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“…I don’t know nothin’ about Pele. I’m watchin’ what this guy can do with a ball and his feet. Next thing I know, he jumps in the air and flips into a somersault and kicks the ball in – upside down and backwards… the goddamn goalie never knew what the fuck hit him. Pele getsContinue reading ““It’s What Happens In That Six Minutes””

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs “I can’t call a person a hard worker justContinue reading “Heart Work”

“I’ve been hiding from this story since I was 17 years old.” -Steven Spielberg from his Golden Globe speech talking about his film The Fabelmans “To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact youContinue reading “Make It Personal”

“If there is a better performance by a man in the history of film in America, I don’t know what it is…What was extraordinary about his performance, I feel, is the contrast of the tough-guy front and the extreme delicacy and gentle cast of his behavior. What other actor, when his brother draws a pistolContinue reading “ON THE WATERFRONT: Takeaways”

“You can do anything, but not everything.” -David Allen “Desire is a contract you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want.” -Naval Ravikant I can’t quit you babySo I’m gonna put you down for awhileI said I can’t quit you babyI guess I gotta put you down for awhile -song,Continue reading ““Nice To Have” Or “Must Have”?”

Sleep, comrades, sleep and restOn this Field of the Grounded Arms,Where foes no more molest,Nor sentry’s shot alarms! Ye have slept on the ground before,And started to your feetAt the cannon’s sudden roar,Or the drum’s redoubling beat. But in this camp of DeathNo sound your slumber breaks;Here is no fevered breath,No wound that bleeds andContinue reading “A Limitless Fuel”

“DESTINY is a feeling you have that you know something about yourself nobody else does. The picture you have in your own mind of what you’re about WILL COME TRUE. It’s a kind of a thing you kind of have to keep to your own self, because it’s a fragile feeling, and you put itContinue reading “Keep Your Destiny To Yourself”

“You will get all you want in life, if you help enough other people get what they want.” -Zig Ziglar “The purpose of life is a life of purpose.” -Robert Byrne If you don’t know what your purpose is, find someone who knows what theirs is. And help them fulfill it. Clear the path forContinue reading ““What’s My Purpose?””

“Compete like hell.” -Michael Jordan “I have a competition in me.”- Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood The best athletewants his opponent at his best.The best generalenters the mind of his enemy.The best businessmanserves the communal good.The best leaderfollows the will of the people. All of them embodythe virtue of non-competition.Not that they don’tContinue reading “Love and Competition and Cooperation”

Strive only for love and excellence and generosity. Release the need for institutional validation or commercial success. (Most often, it’s not correlated with talent or skill anyway.) If you do this, then you can rest assured in the knowledge that regardless of “industry trends” or “technological changes” or any other kind of shifts, your artContinue reading “Always In Style”