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“We need very strong ears to hear ourselves judged frankly, and because there are few who can endure frank criticism without being stung by it, those who venture to criticize us perform a remarkable act of friendship, for to undertake to wound or offend a man for his own good is to have a healthyContinue reading “To Criticize”

“People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.” -Edmund Hillary When you aim to do something special or extraordinary, you never have to worry if there’s a market or audience for your work. Rest assured, there is. There always will be.

The only way to know if you’re “there yet” is to DO something. Whatever you’re thinking about (writing that script, starting that business, making that change, etc.)…DO it. Once it’s done, then you can evaluate its merits. Whether it lived up to the initial idea. See if you need to iterate. Otherwise, it will allContinue reading “Noise In Your Head”

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” -Lao-Tzu “All great spirituality teaches about letting go of what you don’t need and who you are not. Then, when you can get little enough and naked enough and poor enough, you’ll find that the little place where you really areContinue reading “Let Go”

Energy and enthusiasm spur you on to make big plans and dreams. (And maybe a good strong cup of coffee.) Discipline, devotion, accountability partners and having good systems (and maybe a good strong cup of coffee as well) enable you to follow through on all those plans when energy and enthusiasm are low or nonexistent.

Be more proud of yourself when the day goes to shit and you still manage to get something done towards your dream as you are when everything lines up perfectly and you’re a productivity superstar. What you do even when forces seem to conspire against, is what ultimately will define you.

the flesh covers the bone and they put a mind in there and sometimes a soul, and the women break vases against the walls and the men drink too much and nobody finds the one but keep looking crawling in and out of beds. flesh covers the bone and the flesh searches for more than flesh.  there’s no chance at all: we are all trapped by a singular fate.  nobody ever finds the one.  the city dumps fill theContinue reading “The Loneliness Epidemic”

All ya can do is do what you mustYou do what you must do and ya do it well -Bob Dylan, song “Buckets Of Rain” “Comparison is the thief of joy.” -Teddy Roosevelt “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” -Arthur Ashe All you can do is what you canContinue reading “You Do You”

Voinitsky: “Akh, if only you could see your face right now. And the way you move. The laziness! You could care less…” Yelena: “Fine, fine, I’m lazy and I’m boring…That’s why we’re friends, Ivan Petrovich. We’re both tedious, boring people.” – Act One of Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov (Adaptation by Annie Baker) If you’reContinue reading ““I’m So Bored!””

“Expectation is the root of all heartache.” -Shakespeare “We listen with expectation, insight and point of view.” – Howard Fine “Our actions are the result of immediate needs and expectations…In rehearsals we must discover and test the actions that are needed from moment to moment in conjunction with what we expect from them…My passion forContinue reading “Fair Expectations?”