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“People who reject you or your work aren’t giving you the real reason. They’re simply inserting ‘here is where I write a few generic sentences to sound polite.’ Even if you could completely answer the objection in that rejection letter, they’re still going to reject you. That’s because the rejector isn’t here to teach youContinue reading “No Is All You Need”

“Remember that you are an actor in a play, and that the Playwright chooses the manner of it: If he wants the play to be short, it is short; if long, it is long. If he wants you to act a poor man, a cripple, a public official, or a private person, see that youContinue reading “Play It With All Your Heart”

“You can’t get lucky if you don’t take action. The best opportunity in the world is just a missed opportunity if you don’t grab it.” -James Clear “Luck is a volume game disguised as a mystery. It’s what happens when you create enough surface area for opportunity to stick to…Luck is a heat-seeking missile thatContinue reading “More Than Luck”

“I’m one of these people that thinks that everybody has certain gifts when they’re born. Not everybody goes through the trouble of trying to figure out just what they are.” -Bob Dylan “If you haven’t learned how to do something, the people who have may seem to be magicians, possessors of mysterious secrets. But theyContinue reading “Suck Now. But Not Suck Later.”

“Clarity isn’t about knowing what you want to do with your life, it’s about knowing what you want to do this week. You don’t need to have it all figured out. You just need to know your next step.” -James Clear “As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.” -Rumi Do youContinue reading “Just Enough For One Step”

“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” -Michelangelo Perhaps the reason you’re not going all out, not giving it everything you have, is that you’re worried, “What happens if my best isn’t goodContinue reading “What If My Best Isn’t Good Enough?”

“Compound interest is the eight wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it… he who doesn’t… pays it.” -Albert Einstein “No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time.Continue reading “Gotta Stay In It To Win It”

“Your entire life will change the moment you realize it’s not supposed to be easy. The most valuable things in life are hard to earn. That’s precisely why they’re so valuable.” -Shail Bloom It don’t come easyYou know it don’t come easyIt don’t come easyYou know it don’t come easyGot to pay your dues ifContinue reading “Love The Struggle”

“Everybody wants a transformation. Nobody wants the hundred boring, thankless days it actually takes to get it. Progress feels like nothing’s happening when you’re mid-journey. You only see how far you’ve come once you stop and look back.” -Mark Manson For whatever the project, goal or new initiative, ask yourself if you can commit toContinue reading “100 Boring Days”

“To love is to will the good of the other, as other.” -Saint Thomas Aquinas Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ MatthewContinue reading “Godly Love”