Ciao Bella…Walk good. 28all. Eya. *AB, PB, KO, JG*

The Warm-Up: 

“Vulnerability minus boundaries is not vulnerability…it’s oversharing, it’s desperation…the thing about the story that I think is important is ‘with whom do you share this?…’ vulnerability is not disclosure, vulnerability is the skill and ability to lean into uncertainty and risk and emotional exposure in a way that allows you to maintain productive forward-thinking strategy…” ~Brene Brown on the How I Built This with Guy Raz, Live From The HIBT Summit

The Core: 

“When you avoid failure, you also opt-out of greatness.” ~Shane Parrish

“Just because you carry it well, doesn’t mean it’s not heavy.” ~Maya Seshadri

“Social media is not a journal. Everything is not for everyone.” ~Dr. Thema Bryant

“Help people, but don’t expect gratitude, few are capable of it, you’d end up disappointed.” ~Orange Book

“If you put truth before self-fulfillment, you will get both. If you put self-fulfillment before truth, you will get neither.” ~Tim Keller

“Every day, create something, improve some skill, connect with meaningful people: you will naturally earn peace of mind.” ~Orange Book

“The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.” ~Henry David Thoreau, Walden

“80% of your happiness and well-being is determined by three questions: *How much did you sleep? *How well did you eat? *Who did you surround yourself with? Get those three right and almost everything else will fall into place.” ~Mark Manson

“Uh, no…When I got drafted in the NBA, that was me proving people wrong. …Go to college, from the inner city, that was me proving people wrong. Just making it out the hood was proving people wrong.” ~Russell Westbrook, when asked if he feels he has anything to prove

“If you want a significant change in your results, then you probably need a significant change to your strategy. Working harder on your current strategy is unlikely to move the needle. Before you work harder, work on the right thing. Play better games. Win better prizes.” ~James Clear

“I put my soul in every song with limited support / Focused on the output, not the outcome, big God is my source / Spirit of excellence in my genetics / Complexities come with my complexion / ‘Fore you shut me down, let me reach my level first / Y’all be too proud to do the devil’s work / All that actin’ and fakin’, I can’t take part in it / I’m washin’ my hands with the soap opera sh*t…/ We know the caged bird sings and screams when it’s free / Every second I spend on this, I got it back in blessings…” ~Nas ft. Hit-Boy, Composure

“But Daniel Kahneman mentions a more important truth in his book, Thinking, Fast and Slow: ‘It is easier to recognize other people’s mistakes than our own.’ I would add my own theory: It’s easier to blame other people’s mistakes on stupidity and greed than our own. That’s because when you make a mistake, I judge it solely based on what I see. It’s quick and easy. But when I make a mistake there’s a long and persuasive monologue in my head that justifies bad decisions and adds important context other people don’t see. Everyone’s like that. It’s normal.” ~Morgan Housel, Other People’s Mistakes

“I try to keep two things in mind in a world that’s this fragile to chance. One is to base your predictions on how people behave vs. specific events. Predicting what the world will look like in, say, 2050, is just impossible. But predicting that people will still respond to greed, fear, opportunity, exploitation, risk, uncertainty, tribal affiliations and social persuasion in the same way is a bet I’d take. Another – made so starkly in the last year and a half – is that no matter what the world looks like today, and what seems obvious today, everything can change tomorrow because of some tiny accident no one’s thinking about. Events, like money, compound. And the central feature of compounding is that it’s never intuitive how big something can grow from a small beginning.” ~Morgan Housel, Hanging By A Thread

“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ...We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly functioning society. ...In almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons...who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind.” ~Edward Bernays

Last Set: 

“What you initially thought was the devil knocking on your door to attack you…may be God knocking on your door to develop you.” ~Steven Furtick

Food For Thought:

“All my time has been focused on my freedom now / Why would I join ‘em when I know that I can beat ‘em now? / They put their words on me, and they can eat ‘em now / That’s probably why they keep on tellin’ me I’m needed now / They tried to box me out while takin’ what they want from me / I spent too many years living too uncomfortably / Making room for people who didn’t like the labor / Or wanted the spoils, greedy, selfish behavior / Now let me give it to you balanced and with clarity / I don’t need to turn myself into a parody / I don’t, I don’t do the sh*t you do for popularity / They clearly didn’t understand when I said ‘I Get Out’ apparently / My awareness like Keanu in The Matrix / I’m savin’ souls and y’all complainin’ ‘bout my lateness / Now it’s illegal for someone to walk in greatness / They want the same shh, but they don’t take risks / Now the world will get to see its own reflection / And the anointed can pursue their own direction / And if you’re wrong and you’re too proud to hear correction / Walk into the hole you dug yourself, f*ck a projection / See me in my freedom taking all my land back / They sent a lot against me thinking I’d just stand back / I got my legs beneath me, I got my hands back / A lot of people sabotaged, they couldn’t stand that / I turned the other cheek, I took blow after blow / There’s so much crisis in the world ‘cause you reap what you sow / When you keep what you know is meant for someone else / The ditch you dig for them, you might just end up in yourself / I’m in the secret place, I keep a sacred space / They keep showin’ their hands, but keep hidin’ their face / If I’m a messenger, you block me then you block the message / So aggressive, the world you made is what you’re left with / Pride and ego over love and truth is f*cking reckless…” ~Ms. Lauryn Hill in Nobody, Nas ft. Ms. Lauryn Hill

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