Paradigm Shift. Stand in the gap. They aint gone come for me until He’s done with me…JoeRoganxKanye. Walk good. 28all. Eya. *JW, LS*

The Warm-Up: 

“It is rare indeed that people give. Most people guard and keep; they suppose that it is they themselves and what they identify with themselves that they are guarding and keeping, whereas what they are actually guarding and keeping is their system of reality and what they assume themselves to be.” ~James Baldwin

The Core: 

“Don’t tell me your priorities. Show me your calendar.” ~Shane Parrish

“To feel safe around someone’s energy is a different kind of intimacy.” ~Anonymous

“Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.” ~William Makepeace Thackeray

“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” ~C.G. Jung

“You’re beautiful because you know your own darkness and still, that alone doesn’t stop you from finding your own light.” ~R.M. Drake

“I don’t know why people pretend the concept of being colourblind means being racially visually impaired, rather than choosing to not let complexion affect the way you treat people.” ~Ayishat Akanbi

“Diversify your assets. Diversify your sources of income. Diversify your connections. Diversify your foreign languages. Diversify the books you read. Diversify your set of skills. Diversify your perspectives. Concentrate on your own life.” ~Orange Book

“A takeaway here is that few things matter more with money than understanding your own time horizon and not being persuaded by the actions and behaviors of people playing different games than you are.” ~Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money

“Solve big problems early. Rebound after one missed workout, not a decade of inactivity. Repair a strained relationship the next day, not years later. Fix overspending before it becomes a lifestyle. Problems with simple solutions at first become difficult to unwind over time.” ~James Clear

“Here’s what I know: everyone has imposter syndrome because we’re all figuring out this thing called life. Everyone you’re jealous of is jealous of someone else, and there are people out there wishing they were you. So just remember: you’re human, you’re flawed, and everybody has to start somewhere. If you know those things, you’re ahead of the game.” ~Arlan Hamilton, It’s About Damn Time

“This is when I started to fully realize that value of being part of a community…I think the charm of small-town life is your days are more predictable. The faces are more familiar. People know my name; I know their names. When you’re famous, everyone knows you. You don’t know anybody. But here, everybody is famous.” ~Dave Chappelle on living in Yellow Springs, Ohio…on My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman

“When we love another, we face our shit. We face our limitations. We see where we lack skills. We see how bad our communication can be. We feel our reactivity and our sense of unworthiness. When we turn towards love, towards a human who sees our light and wants to love us deeply, we experience what it means to face a feeling we have not felt worthy of for some time... if not our whole lives. To love is easy. To be loved requires the belief we’re worthy of it... and the only way to feel worthy is to allow yourself to be.” ~Mark Groves

“We cover our wounds with healing ointment and gauze in an attempt to heal ourselves. But despite our efforts, an emptiness wells up inside us. We try to fill this emptiness with food and drugs and activities, but what we yearn for is the joyful connection and sensation of feeling fully alive that we experienced as very young children. This becomes a spiritual yearning for connecting, and, as in Plato’s myth, we develop the profound conviction that finding the right person—the perfect mate—will complete us.” ~Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt, Getting the Love You Want

Last Set: 

“I think my personal philosophy is there’s three levels of happiness. And the first level is somewhat simplified by saying it’s physical, right? So, it’s the five senses that we all have, so visual, auditory, et cetera. And I think, with all due respect, I would say most people live in the five senses world. So, they consume food because it tastes good. They watch movies because it’s stimulating. They listen to the sound. They enjoy good wine and trips and stuff like that. But they’re all physical, massages and so on. I think the next level up is a little bit more interesting in that it’s about learning, right? So, the endorphin rush you get, when you learn something you didn’t know and it clicks and it helps form you. I find that as a key piece of happiness. So, you’re constantly in pursuit of that. Ultimately, I think that philanthropy and giving and charity, and teaching is the ultimate form, right? So, giving back what you’ve learned in life and making someone else’s life richer and more poignant, meaningful is the ultimate happiness that you can get…And I think if you focus your energy on those give back areas, you’re about as happy as you can be.” ~Code Cubitt: Coachability Is Critical on Shane Parrish’s, The Knowledge Project #95

Food for Thought: 

“No matter who you are, you need two kinds of friends in your life. The first kind is one you can call when something good happens, and you need someone who will be excited for you. Not a fake excitement veiling envy, but a real excitement. You need someone who will actually be more excited for you than he would be if it had happened to him. The second kind of friend is somebody you can call when things go horribly wrong—when your life is on the line and you only have one phone call. Who is going to be?” ~Ben Horowitz, The Hard Thing About Hard Things