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“Man is the creature who does not know what to desire, and he turns to others in order to make up his mind. We desire what others desire because we imitate their desires.” -Rene Girard “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” -Milton Friedman “Show me the incentive and I’ll show you the outcome.”Continue reading “Econ 101”

You heard that we were greatBut now you think we’re lameSince you saw the show last nightYou hoped that we would rockKnock it up a notchRockin’ was nowhere in sight And it’s never good when it goes badNo one likes to feel like they’ve been hadAnd it may be okBut you won’t wear our t-shirtsContinue reading “Your Thoughts”

“In every waking moment your brain uses past experience to guide your present sensations.” -Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett, book How Emotions Are Made “Confidence comes from preparation. When the game is on the line, I’m not asking myself to do something I haven’t done a thousand times before.” -Kobe Bryant “Fake it ’til you makeContinue reading “Earn Your Confidence”

The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for that was the most important high place, and Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.” Solomon answered, “You have shown great kindness to your servant, myContinue reading “Good Judgment”

“You can’t just visualize and go eat a sandwich”. -Jim Carrey “The number one factor for resilience—for actually getting through hard things—is self-efficacy. Which is basically the belief that you can handle whatever you’re going through…Positive thinking while you’re sitting on the couch scrolling cat videos is useless. In fact, it’s probably keeping you on thatContinue reading “Affirm The Struggle”

“Sometimes a dream almost whispers… the hardest thing to listen to — your instincts, your human personal intuition — always whispers; it never shouts.” -Steven Spielberg “Quiet the mind and the soul will speak.” -Buddha “There is a voice inside of you that whispers all day long, “I feel this is right for me, IContinue reading “Your Inner Whisper”

“The tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name. The unnamable is the eternally real. Naming is the origin of all particular things.” -Tao Te Ching by Lao-Tzu (Stephen Mitchell translation) “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is a habit, notContinue reading “Name Brand”

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/ By any other name would smell as sweet.” -Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet Not starting your company or band or project or script or whatever idea you have until you have the perfect name for it is just an excuse to stall. You’ll never have theContinue reading “What’s In A Name”

“Grit is passion and perseverance for very long- term goals. Grit is having stamina. Grit is sticking with your future, day-in, day-out. Not just for the week, not just for the month, but for years. And working really hard to make that future a reality. Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not aContinue reading “Grit Is A Finite Resource”

“Go positive and go first, and be constant in doing it.” -Peter Kaufman (CEO of Glenair) “To understand is to know what to do.” -Ludwig Wittgenstein “The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest.” -Albert Einstein Speaking of going first, the transcript of this talk given by Peter Kaufman is a must read.Continue reading “The Compound Effect Of Going First”