Mary-Elaine Jacobsen, Psy.D.Mary-Elaine Jacobsen, Psy.D.

Mary-Elaine Jacobsen, Psy.D.

Author of The Gifted Adult

Mary-Elaine Jacobsen is a Doctor of Psychology, professor, author, speaker, trainer, and executive coach, whose expertise in intellectual giftedness and development of high potential is recognized internationally. She is considered the world’s leading expert on adult giftedness and originator of the new field of talent psychology. Dr. Jacobsen provides assessment, organizational talent identification and development programming, distance consultation, master classes and training programs for leaders in talent development, team-building workshops, strategic planning for fulfillment of high potential, executive coaching, and emotional intelligence training in the USA and abroad. In her breakthrough first book, The Gifted Adult, Dr. Jacobsen explains core personality traits high-potential people and career issues that high-potential adults face—essential information for anyone in development if top performance is the goal.
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Philosopher's Notes on Mary-Elaine Jacobsen, Psy.D.'s Books

Everything Is Figureoutable
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Everything Is Figureoutable

by Marie Forleo

My wife Alexandra has been a huge fan of Marie’s for a long time. I knew she was awesome. But... As I told Alexandra: “I had no idea Marie was THAT awesome!!!” My excuse: I’ve been in hermit-mode and have done nothing but read books for 5 years (no blogs/videos/etc.) so I wasn’t able to get the full sense of Marie’s heroically brilliant and grounded and HILARIOUS power until this book came out. I’ve read and created PhilosophersNotes on well over 500 books. This is one of my ABSOLUTE (!) favorites of all time. I HIGHLY (!!!) recommend it. It’s in the same league as some of my other favorites like Deep Work Atomic Habits and The 5 Second Rule. (In fact, on my chalkboard right now, I actually have “EVERYTHING IS FIGUREOUTABLE” right above “5-4-3-2-1-GO!” ← Winning combo!) The book is PACKED (!) with Big Ideas and I’m excited to share a few of my favorites so let’s jump straight in!

Quotes by Mary-Elaine Jacobsen, Psy.D.

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Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose—a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose—a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose—a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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Every luminary in the constellation of human greatness, like the stars, comes out in the darkness to shine with the reflected light of God.
Mary Baker Eddy
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To love and to be loved, one must do good to others. The inevitable condition whereby to become blessed, is to bless others.
Mary Baker Eddy
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Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.
Marie Curie
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Fear is not the enemy. Waiting to stop feeling afraid is.
Marie Forleo
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On this path, it is only the first step that counts.
St. Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney
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Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead; sometimes you're behind. The race is long and in the end, it is only with yourself.
Mary Schmich
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Sacrifice self to bless one another, even as God has blessed you. Forget self in laboring for mankind…
Mary Baker Eddy
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Do not desire to fit in. Desire to lead.
Mary Kay Ash
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You can be pleased with nothing if you are not pleased with yourself.
Lady Mary Wortley-Montagu
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For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
Mary Kay Ash
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As motivational speaker Michael Altshuler says, ‘The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.’ There is no time fairy that’s going to swoop down and magically clear your calendar. Embrace the fact that if you were powerful enough to create an overcommitted and overstretched life, you’re powerful enough to uncreate it.
Marie Forleo
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No matter what you’re facing, you have what it takes to figure anything out and become the person you’re meant to be.
Marie Forleo
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An average person with average talent and ambition and average education can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society if that person has clear, focused goals.
Mary Kay Ash
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Of course you’re different. You’re intense, complex, and driven because you’re gifted.
Mary-Elaine Jacobsen
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