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I have over 250 half-written blog posts in my draft folder. I always have intentions to come back and finish them, but rarely do. Mainly because I’m just not in the same headspace as I was when I half-wrote it. And it’s nearly impossible to get back there. Finish what you start. Or start somethingContinue reading “Finish It Or Start And Finish It”

“Acting is living truthfully under imaginary circumstances.” -Sanford Meisner “The imagination is closer to the actor than real life-more agreeable, more comfortable…The imagination is the ignition key. Without it, nothing else works.” -Stella Adler “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth toContinue reading “Imagine Your Circumstances”

“When you drink water from a cup, it becomes part of you. When water falls on you like rain, it evaporates a few minutes later.​Similarly, thoughts can be consumed or dismissed. Is this thought nourishing? Is this feeling something you should drink? Or is it more like getting caught in the rain?​You’ll always feel theContinue reading ““Thank You, Thought””

Yes, I do, I love yaI swear on the stars above, I doI swear on the streetlight on the cornerShoving back the shadowsOne shadow cursingAnother shadow laughingUnderneath the streetlightI don’t know where they’re coming fromI just see ’em passingUnderneath the streetlight -song “Underneath The Streetlight” by Joni Mitchell Some of the greatest, funniest, deepest andContinue reading “Under The Streetlight”

“If you’re following your calling, the fatigue will be easier to bear, the disappointments will be fuel, the highs will be like nothing you’ve ever felt.” -Phil Knight How do you know if you’re following your calling? You look at failures and frustrations as inevitable. As nothing more than mile markers on the journey. NotContinue reading “Failures As Mile Markers”

To scroll or not to scroll, that is the question. Actually, no. The real question is why are you scrolling in the first place? What are you looking for? Put the phone down. Go read some Shakespeare instead. Trust me, you’ll be a lot happier if you do.

“The quality of your ideas will be a function of the quantity of your boredom. Output is only possible when you take away enough input.” -Paul Shirley “Fix the inputs and the outputs will fix themselves.” -James Clear Economics teaches that you can assess the potential success of a business by how many different inputsContinue reading “Less Input. More Output.”

“You really can just stop something that isn’t working for you. You can be polite and straightforward and walk away.” -Justin Welsh “Time is the friend of someone who is properly positioned and the enemy of someone poorly positioned”. -Shane Parrish “If you’re already taking action, then ensuring you’re working on the right thing isContinue reading “Get Out Early”

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,neither are your ways my ways,”declares the Lord.“As the heavens are higher than the earth,so are my ways higher than your waysand my thoughts than your thoughts.” -Isaiah 55:8-9 In pain you pray for me to act, but that Iact in the way you want. You do not turnContinue reading “Okay My Way?”

The supreme good is like water,which nourishes all things without trying to.It is content with the low places that people disdain.Thus it is like the Tao. In dwelling, live close to the ground.In thinking, keep to the simple. -“Tao Te Ching” by Lao Tzu (Stephen Mitchell translation) “Humility isn’t thinking less of yourself. It’s thinkingContinue reading “Seek The Lowest Place”