. For lots of us, thrifting is a fun hobby that allows us to dive into dusty bins and maintain the hope that our treasure hunt will pay off.

For food stylists, set decorators, production designers, prop shop owners and other professionals, finding just the right secondhand item can be an important part of their jobs. We asked how they always seem to find the best stuff, whether it’s a perfectly preserved vintage outfit, stand-out home accessories or well-built furniture that will last another lifetime. Here’s how they find the best loot.

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Melissa Alderton is the owner of Propabilities, a longtime prop rental store in Chicago. She supplies locally filmed TV shows like the “One Chicago” series (“Med,” “Fire,” “P.D.”) and “The Bear,” as well as commercials. The term “props” is short for “theatrical property,” and it refers to any object an actor uses during a performance. Right now, for example, her shop is carrying items including a gold engraved pocket watch, a costume crown with fake sapphires, a fringed leather Western-style vest, a 1950s bar cart with glass goblets and laminated vintage menus.

Give every sale a chance.

“I always find something when I’m out thrifting,” she said. “The other day I drove by an estate sale being held in a very small house, but I found some jewelry for myself, in addition to gardening tools, carpentry tools, Christmas decorations and some truly luxurious art objects.

“My advice is never to be put off by the outside appearance of the space — at least go inside for a quick look around.”

Try this “two-step” system.

“First, I do a quick walk-through and things will ‘call’ to me, almost leap out at me. But then, I go back and see what might have been hiding in the corner. I claim everything right away and start a pile at checkout. You can always return it, but if you don’t act fast, someone else might get it.”

“If you take a friend, you might be influenced by someone else’s tastes. I can go faster by myself, and I know in my gut if I should buy something or not.”

“If you want things as cheap as possible, go in the last hours of an estate sale. They’ll be eager to reduce the amount of stuff they have to haul away. I’ve consistently gotten good things at that time.”

Practice Makes Perfect

Lisa Golden Schroeder is a food stylist for commercial photography. And when it comes to secondhand shopping, she’s always on the lookout for smaller dinner plates, glassware and flatware, especially old silver and serving pieces in unique patterns. “The smaller scale of older pieces works much better for photos,” she explained. While she has snagged unusual pieces like an olive serving spoon, a flat tomato server or demitasse spoons, she said that most of the time, “I’m looking for more pedestrian pieces for everyday food photography, like small pitchers for maple syrup or cream, ramekins and interesting napkins and linens.”

“My No. 1 tip is to get out looking on a regular basis. It’s like foraging for wild food — you won’t find anything if you only go out once in a while.”

Consider the neighborhood.

“I prowl thrift shops in upscale neighborhoods, because people will donate extraordinarily nice things, like luxury-label clothes for a fraction of the cost. If I’m looking for props for work, I’ve found that dishes and glassware are an almost certain bargain.”

Dress right and bring a bag.

“I try not to over-dress in a bulky coat or anything that could easily bump into displays, since many thrift shops are packed with stuff. Plus, many are small and can be warm, so you don’t want to have to shed layers and carry them around when you need your hands free. I also try to carry a folded heavy shopping bag for treasures, since some places will just wrap things in paper or put them into paper grocery bags that can tear easily.”

“I never miss the chance to thrift when I travel. I’ve collected some amazing old silverware and serving pieces that I’ve hauled home to use in photography.”

“It’s always worth asking if prices are ‘firm.’”

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Wondering how much of a discount to ask for? “Wait until you’re in person with the seller, then ask for about 20% less than what they’re asking,” suggested Lori Bohner is a Chicago-based freelance production designer and art director.

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Lori Bohner is a Chicago-based freelance production designer and art director. She works mostly for national commercials, including this one with Chicago Bulls player Zach LaVine. For that commercial, “We needed a freestanding full-length mirror that had an ‘old English’ look,” she said. “We didn’t have time to build or order one, but I found just what we needed on Facebook Marketplace. It’s no wonder I’m still a big fan of that site.”

Like Alderton, she prefers to work alone. “I shop for a living, and I act pretty fast.”

“Don’t let yourself be sidetracked. I’m usually looking for one specific item, so when I go in a store, I remind myself what I’m looking for. I’ll stand in one place and scan left to right, like I’m reading a book.”

Hold out for the good stuff.

“Be patient, and wait until you fall in love with something so much that you feel you can’t live without it. Otherwise, you’ll end up with something in your house that you wish you hadn’t bought.” If your gut instinct tells you to pass, listen to that.

While Alderton noted the value of showing up at an estate sale when it’s winding down, Bohner said that things work differently at a thrift store. “It’s too much pressure to find something right when they’re starting to turn off the lights, so allow yourself enough time to shop.”

Like Schroeder, Bohner is a fan of the well-honed art of dickering, but she adheres to this guideline: “Especially if you’re on Facebook Marketplace, don’t ask for a discount before you see the item, because the seller is likely to view you as someone who isn’t serious about buying, and they might skip down to the next request.” Wondering how much of a discount to ask for? “Wait until you’re in person with the seller, then ask for about 20% less than what they’re asking,” she suggests. “If it’s a $100 table, ask if they’ll take $80, not $20.”

Turn Trash Into Treasure

Reyne Hirsch is a 20th century decorative arts dealer and collector who spent 13 seasons on PBS’s “Antiques Roadshow.” She once found a set of lithographs in an Arkansas thrift shop, bought it for $80, and eventually sold what turned out to be a genuine Picasso for $18,000. So, yeah, her “seek and find” bona fides are top-notch, but her attitude remains down to earth. “I’ll dig through any bin at an auction or in a store,” she said, describing her thrifting style. “I’ve found amazing things mixed up in a box lot.”

“I’ve learned over the years that certain cities are better for secondhand finds. Places that have been established a long time, and that had major department stores and lots of well-to-do citizens, tend to be more of a ‘target-rich environment’ than, say, Texas, where I live. That’s not to say things don’t show up here, because they do, but we don’t tend to see the great finds you get on the East Coast.”

“If you’re checking out certain thrift shops regularly, ask the manager what day they put out new merchandise. Shops usually have a schedule for sorting, cleaning, pricing and stocking. That matters because if they stock on Tuesday and you always visit on Saturday, all the good stuff will be gone before you arrive.”

“You should always have a measuring tape on you. If you’re looking for an item to fit in a particular space, measure that before you go. And then measure any item you’re considering buying.”

“Buy a small, portable black light and bring it with you whenever you shop. You can use it to tell if artworks have been painted over, like if that ‘Monet’ signature was added last week instead of in the last century. A black light also will show repairs that were made in furniture and pottery, too.”

“If it looks too good to be true, it probably is. If you see something described as a Tiffany lamp, and it’s selling for $500, then run, don’t walk, away from that store. There’s a whole lotta fake that’s out there, meant to trick someone who’s watched one episode of “Antiques Roadshow,” so don’t spend big money just on a hope.”

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It turns out that you can amplify your savings even further, said money-saving expert Andrea Woroch: “Some secondhand and consignment shops will purchase items from you. You can get a cash payment or credit toward like-new purchases at the store or site, which sometimes may be a greater value.” And to save even more, consider using coupons. “Check out sites like CouponCabin.com, where you can find deals like 25% off + free shipping at Thredup.com, $25 off + 2.5% cash back at TheRealReal.com and 3.6% cash back at Chairish consignment,” she said.

Online Resources

Another person who takes thrifting very seriously is Margaret Wilds, vice president of the Vintage Fashion Guild. “Just gazing down a row of thrift shop clothing — with all the variety — is so much more exciting than looking at a row of monotonous new clothing,” she said. Her advice for newbies: “I highly recommend the guidance you can find on our website. Even when you’re out shopping, you can use the Label Resource for an idea of the era and notoriety of a label, and once you get home, there is a lot more to look at such as the Fabric Resource and the Care and Cleaning guide. There are active public forums where you can ask questions and VFG members can help.”

Finally, she offered these words of wisdom: “Don’t buy something because you just kind of like it and it’s a good deal. Buy it because it makes your heart sing, and ask yourself if you would regret leaving it behind.”

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50 Rise And Grind Quotes - Easy Ways To Succeed Everyday

March 16, 2023BruceDayne

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This is the best list of rise and grind quotes you will need to become a successful person.

If you need a little motivation, one of the best things to do in the morning is to read a few hustle quotes and lines to spark the hard worker in you. Luckily, I've been featured on Morning Laziness and The Urban List, so you can trust me to share all the most inspiring rise and grind quotes you need.

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10 Best Rise and Grind Quotes

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1. "The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. "— Confucius

2. "The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor." — Vince Lombardi

3. "Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway." — Earl Nightingale

4. "Make each day your masterpiece." — John Wooden

5. "Remember what controls your attention controls your life. Where your attention goes, energy flows, and so goes your life." — Patrick McFadden

6. "Without hustle, talent will only carry you so far." – Gary Vaynerchuk

7. "There may be people that have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you."– Derek Jeter

8. "Skill is only developed by hours and hours of work."– Usain Bolt

9. "I like to grind and not think too much about the good stuff. I like to focus on the stuff I need to get better at."- Khalil Mack

10. "Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal. Nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong attitude." — Thomas Jefferson

Ultimate List of Rise and Grind Quotes

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Quote Categories

Inspiring Hustle Quotes

Daily Grind Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Short Grind Quotes

9 Inspiring Hustle Quotes In Life

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Everyday, you will find inspiration in all parts of your journey. You will see them in a friend, a colleague, an animal on the street, or even in the buildings around you. These inspiring hustle quotes will help you get plenty of motivation, so you have what you need to get up and start working.

11. "There are no shortcuts to any place worth going." – Beverly Sills

It's important to set a good mindset every day. That's why you should always remind yourself that you will only get where you're going if you put in the hard work.

12. "We keep pushing ever forward even harder until we get to that place where we can maybe smooth out the ride a little bit, which in turn makes it a little easier to keep pushing." – Unknown

Life may be a little tough right now, so I know this life quote will give you the inspiration you need to stick it out a little further. Good things are coming; you just have to be patient.

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13. "It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." — Charles Darwin

Sometimes, the hardest battles are the ones that bring the most change. Remember not to resist the changes in your life. Instead, you should consider them as growing and learning opportunities to make you a strong person.

14. "The secret of making mistakes isn't to avoid ever making one again – it's to recognize that making a mistake is not fatal! They are necessary stepping stones on your path to success." — Patrick McFadden

It's a good thing when we can learn from our mistakes because they bring us a few steps closer to our goals. Don't let a few bumps keep you from achieving the things you want.

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15. "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." — Winston Churchill

Successful people often tell you that they had to go through many failures before reaching their dreams. However, even if they repeatedly experienced failing, they didn't let their spirits die, just as you should.

16. "Grind until you get it no matter what the haters say and never look back; keep striving 'cause it's your life." ― Jonathan Anthony Burkett

Being a hustler means doing everything possible to reach your goals. You will face many challenges, but you must push through them to become someone.

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17. "Keep your goals big, but keep the steps to get there within reach… don't just shoot for the moon-grab at all the clouds you can on the way there…" ― Unknown

Inspirational sayings like this will help you set attainable goals, so you don't get disappointed when you fail. It's all about the journey, right? It's important for you to keep your determination strong so that you can succeed.

18. "We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated." — Maya Angelou

There is no easy way to absolute success. That's why you should be prepared to face your failures and unexpected challenges when you tread through your journey. Being strong will help you get to your goals.

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19. "G + R + I + N + D = Get Ready It’s a New Day." – Anonymous

Every day is a new chance to make a difference and work towards your goal. Quotes like this will remind you that you have an opportunity to grow every time you wake up in the morning. No excuses!

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10 Daily Grind Quotes To Crush Your Fears And Worries

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Everyone gets a little afraid sometimes, especially when we're unsure of what is coming. Are we going to succeed? Is there an opportunity coming my way? Can I bounce back from this failure? You will find the answers to these questions only when you try. These daily grind quotes will help you conquer your fears. You will then be courageous enough to make something happen.

20. "You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." — C.S. Lewis

If you're stuck and you feel like you want to try something new, you should read these fear quotes for unwavering courage. Your passion is hiding somewhere out there. You just have to be brave enough to search for it.

21. "Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it." – Les Brown

If you want to achieve something, you must not only be a hard worker. You should be the hardest worker in the room for you to win. You should be relentless and aggressive when it comes to your dreams.

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22. "Though you can love what you do not master, you cannot master what you do not love."– Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Doing the right thing may not always be in line with your passion. If you want to be happy in life, you should pursue that which brings you happiness. Even if your job pays you a lot of money, it won't matter if it's not what you love.

23. "Sunflowers end up facing the sun, but they go through a lot of dirt to find their way there." ― J.R. Rim

Good things in life won't come easy. Your hard work and perseverance will take you where you need to go. Even sunflowers have to go through the dirt. You will also face many challenges before you succeed in life.

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24. "It's okay to be the turtle. Slow and steady wins the race, people." ― Daymond John

When you're an entrepreneur, you will see that your investment and capital will not return quickly. You will also feel your income will not come as rapidly as expected. But, if you put in the time and dedication, your work will be fruitful in time.

25. "Today, I will do what others won't, so tomorrow, I can accomplish what others can't." ― Daymond John

If you want to get ahead of the pack, get up, drink your coffee, and start working. Being lazy won't put you first. In fact, it will make you lag behind.

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26. "Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition – in having put forth the best within you." – Henry J. Kaiser

You should always remember that life is for living. You will regret it if you don't take chances and give it your all. Getting the best out of your life will only happen if you're brave enough to make things happen.

27. "Learn the rules like a pro so that you can break them like an artist. " — Pablo Picasso

There is always a learning curve to everything you do. You need someone to tell you what to do for you to really know what you're doing. But once you do, it will be easy for you to take chances and do what you want with the rules.

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28. "One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals." — Michelle Obama

The main thing that will help you get to where you're going is staying true to your personality. If you keep it real, you won't ever need to worry about other people.

29. "The world is yours and everything in it. It's out there. Get on your grind and get it." – Young Jeezy

There are many opportunities out there that are just waiting for you. The catch is that they will not come to you. You have to reach out and take them as much as you can.

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11 Motivational Quotes That Will Push You To Hustle More

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Nobody got anywhere by just lying down, right? It's all on you to make things happen for your life. Only then will you become successful. These motivational quotes will push you to work harder and smarter.

30. “Don’t count the days; make the days count.” — Muhammad Ali

Even if you have a new opportunity every day, it will only matter if you make something out of it. So, get up and do something extraordinary today. Your future self will thank you for it.

31. "You may not be there yet, but you're one step closer than you were yesterday." — Patrick McFadden

Success won't come tomorrow. It will only come when you take a step every day. It's a long journey, but it can only start when you take that first step.

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32. "I love the work, love the grind. I love what I have to go through to get what I want."— Deshaun Watson

Some people enjoy a challenge! That's why people like the thrill of working hard to get what they want. The sense of fulfillment and success when you accomplish your goal feels amazing.

33. "Be determined to blow past these expectations, clear whatever low bar has been set before you, and make sure you do it with room to spare." — Daymond John

People will always have expectations of you, no matter how successful you are. So, you must set your own expectations and focus on those. You set the bar and find ways to achieve what you want.

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34. "Some people want it to happen, some people wish it would happen, others make it happen." — Michael Jordan

It's not enough that you want something to happen. You should make your dreams come true through your hard work and determination. Be bold, and don't take no for an answer. If you want something to happen, make it happen!

35. "Grind while they sleep. Learn while they party. Live as they dream." ― Unknown

Being a boss means working twice as hard as everyone else to ensure your success. You will only be in first place if you keep running when everyone else slows down.

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36. "You get to decide where your time goes. You can either spend it moving forward, or you can spend it putting out fires. You decide. And if you don't decide, others will decide for you." — Tony Morgan

Like you, there are many people in the race for success. Everyone will have a different strategy to win it. You have to find the best technique that works for you and stick to that.

37. "Without ambition, one starts nothing. Without work, one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Working hard is the only way to get what you want. Find the best ways to improve your journey and get where you want to go. You will only get the prize if you are the best.

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38. "Let your hustle be louder than your mouth." ― Unknown

Some people love to brag about their plans before getting started on them. However, it's better to let your success make all the noise. People don't need to hear what you're going to do. Just let them hear it when it happens.

39. "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." – Lao Tzu

Success is not a destination, but it is a journey. You must take steps, fall, get back up, and step again to keep moving forward. That's how you will achieve your dreams.

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40. "What I lack in talent, I compensate with my willingness to grind it out. That's the secret of my life." – Guy Kawasaki

Not all people have entrepreneurship skills or unique talents that will help them succeed. If you're one of those people, you must make up for it with your determination and willingness to learn and work.

10 Short Grind Quotes To Read In The Morning

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Every morning is an opportunity to make good choices. When you open your eyes, it's the first step to deciding what's going to happen today. Am I just lying in bed today, or am I going to work? Am I strong enough to work on myself today? These short grind quotes will help you turn a lazy morning into a productive one.

41. "Seize the opportunities that come your way, even if you didn't go looking for them in the first place." — Daymond John

Opportunities will always come flying by. You must be attentive and brave enough to catch them when they come. So, always look for new things that may bring you success.

42. "To achieve anything, we must grind, but to enjoy anything, we must flow."― Chris Matakas

In your journey to success, you must work extremely hard. However, you should also remember that you need time to rest and enjoy life to make the journey worthwhile.

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43. "Before we too can move mountains, we must learn to walk the daily grind—one quiet step at a time." – Sebastian Richard

Making little goals is the best way to keep yourself motivated. Before you achieve your long-term goals, you will need to accomplish your short-term goals first.

44. "Push yourself because no one else is going to do it for you." ― Unknown

Sometimes, a little intrinsic motivation is all you need to keep going. Other people may be able to tell you inspirational lines and stories, but sometimes all you really need is yourself.

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45. "Those at the top of the mountain didn't fall there." – Marcus Washling

Getting to the top of the mountain is a steep and challenging journey. People who have reached the top certainly did not do it all in one day. They planned, exercised, and took one step at a time to reach it. That's what you have to do to succeed as well.

46. "Fall down seven times, get up eight. " – Japanese Proverb

You will never get anywhere if you give up when you fail. Making mistakes and failing are important parts of your journey to success. You need the strength and determination to keep going even when difficult.

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47. "Separate the body from the mind and grind, grind, grind." – Rachel Wolchin

Your mind is the most powerful thing that can influence your actions and decisions. Sometimes, your body will tell you that you can't handle it anymore, but your powerful mind can push you to keep going even if you're having a hard time.

48. "To all the women who are working long hours, tired nights, and early mornings, your grind is precious. Stay hustling." – Anonymous

Putting in the work is all going to pay off in the end. Even if you sleep for only a few hours a day, if you're doing these things to reach your goal, it will all be worth it once you succeed.

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49. "If it comes easy, it will go fast." – Andrena Sawyer

What goes around comes around, right? If you get something really easily, you will lose it just as fast. That's why it's better for you to chase solid and sound opportunities, even if they take a long time. What matters is that you're not taking the easy route just to lose it all quickly.

50. "The dream is free. Hustle is sold separately." – Steve Harvey

Everybody can have a dream. However, not everybody will do something to get there. Hustling, grinding, and working hard will be your tools for building your dream and succeeding in the future.

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Downloadable and Printable List of Rise And Grind Quotes

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Why You Should Read Rise & Grind Quotes

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Your mind is a powerful tool that will help you become the best person you can be. When you read these motivational quotes, your mind will refocus and re-energize. It will empower you to become a hard worker. Here, we have a few reasons why you should read rise & grind quotes.

1. They will keep you motivated when you're feeling hopeless.

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As a hustler, there will be days when you feel like you're not really getting anywhere. You might have had a failed business opportunity or a deal you can't seem to close. When you read a hustle quote or two, you will be reminded that you still have a long way to go in terms of reaching your dreams. Your journey doesn't stop when you fail. It will only stop when you give up.

2. They will remind you how strong you are.

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Sometimes, people need a little push to motivate them to keep going. Some people also need a boost of confidence to tell them that they can start working for their dreams right now, despite what everyone else thinks. These rise and grind quotes will remind you that you are strong enough to achieve whatever you want.

3. They will remind you to work extremely hard.

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Success will not come lightly. It will be a long and tedious process before you get to where you want. That's why you need to read these rise and grind quotes. They will remind you to put in the work before you expect results. They will teach you to be patient and consistent when working hard. That's the only way you will meet and exceed your expectations.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Are you convinced by these rise & grind quotes? If you're still a little confused. these frequently asked questions should help clear things up.

What is the meaning of grind?

In the context of this article, we use the term "grind" to signify hard work. When you grind, it means you're doing long, hard hours of work that help you reach your goals. Grinding also means doing tedious work necessary if you want to succeed.

What is a famous quote about rising up?

We fall many times. But we find strength within to rise again.

― Lailah Gifty Akita

This is a good quote to live by if you're feeling a little demotivated because of your failures. Failing is a part of life. You can't avoid it. What you can do is be courageous and resilient to stand up and try again.

When is the best time to read these quotes?

You will find these quotes really helpful when you need that extra boost of motivation and confidence. If you're having a bad day or feeling stuck, these quotes will help you get back on track. You can also read these quotes in the morning to be in a good and productive mood when you start your daily grind.

Why did Daymond John's Rise and Grind book become popular?

Daymond John of Shark Tank didn't let his life situation impede his success. After his day job, he worked on his FUBU clothing line, which was a success. He talks about how he sacrificed all his free time: working between breaks, turning down invitations to parties, and drinking binges to focus on his goal. The book is popular because he is living proof of success.

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50 Rise And Grind Quotes - Easy Ways To Succeed Everyday

Contents

10 Best Rise and Grind Quotes

1. "The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. "— Confucius

2. "The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor." — Vince Lombardi

3. "Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway." — Earl Nightingale

4. "Make each day your masterpiece." — John Wooden

5. "Remember what controls your attention controls your life. Where your attention goes, energy flows, and so goes your life." — Patrick McFadden

6. "Without hustle, talent will only carry you so far." – Gary Vaynerchuk

7. "There may be people that have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you."– Derek Jeter

8. "Skill is only developed by hours and hours of work."– Usain Bolt

9. "I like to grind and not think too much about the good stuff. I like to focus on the stuff I need to get better at."- Khalil Mack

10. "Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal. Nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong attitude." — Thomas Jefferson

Ultimate List of Rise and Grind Quotes

Quote Categories

9 Inspiring Hustle Quotes In Life

11. "There are no shortcuts to any place worth going." – Beverly Sills

12. "We keep pushing ever forward even harder until we get to that place where we can maybe smooth out the ride a little bit, which in turn makes it a little easier to keep pushing." – Unknown

13. "It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." — Charles Darwin

14. "The secret of making mistakes isn't to avoid ever making one again – it's to recognize that making a mistake is not fatal! They are necessary stepping stones on your path to success." — Patrick McFadden

15. "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." — Winston Churchill

16. "Grind until you get it no matter what the haters say and never look back; keep striving 'cause it's your life." ― Jonathan Anthony Burkett

17. "Keep your goals big, but keep the steps to get there within reach… don't just shoot for the moon-grab at all the clouds you can on the way there…" ― Unknown

18. "We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated." — Maya Angelou

19. "G + R + I + N + D = Get Ready It’s a New Day." – Anonymous

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10 Daily Grind Quotes To Crush Your Fears And Worries

20. "You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." — C.S. Lewis

21. "Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it." – Les Brown

22. "Though you can love what you do not master, you cannot master what you do not love."– Mokokoma Mokhonoana

23. "Sunflowers end up facing the sun, but they go through a lot of dirt to find their way there." ― J.R. Rim

24. "It's okay to be the turtle. Slow and steady wins the race, people." ― Daymond John

25. "Today, I will do what others won't, so tomorrow, I can accomplish what others can't." ― Daymond John

26. "Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition – in having put forth the best within you." – Henry J. Kaiser

27. "Learn the rules like a pro so that you can break them like an artist. " — Pablo Picasso

28. "One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals." — Michelle Obama

29. "The world is yours and everything in it. It's out there. Get on your grind and get it." – Young Jeezy

11 Motivational Quotes That Will Push You To Hustle More

30. “Don’t count the days; make the days count.” — Muhammad Ali

31. "You may not be there yet, but you're one step closer than you were yesterday." — Patrick McFadden

32. "I love the work, love the grind. I love what I have to go through to get what I want."— Deshaun Watson

33. "Be determined to blow past these expectations, clear whatever low bar has been set before you, and make sure you do it with room to spare." — Daymond John

34. "Some people want it to happen, some people wish it would happen, others make it happen." — Michael Jordan

35. "Grind while they sleep. Learn while they party. Live as they dream." ― Unknown

36. "You get to decide where your time goes. You can either spend it moving forward, or you can spend it putting out fires. You decide. And if you don't decide, others will decide for you." — Tony Morgan

37. "Without ambition, one starts nothing. Without work, one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

38. "Let your hustle be louder than your mouth." ― Unknown

39. "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." – Lao Tzu

40. "What I lack in talent, I compensate with my willingness to grind it out. That's the secret of my life." – Guy Kawasaki

10 Short Grind Quotes To Read In The Morning

41. "Seize the opportunities that come your way, even if you didn't go looking for them in the first place." — Daymond John

42. "To achieve anything, we must grind, but to enjoy anything, we must flow."― Chris Matakas

43. "Before we too can move mountains, we must learn to walk the daily grind—one quiet step at a time." – Sebastian Richard

44. "Push yourself because no one else is going to do it for you." ― Unknown

45. "Those at the top of the mountain didn't fall there." – Marcus Washling

46. "Fall down seven times, get up eight. " – Japanese Proverb

47. "Separate the body from the mind and grind, grind, grind." – Rachel Wolchin

48. "To all the women who are working long hours, tired nights, and early mornings, your grind is precious. Stay hustling." – Anonymous

49. "If it comes easy, it will go fast." – Andrena Sawyer

50. "The dream is free. Hustle is sold separately." – Steve Harvey

Downloadable and Printable List of Rise And Grind Quotes

Why You Should Read Rise & Grind Quotes

1. They will keep you motivated when you're feeling hopeless.

2. They will remind you how strong you are.

3. They will remind you to work extremely hard.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the meaning of grind?