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“A woodpecker can tap twenty times on a thousand trees and get nowhere, but stay busy. Or it can tap twenty-thousand times on one tree and get dinner.” -Seth Godin, The Dip Thinking about sunk costs force us to contemplate the question, “To quit or to push through?” Seth Godin wrote an excellent book about thisContinue reading “Dip Or Quit?”

“How did it get so late so soon?” -Dr. Seuss “It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much. … The life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully.” -Seneca, On The Shortness Of LifeContinue reading “On Time”

Ethan Edwards: “Well Reverend, looks like you’ve got yourself surrounded.” Reverend Clayton: “Yeah and I figure on getting myself unsurrounded.” –The Searchers D-Day: “War’s over, man. Wormer dropped the big one.” Bluto: “What? Over? Did you say ‘over’? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?Continue reading “Keep Searching”

“If we do not transform our pain, we will most assuredly transmit it” -Richard Rohr Everything that happens, everything we experience, especially our suffering, can fuel our art. And if we’re lucky, that art might someday alleviate suffering for others. What a mighty gift and privilege we’re given as artists. How we use it isContinue reading “As Fuel”

You can’t be a light in the darkness for others if your own light is flickering. Self care is key. Good health, energy, passion and purpose. When you’re feeling good, we’re feeling good.

If you found answers to every one of your excuses, allayed all your fears for why you’re not making your art right now, would you?… (A) Go make it. (B) Come up with new excuses.

“A meaningful life can be extremely satisfying even in the midst of hardship, whereas a meaningless life is a terrible ordeal no matter how comfortable it is.” -Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens “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 ofContinue reading “Meaning-MAKERS”

“Among the maxims on Lord Naoshige’s wall there was this one: ‘Matters of great concern should be treated lightly.’ Master Ittei commented, ‘Matters of small concern should be treated seriously.” -Excerpt from Hakagure, The Book Of The Samurai by Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Translated by William Scott Wilson Richard Carlson wrote a bestselling book entitled “Don’t SweatContinue reading “The Small Stuff”

“Desire is a contract you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want.” -Naval Ravikant “Discipline implies that there is a cost to attaining things that are sought after by many. It may cost you time, money, freedom, or any combination of all of these plus more, but it will costContinue reading “It’s Gonna Cost You”

Suffering and uncertainty go hand in hand. One big help is to release the need to be certain. One day at a time.