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“You can’t just visualize and go eat a sandwich”. -Jim Carrey “The number one factor for resilience—for actually getting through hard things—is self-efficacy. Which is basically the belief that you can handle whatever you’re going through…Positive thinking while you’re sitting on the couch scrolling cat videos is useless. In fact, it’s probably keeping you on thatContinue reading “Affirm The Struggle”

“Sometimes a dream almost whispers… the hardest thing to listen to — your instincts, your human personal intuition — always whispers; it never shouts.” -Steven Spielberg “Quiet the mind and the soul will speak.” -Buddha “There is a voice inside of you that whispers all day long, “I feel this is right for me, IContinue reading “Your Inner Whisper”

“The tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name. The unnamable is the eternally real. Naming is the origin of all particular things.” -Tao Te Ching by Lao-Tzu (Stephen Mitchell translation) “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is a habit, notContinue reading “Name Brand”

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/ By any other name would smell as sweet.” -Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet Not starting your company or band or project or script or whatever idea you have until you have the perfect name for it is just an excuse to stall. You’ll never have theContinue reading “What’s In A Name”

“Grit is passion and perseverance for very long- term goals. Grit is having stamina. Grit is sticking with your future, day-in, day-out. Not just for the week, not just for the month, but for years. And working really hard to make that future a reality. Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not aContinue reading “Grit Is A Finite Resource”

“Go positive and go first, and be constant in doing it.” -Peter Kaufman (CEO of Glenair) “To understand is to know what to do.” -Ludwig Wittgenstein “The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest.” -Albert Einstein Speaking of going first, the transcript of this talk given by Peter Kaufman is a must read.Continue reading “The Compound Effect Of Going First”

There’s a fantastic scene in the film Jay Kelly in which the character of Jay, a movie star (played by George Clooney), meets up with an old friend from acting class, Timothy (played by Billy Crudup). After reminiscing about old times including Jay telling Timothy that he was far and away the best actor inContinue reading “A Third Option”

You will never, ever regret going first. Even if your work wasn’t quite good enough to ship or you weren’t fully ready for the moment or you didn’t have all the necessary data to make the best possible decision, you still won’t regret going first. Best case scenario?…Success. A positive outcome. Worst case scenario?…Failure. AContinue reading “Going First”

“They focus on the wrong things. There are a lot of aspiring comedians, for example, who aren’t funny or don’t have stage presence, but they have excellent websites. They have excellent websites and the shiniest business cards and their head shots are impeccable. And who gives a f-ck about those things? You know what IContinue reading “Not Quite Good Enough”

“None of us can help the things life has done to us. They’re done before you realize it, and once they’re done they make you do other things until at last everything comes between you and what you’d like to be, and you’ve lost your true self forever.” -Eugene O’Neill, Long Day’s Journey into NightContinue reading “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”