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“More weight.” -Giles Corey from Arthur Miller’s The Crucible Are you just too old or too young to carry?Time stands in a duel and I stand for youAre you just too old or too young to carry?Time stands in a duel and I stand for you Now lean and use your weightThat’s what a shoulder’sContinue reading “Carry That Weight”

“Outcomes follow energy.” -Sahil Bloom Looking for a simple, yet extremely fulfilling goal for 2026?… Spend more time doing things you like and hanging out with people you like. If you don’t know who and what those things are, then spend time each day figuring it out. Your energy level and feelings will be yourContinue reading “More Like”

When things are rocky and you’re going through a very uncertain time, it’s tempting to search desperately for certainty. And the more you try, the more it eludes your grasp and the more upset you get. Instead, try flowing with uncertainty. One day at a time my friend.

“Optimism is the belief that the future will be better, hope is the belief that we have the power to make it so.” -Chad Hellman “To cultivate hope, people need three things: They first need to be able to envision a better future, either personally or collectively. Second, they need the willpower or motivation toContinue reading ““Hope” Is…”

“Only the unsatisfied do things. The satisfied do nothing. Unsatisfaction is the stimulus to achievement. Satisfaction is destruction and leads down to the chamber of death.” -Jack London if you’re feeling unsatisfied, but you actually do something productive with that feeling, then it’s a gift. If you’re feeling unsatisfied, but you do nothing with thatContinue reading “Unsatisfactory Gift”

“Success is peace of mind attained only through self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do the best of which you’re capable.” -John Wooden “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”Continue reading “Peace Of Mind”

“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response…Everything can be taken from a person but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” -Viktor Frankl There is a Buddhist proverb thatContinue reading “The Parable Of The Two Arrows”

“Every memorable act in the history of the world is a triumph of enthusiasm. Nothing great was ever achieved without it because it gives any challenge or any occupation, no matter how frightening or difficult, a new meaning. Without enthusiasm, I am doomed to a life of mediocrity but with it I can accomplish miracles…Enthusiasm,Continue reading “When Enthusiasm Fades”

“You’re welcome to spend your day with your face buried in your phone. Just don’t expect to also create interesting and meaningful things with that day. Expecting tech companies to quit distracting you is like expecting a dragon to quit spitting fire. That’s what dragons do. Your job is to figure out how to slayContinue reading “Intentional Attention”

“I want to beg you, as much as I can, dear sir, to be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you becauseContinue reading “Love and Live The Questions”