Happy Holidays yall. Walk good. 28all. Eya. *MM, TI, WM*

The Warm-Up: 

“For trailblazers: Their discomfort with your presence is not a signal to shift. Stay the course. You’re on assignment.” ~Dr. Thema Bryant

The Core: 

“Imagination should be used, not to escape reality but to create it.” ~Colin Wilson

“Confuse them with your silence. Amaze them with your actions.” ~@MindHaste

“Success means being very patient, but aggressive when it’s time.” ~Charlie Munger

“Attaching yourself to a specific outcome blinds you to other opportunities that arise along the way. Focus on direction, not destination.” ~Shane Parrish

“School: your paper must be a minimum 5 pages. Real world: you have seven seconds to catch my attention before I click away.” ~Morgan Housel

“At first you thought you outgrew that space. Upon reflection you realize you never fit in there from the beginning. #clarity. #perspective.” ~Dr. Thema Bryant

“Greatness comes with taking chances. There’s nobody in sports or in the real world that can call themselves great if they never took a chance.” ~Vince Wilfork, Ep. 6, Man In The Arena, Tom Brady

“Don’t over-improve your weaknesses. If you’re not good at something, work on it until it no longer prevents your progress, but the bulk of your time is better spent maximizing your strengths.” ~James Clear, 3-2-1

“You will stay poor if you are scared of taking risks. You will stay unloved if you are scared of trusting. You will stay unlucky if you are scared of questioning your process. You will stay anxious if you are scared of being honest with yourself and others.” ~Orange Book

“This is another unsexy part about networking: consistent actions produce results more often than serendipitous encounters with a dream client on an airplane. Think sit-ups: consistency is where the networking commitment hits the road to networked success.” ~J. Kelly Hoey, Build Your Dream Network

“When we open ourselves up to the world by asking for favors from those around us, whether they be strangers or friends, we not only receive what we ask for, build deeper relationships, and conquer our fears. We also take our lives down new, exciting and meaningful paths that create impact in ways we never could have imagined.” ~Michael Simmons, How Asking For Favors Can Build Your Relationships

“All business—all human endeavors, in fact—are powered by people and sustained through relationships. Ask yourself what sort of people you like to work with—then strive to be like that every single day. Be reliable and responsive, collaborative and curious. Ask for blunt feedback and listen carefully when it’s delivered—learning from reality is far more important than protecting your ego.” ~Robert Reffkin, No One Succeeds Alone

“Life inevitably translates into time. That is why the sum total of it is called ‘a lifetime’. Freedom is the potential to spend one’s time in any fashion one determines. I would always want the time invested in my ideas to be profitable, to give the reader something lasting for their investment in me. It is very important to me that my ideas be understood. It is not as important that I be understood. I believe that this is a matter of respect; your most significant asset is your time and your commitment to invest a portion of it considering my ideas means it is worth a sincere attempt on my part to transmit the essence of the idea. If you are looking, I want to make sure that there is something here for you to find.” ~Gil Scott-Heron

Last Set:

“Because you are kind, people assume you don’t know. You know. Because you are gracious, they assume you forgot. You remember. Wisdom is not needing to broadcast what you know. Adjust your sails and keep it moving.” ~Dr. Thema Bryant

Food For Thought:

“Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can’t go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.” ~Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad​ [saw it in James Clear’s, 3-2-1]

Food For Thought II:

“But looking back on it, I was definitely ignoring a lot of pain. Once you get on the NBA roller coaster, there’s no brakes. I never processed a lot of the trauma that I’d experienced when I was growing up. The darkest day of my life was when I buried my mother at 18 years old, right before I went off to junior college. Cancer. She was my best friend in the whole world. When I say her name to this day — I get a little bit emotional, because that scar is still so raw. But at the time, it’s like I didn’t even get to grieve for a minute. It was like just, ‘Yo, I gotta be the man of the house. I gotta get my GED. I gotta go play JUCO. I gotta handle my business. I gotta get us outta here.’…If you would’ve told me at 17 years old when I was out on the corner that I’d be talking about my mental health, I would’ve laughed at you. But it was the best move I’ve ever made. Just being able to talk with someone about all the things I’ve been through instead of self-medicating and trying to bury everything … it changed my life.” ~Steve Francis, A Letter to Young Black Men

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