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Real friends talk shit to your face, and say nice things behind your back. #lionlaw…Walk good. 28all. Eya. *JD, LS, AJ* The Warm-Up: “Out beyond ideas of wrong doing and right doing, there is a field. I will meet you there.” ~Rumi The Core: “The faker the job, the more credentials matter.” ~Sam Altman “Perhaps you would feel ‘safe’ if you didn’t rebrand disagreement as being ‘anti’ your identity.” ~Ayishat Akanbi “You can’t teach drive. You can’t teach competitiveness. You can’t teach integrity. You can’t teach resourcefulness. Hire traits you can’t teach.” ~Shane Parrish “We all want the same things in someone. We want passion. We want to be loved. We want to be understood. But we also want the security in someone that allows us to cross lines that we never thought we would.” ~JM Storm “Perhaps the most important thing that I learned as an entrepreneur was to focus on what I needed to get right and stop worrying about all the things that I did wrong or might do wrong.” ~Ben Horowitz, The Hard Things About Hard Things “People are funny. They’ll gossip about how you hurt’em but will never gossip about how you helped them…You can’t control what people say about you behind your back. But you can make them respect you to your face!” ~Dr. Eric Thomas “Every day has its drama. If you are waiting for a day without drama, you are waiting for death. Mindfulness is what gives us the space to meet all drama without tension. While we can’t always be free of drama, we can be free from the effects of it. It’s called peace of mind.” ~Thibaut “When reading books or listening to podcasts or taking advice, remember that everyone is biased to their personal history. The world is complex and there is no single path to a success. Look for patterns that are repeated across many successful people, not single stories.” ~James Clear “If someone shares an achievement, go out of your way to say ‘well done’. If you like someone’s outfit or work, make sure you give them the compliment. A few kind words can change someone’s day. With all the negative comparisons and bullying online, we could use more kindness.” ~Steven Bartlett “Without the presence of Negro American style, our jokes, tall tales, even our sports would be lacking in the sudden turns, shocks and swift changes of pace (all jazz-shaped) that serve to remind us that the world is ever unexplored, and that while a complete mastery of life is mere illusion, the real secret of the game is to make life swing.” ~Ralph Ellison, What Would America Be Like Without Blacks “An important lesson from history is that the risks we talk about in the news are rarely the most important risks in hindsight. We saw that over the last decade of economists and investors spending their lives discussing the biggest risk to the economy – was it Ben Bernanke’s monetary policy? Barack Obama’s fiscal policy? Donald Trump’s trade wars? No, none of those. It was a virus. Out of the blue, causing havoc we couldn’t comprehend.” ~Morgan Housel, The Big Lessons From History “Perhaps the whole root of our trouble, the human trouble, is that we will sacrifice all the beauty of our lives, will imprison ourselves in totems, taboos, crosses, blood sacrifices, steeples, mosques, races, armies, flags, nations, in order to deny the fact of death, the only fact we have. It seems to me that one ought to rejoice in the fact of death...ought to decide, indeed, to earn one’s death by confronting with passion the conundrum of life. One is responsible for life: It is the small beacon in that terrifying darkness from which we come and to which we shall return.” ~James Baldwin “I wish someone told me how important it was to truly get to know, support and appreciate your fellow junior co-workers. It is crystal clear to me today that there was never any real competition and the people who developed the trust, respect and fellowship of their fellow Analysts were the ones who went on to have the best careers (and enjoyment). The sharp elbowed, game-playing, hyper-competitive people who may have burst out of the gate early are generally the ones who washed out. The ones who helped others in a selfless manner and made everyone around them better were the ones who won the career marathon.” ~Rich Handler, CEO, Jefferies Financial Group, 20 Things I Wish Someone Told Me The Day I Started My Career As An Analyst On Wall Street “People with strong boundaries understand that it’s unreasonable to expect two people to accommodate each other 100 percent and fulfill every need the other has. People with strong boundaries understand that they may hurt someone’s feelings sometimes, but ultimately they can’t determine how other people feel. People with strong boundaries understand that a healthy relationship is not about controlling one another’s emotions, but rather about each partner supporting the other in their individual growth and in solving their own problems. It’s not about giving a fuck about everything your partner gives a fuck about. It’s about giving a fuck about your partner regardless of the fucks he or she gives. That’s unconditional love baby.” ~Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life Last Set: “We have an obsession of seeing people fail and kicking them while they’re down. The press and social media trolls prey on the vulnerable for their amusement. We expect perfection from people when we’re far from it. And sadly, people only realize this when we lose a life. Let’s do better. If you want to cancel anything, cancel your hatred and move on with love.” ~Vex King Food for Thought: I was reading The Hard Thing About Hard Things this weekend when I came across the quote below (again). It hit different. Yet, I knew I had read it, and potentially even used before it in the MML. And I have, 5/13/16. Many things have changed since then. Many haven’t… “I tell my kids, what is the difference between a hero and a coward? What is the difference between being yellow and being brave? No difference. Only what you do. They both feel the same. They both fear dying and getting hurt. The man who is yellow refuses to face up to what he’s got to face. The hero is more disciplined, and he fights those feelings off and he does what he has to do. But they both feel the same, the hero and the coward. People who watch you judge you on what you do, not how you feel.” ~Cus D’Amato, legendary boxing trainer Food for Thought II: “The right thing to do is often obvious. It’s not the choice that’s difficult so much as dealing with what the choice means. We have to have a hard conversation. We have to break someone’s heart. We have to do something hard. We have to break out of the prison of how other people think we should live. The price of avoiding these things is making yourself miserable. While the pain of dealing with reality is intense, it’s over rather quickly. The suffering of miserableness never really goes away. The choice of being miserable is the bargain you strike with yourself to avoid pain.” ~Shane Parrish, Brain Food No. 395 [Looking to] Make A Difference: Cristo Rey: An Evening of Resilience—11.16.2020 @ 07:00 PM (ET) You’re invited to An Evening of Resilience - a virtual event to celebrate Cristo Rey New York High School’s Resilience Fund! We are excited to bring together friends, partners, donors, volunteers, students, and alumni who have so generously supported our school during these last few months. Join us online to hear from a few members of our community and learn how they are staying resilient this year. Founded in 2004 in East Harlem, Cristo Rey New York High School (CRNYHS) is part of the Cristo Rey Network of 37 schools across the U.S. We offer students from low-income communities an affordable, high quality college-preparatory education and real-life work experience. Now in our 17th year, our school has excelled in providing college readiness, college access, and college success to our students and graduates. CRNYHS alumni are five times more likely to earn a college degree than similarly situated peers.
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