“It ain’t why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why. It ain’t why. It just is.” -Van Morrison “Summertime In England” Don’t get stuck asking “why” something happened. It wastes time and energy. It paralyzes us from taking action. See what “is.” Identify what’s actually happened. With clarity. NoContinue reading “It Just Is”
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Don’t Count.
Reporter: “How many sit-ups do you do every day?” Ali: “I don’t count the sit-ups. I only start counting when it starts hurting because they’re the only ones that count. That’s what makes you a champion.” Two takeaways… One. Ali knew that his real growth wouldn’t come from the hundreds of easy sit-ups, but theContinue reading “Don’t Count.”
The Resistance Is Real
The War Of Art by Steven Pressfield is a phenomenal book. Read it. I especially love it because Pressfield names the sucky feeling we all have inside whenever we embark on a new project. That feeling of doubt. Of not being up to the task. Of procrastinating. Of wanting to pivot and do something else. AnythingContinue reading “The Resistance Is Real”
Tell Them About It
Tell her about it Tell her everything you feel Give her every reason To accept that you’re for real -Billy Joel from his hit song “Tell Her About It” Before reading this post, click HERE to watch the music video. It’ll put you in a good mood. Beware, you might get up and start dancing. (And be sureContinue reading “Tell Them About It”
For Love Of The Art
Yes, it’s another basketball post. Sorry, I can’t help myself. Besides basketball being my first love, I’m watching “The Last Dance” right now. It’s incredible–definitely watch–and it’s bringing up all sorts of thoughts for me. Here’s one… Michael Jordan famously had a “Love Of The Game” clause in his contract with the Chicago Bulls. ItContinue reading “For Love Of The Art”
Opportunity
“To hell with circumstances, I create opportunities.” -Bruce Lee I couldn’t resist another post and quote from my man Bruce. This one’s been knocking around in my head for months. Tried to expand on this idea, but everything I wrote paled in comparison to the power of his one sentence. So let’s leave it atContinue reading “Opportunity”
Nothing Will Ever Be The Same
“Things will never be the same. That’s just the way it is.” -Tupac Shakur “Nothing will ever be the same.” Been hearing this a lot lately? I sure have. This doesn’t mean things will be worse. It just means they will de different. And different can be a great thing. Truth is, we needed toContinue reading “Nothing Will Ever Be The Same”
Fear
“Named must your fear be, before banish it you can.” — Yoda “The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” – Joseph Campbell “We suffer more in imagination, than in reality.” – Seneca I’ve never read the book “Feel The Fear…and Do It Anyway” but the title alone seems like great advice.Continue reading “Fear”
Sonder
“You know what the worst thing about someone breaking up with you is?… Remembering how little you really thought about the people you broke up with and realizing that’s how little they’re thinking about you.” Before Sunrise Consider sonder. Which is, the realization that everyone has their own narrative going on in their head. AndContinue reading “Sonder”
It Doesn’t Matter
1986. Miami Beach, Florida. North Shore Park. Outdoor basketball courts. Night. Under the sodium lights. I’m thirteen. I’m short. And a little bit chubby. (The polite term back then was “husky.”) But I can shoot…when I’m wide open. As usual, I’m practicing by myself on a separate basket. One of the adults on the “grownContinue reading “It Doesn’t Matter”