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First level understanding: The cavalry isn’t coming. Second level understanding: There is no cavalry. There never was a cavalry. Jedi level understanding: YOU are the cavalry. Go make your art. P.S. – I try to watch Mark Duplass’ “The Cavalry Isn’t Coming” 2015 SWSW Keynote speech once a year. It’s even more relevant now asContinue reading “Jedi: Cavalry”

“Be so good they can’t ignore you.” -Steve Martin Great advice from Steve Matin above. Become a master at your craft. However, I’d amend it to this: “Be so good they can’t ignore you. All the while produce your own work so you don’t care if they ignore you. Because you’re too busy making thingsContinue reading “So What If They Ignore You?”

“Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right”, -Henry Ford “Argue for your limitations and you get to keep them.” -Richard Bach “It’s a wonderful thing to be optimistic. It keeps you healthy and it keeps you resilient.” -Daniel Kahneman Belief is a choice. And once you choose your belief, you willContinue reading “Confirm Optimism”

“There is no normal life, there’s just life. You live it.” -Val Kilmer “The trick to being a good actor is getting so involved in your character that the camera disappears, the 50 bored guys eating doughnuts disappear, friends disappear. To get to that point when you don’t have to think about it, you’re justContinue reading “RIP Val Kilmer”

“It takes inordinate courage to introspect, to confront oneself, to accept one’s limitations—scientists are seeing more and more evidence that we are specifically designed by mother nature to fool ourselves.” -Nassim Taleb “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.” -Richard P. Feynman “Stay hungry.Continue reading “Fooled Vs. The Fool”

Love, love, loveLove, love, loveLove, love, loveThere’s nothing you can do that can’t be doneNothing you can sing that can’t be sungNothing you can say, but you can learnHow to play the gameIt’s easyNothing you can make that can’t be madeNo one you can save that can’t be savedNothing you can do, but you canContinue reading “Love Is All You Need”

Before deciding to embark on a passion project (like writing a novel for example), don’t worry about how long it will take. It takes what it takes. (This can be your personal mantra as well as your response when people ask you, “How much longer?” Or “Is it finished yet?”) And trust that even ifContinue reading “It’s About The Change”

“Love never fails. Character never quits. And with patience and persistence, dreams do come true.” -Pete Maravich “Basketball is a beautiful art form. The court is our canvas, and we are the artists.” -Pete Maravich “They don’t pay you a million dollars for two-hand chest passes.” -Pete Maravich “The simple act of opening a bottleContinue reading “How Do You Want To Go Out?”

“I said, ‘Brother you have to ask yourself two questions, Who am I? And how may I become myself?’ That’s basic person-centered therapeutics. You want the client to feel important, to feel that he or she is in control of the healing process. Remember that shit.” –The Sellout, a novel by Paul Beatty “WHO amContinue reading “Three Big Questions”

“Spend a handful of hours a day going fast. Crush a gym session. Do deep work on a project you care about. Spend the rest of the day going slow. Take walks. Read books. Get a long dinner with friends. Either way, avoid the anxious middle where you never truly relax or truly move forward.”Continue reading “Changing Speeds”