B USE THE DIFFICULTY

B

Here’s the bullet gist with quotes pulled from Michael Caine’s story and the reflection around it:

• Michael Caine’s lesson:

  • “Use the difficulty!”

  • “If it’s a comedy, fall over it. If it’s a drama, pick it up and smash it.”

  • “There’s never anything so bad that you cannot use that difficulty.”

  • “If you can use it a quarter of 1% to your advantage, you’re ahead.”

• Core philosophy:

  • “Every single difficulty you face is an opportunity in disguise.”

  • “The difficulty is a guarantee.”

  • “You can’t control it. But you can control how you react to it. You can control your response to it. You can control your attitude towards it.”

• Reflection prompts:

  • How can you use the difficulty you’re currently facing?

  • How can you embrace this struggle?

  • How can you grow through it?

  • If your life were a biography, how would this moment become the turning point?

Would you like me to also distill this into a short mantra-style version (like a pocket reminder of “Use the difficulty”) that you could recall in tough moments?

A