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Chips on shoulders put chips in pockets. #Joshwolfe. Walk Good. 28all. Eya. The Warm-Up: “Some see things that don’t work as rejection. I see them as protection. Be grateful for doors not meant for you and patient for the ones that are.” ~Matt Gottesman The Core: “Our faith is all theory, until we’ve been tested.” ~Mr. Jason Wilson “Anxiety is when you think too much and don’t act enough.” ~Orange Book “There is no such thing as work-life balance, it is all life. The balance has to be within you.” ~Kpaxs “Your honesty is a gift even when it creates discomfort. Lean in to truth. It is the only path home.” ~Dr. Thema Bryant “Paying back your debt to the person who helped you when no one believed in you is one of the best feelings.” ~Orange Book “Two of the key questions in life: How do I grow? How do I manage risk? You need to do both if you wish to survive and excel.” ~James Clear, 3-2-1 “Social media is the ultimate escape machine. Infinite scroll with no pause. Like a slot machine, to keep us picking up our device, clicking, scrolling, buying, and posting, unpredictably and intermittently reward us with likes, news, or drama.” ~Kpaxs “Your productivity isnt an indication of your worth. If all you can do today is take one step, then take one step. If all you can do today is say one word, then keep your tongue holstered once you’ve spoken. If all you can do today is rest, then rest, freely, without guilt.” ~Billy Chapata “Leverage is achieving results significantly greater than the force you put in. One of the most powerful forms of leverage hiding in plain sight is being constant. Constantly…reliable, trustworthy, kind, loyal, unselfish…Intermittency undoes what consistency builds.” ~Shane Parrish “Progress isn’t always about getting better. Sometimes it’s about bouncing back. Success is not only the peaks you reach—it’s the valleys you conquer. Every experience of enduring adversity and overcoming obstacles is a meaningful accomplishment. Resilience is a form of growth.” ~Adam Grant “One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.” ~Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark “While there have been commitments to diversify, the actual demographic figures have barely budged…What’s more, research shows that most asset owners believe they must choose between financial gains and incorporating diversity — a misconception that has been debunked by studies time and time again.” ~Robert Raben, Executive Director of the Diverse Asset Managers Initiative in ‘They have shattered barriers’: On Wall Street, the new biggest private equity firms are run by Black and Latino billionaires, and people of color, by Steve Gelsi “The non-networked world was driven by push. The merchant stocked goods and waited for you to come buy them. The manufacturer made things in advance and advertised so you’d go buy them. The cab waited by the corner hoping you’d come out and hail it. The door-to-door salesperson went door to door…But the web amplifies pull instead. When you need something, you tell Google or Amazon or Lyft or Shopify and they bring it to you. The ratio of inventory to demand has shifted dramatically–instead of one encyclopedia in every single house that sits idly waiting for you to need it, there’s just one Wikipedia, available to be pulled by anyone, at will. When we seek to make change, our instinct is to start pushing. But shifting to pull can create efficiencies that can’t be matched by mass promotion.” ~Seth Godin, Push vs. Pull Last Set: “I don’t know who needs to hear this, but just because you understand the reasoning behind someone’s behavior (trauma, mental health, etc.) doesn’t meant that you have to keep that person in your life or deal with behavior that makes you feel bad about yourself. It’s not your job to save anybody but yourself. Constantly making excuses for your partner, friend, or family member disguised in the lens of sympathy is only hurting yourself. Holding yourself back. Sinking yourself further into a depressive cycle. You deserve better, and you know it…The journey to self-love isn’t easy; unlearning trauma responses is incredibly hard, but it is beautiful to see how your life transforms when you start loving yourself. And people walk into your life that love you correctly too.” ~@beyondastrology Food For Thought: “When most people think about the future, they dream up ways they might live happier lives. But notice this phenomenon. When people remember the crucial events that formed them, they don’t usually talk about happiness. It is usually the ordeals that seem most significant. Most people shoot for happiness but feel formed through suffering.” ~David Brooks :: We appreciate your readership. You can learn more about the MML here. 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