So much to be thankful for. And so incredibly blessed…Walk good. 28all. Eya. *WR, JS, IA, AB*

The Warm-Up: 

“On mountaintops, You stay the same/ In valleys low, You never change… You go, You go before me, To prepare a blessing, You makе a way, It’s more, Than I could imagine, More than I can fathom, Or comprehend.” ~Maverick City Music ft. UPPERROOM, Chandler Moore, Elyssa Smith, You Hold It All Together

The Core: 

“Skill compounds faster than money.” ~Jack Butcher

“You can also ‘check your privilege’ simply by being thoughtful instead of just vocal.” ~Ayishat Akanbi

“Just because you have become more resilient towards it, doesn’t mean that you have healed from it.” ~Billy Chapata

“How do you find self-love? You dig. You isolate and you ache from being lonely. You heal. You accept, you look in the mirror and see God.” ~Malanda

“Friends are better than money. Almost anything money can do, friends can do better. In so many ways a friend with a boat is better than owning a boat.” ~Kevin Kelly

“People who write thoughtful ‘email intros’ make two recipients feel great with a single note. Easy way to stand out. Great writing is a superpower.” ~Jeff Morris Jr.

“In a society that chases pleasure. Lust can get confused as love. Love can be a feeling, and then love can be a choice. I love you And I chose you. Not the next best thing.” ~Morgan Love

“Conversations open up revelations that silence violently prevent. That silence aint always the move ESPECIALLY when it leaves everything, INCLUDING resolution, in the dark.” ~Tavares Bussey

“Imagine if you took all of the time, energy and emotions you’ve been giving to meaningless relationships with part-time people, and invested all of it into your family, your loyal friends and yourself. Imagine!” ~Steven Bartlett

“I still underestimate the compounding power of the rapid execution and iterating learning feedback loop. A commitment to this, over the course of a career, is the closest thing you can get to guaranteed success.” ~Sam Altman

“Hard things are hard because there are no easy answers or recipes. They are hard because your emotions are at odds with your logic. They are hard because your emotions are at odds with your logic. They are hard because you don’t know the answer and you cannot ask for help without showing weakness.” ~Ben Horowitz, The Hard Thing About Hard Things

“When people say your work is good do two things. First, don’t believe them. Second, ask them, ‘Why?’ If they can convince you of why they think your work is good, accept the compliment. If they can’t convince you (and most people can’t) dismiss it as superficial and recognize that most bad consensus is made by people simply repeating that they ‘like’ something.” ~Teresita Fernandez 

“According to Northwestern there are Eight Dimensions of Wellness including (i) Physical (ii) Emotional (iii) Social (iv) Intellectual (v) Environmental (vi) Spiritual (vii) Vocational & (viii) Financial. While there’s a subscription for almost everything else, financial wellness remains a significant whitespace opportunity.” ~John Street Capital, The (Neo) Bank Bundle & Transition to Subscription Revenue

Last Set: 

“People signal what they don’t understand. The person who signals they’re wealthy, doesn’t understand wealth. The person who signals how busy they are, doesn’t get anything done. The stronger the signal the weaker the understanding.” ~Shane Parrish

Food for Thought: 

“I hope one day to raise a daughter who’s strong enough to not define her self-worth by how pretty she is told she is. I hope one day to raise a son who’s soft enough to express his feelings without caring that the world wants him to be tough. I hope one day to raise children who are courageous enough to be kind in a world that convinces them that feeling is weakness. I hope one day to raise children who are brave enough to be vulnerable and take risks in a world that pushes them to believe that vulnerability is for the weak. I hope one day to raise children who are not afraid to stand up for the truth, for justice, for what’s right. I hope one day to raise a daughter who makes a great mother who holds a family like water holds a ship, and a son who makes a great father, who’s not afraid to hold his children in his arms and tell them how worthy of love they are.” ~Najwa Zebian

Food for Thought II: 

“I can see why [Cam Newton] had the kind of success he had at Auburn and Carolina…Talking to people who were with him there, the things they said about him at Auburn and at Carolina from a decade ago or two to three years ago or even last year, it’s all the same, and it showed up here: He’s an extremely hard worker. Nobody works harder than Cam does. He’s here early, he stays late and he works very hard. Some players like to work on things they’re good at, like if you’re strong on the bench press you just throw more weight on the bench. But Cam works on things he’s not at good at and tries to improve on a daily basis and that’s something I really respect about him. That’s not easy for players or really any of us to do. We’ll get something we’re not really good at or it’s not our strength and you spend extra time on it, when our natural tendency is to do things we’re good at. So, he’s worked extremely hard in all those areas.” ~Bill Belichick on Cam Newton, on SiriusXM NFL Radio, Aug 31st, 2020