The way you make me feel these days, Somethin’ getting’ dropped for you, baby girl … #SpinBoutU …Walk Good. 28all. Eya. *SW, TM*

The Warm-Up: 

“To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour.” ~Winston Churchill, on seizing the moment (Brain Food. No. 497 – Nov 6th, 2022)

The Core: 

“Competitors can’t copy your startup’s speed, culture, execution, vision, story, team so just focus on those things.” ~Andrew Gazdecki

“The ultimate form of preparation is not planning for a specific scenario, but a mindset that can handle uncertainty.” ~James Clear, 3-2-1

“Before you start jumping their hurdles, remember you can create a new lane to the finish line. Also remember their finish line is your starting line. You’re just getting warmed up.” ~Dr. Thema Bryant

“You’re going to die one day, and none of this is going to matter. So, enjoy yourself. Do something positive. Project some love. Make someone happy. Laugh a little bit. Appreciate the moment. And do your work.” ~Naval Ravikant

“Worrying is worshipping your problem. Prayer is surrendering it. The problem isn’t the problem, it’s a window of opportunity…to your soul, to let go, to listen, to observe, to move differently. Pray > Worry. Letting go = Expanding.” ~Matt Gottesman

“You my treacherous lil’ twin, and you know that we locked in | And I love you like my kin, it’s whatever for you | I go up and down that road, I go anywhere you go | When you tell me life is good, I want better for you (Yeah)…You my twin…” ~Drake ft. 21 Savage, Treacherous Twins

“The learning process isn’t finished when you acquire knowledge. It’s complete when you consistently apply that knowledge. Many people accumulate information. Far fewer use it to evolve and improve. The ultimate test of growth is closing the gap between awareness and action.” ~Adam Grant

“Potential is an easy thing to fall in love with, but it’s also such an easy thing to waste. I hope the connections you keep don’t keep you waiting in spaces where progression is stagnant, and if they do, I hope you gain the awareness and courage to move where growth exists.” ~Billy Chapata

“Organizations should reward risk-takers, even if they fall short once in a while. Let them know that promotions and glory go to innovators and pioneers, not to stand-patters who fear controversy and avoid trying to improve anything.” ~Captain D. Michael Abrashoff, It’s Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy

“Investing in yourself is the most important investment you’ll ever make in your life. There’s no financial investment that’ll ever match it, because if you develop more skill, more ability, more insight, more capacity, that’s what’s going to really provide economic freedom.” ~Tony Robbins in Timothy Ferriss’, Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers

“Robert Kraft sent the jet for us, that shit was patriotic | You would think we live in Baltimore, the way they ravin’ ‘bout the latest product | Teachin’ [playas] how to mind they business, and my latest stuff | Might be the only teacher that gets paid enough | That’s why I’m in Hyde Park buyin’ like half of Harrods | You [playas] are too concerned with makin’ sure y’all outfits gon’ match in Paris | If we don’t like you, you payin’ tax and tariffs | Come to the 6 and I’m like the actin’ sheriff, deputy | First got to America, [playas] wouldn’t check for me | No chance the kid’ll make it here like vasectomy | They underestimated my trajectory | But now they gotta pay that shit direct to me…” ~Drake, Middle of the Ocean*

Last Set:

“It’s funny, because every love story talks about butterflies. But no one talks about this. If I had known this is what I should look for when dating, maybe I would have spent twenty-five years with my eyes on a different target. Yet, I looked to love stories that championed the elusive, brooding genius who changes their ways for the perfect person. How their relationship starts with a look across the bar or a whirlwind summer romance. It was always fireworks and butterflies. In hindsight, it’s clear that these signals weren’t working for me. Like the movies, I sought out interesting people who I thought I could win over. But it never worked like I hoped.” ~Sarah Wood, the end of butterflies

Food For Thought:

“Everyone looks for the miracle moment – the moment when success happens. We are drawn to these moments because we want to know the secret. We want to know the ingredient that we are missing. The ingredient that makes the recipe. The problem is … there is no miracle moment. If you want to understand success, you can’t focus on what’s visible. Results are simply one more step in a long chain of steps that led to that moment. Nature offers a great example with bamboo, which takes ups up to 5 years to develop its roots. For years, to the outside observer, no visible progress has been made. Meanwhile, the bamboo grows below the surface, developing its roots and storing energy. Then, all at once, it starts to grow. Years of stored energy result in exponential growth, sometimes reaching over 50 feet in a matter of weeks. That’s how results happen. Slowly and then all at once. Everyone wants the results. No one wants the process that leads to them. That’s boring...” ~Shane Parrish, Brain Food. No. 497 – Nov 6th, 2022

*=Thorne was right. :). “The lyrics begin to reveal themselves over time periods…”

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