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Gather your beachhead…28all. Eya. *LL* The Warm-Up: “You keep comparing yourself to people that have different paths and wonder why you keep getting lost in your purpose, but your journey is unique to you, your lane is not a one size fits all, there is beauty in exactly where you are even if it’s taking time for you to get there.” ~Billy Chapata The Core: “The best writing prompt for when I’m stuck is simply ‘be more honest.’” ~Jeremy Giffon “God allows you to be rejected so that people’s fingerprints aren’t on his blueprint.” ~Keoin Henderson “You’re one well-executed great idea away from changing your life forever. Just one.” ~@eyesonroadblock “With an artist, you look to get something that cant simply be put into an outline. You want their imagination.” ~Chris Blackwell, The Islander “Most people only want to learn from rich, talented, ambitious people. More people should aim to learn from content, loved, happy people.” ~Orange Book “You’ve made a habit of running other people’s races and wonder why you never have any energy left when it’s time to go the distance for yourself.” ~Billy Chapata “If you’re asking me if I like your company, the answer is yes. If, on the other hand, you’re asking me if I could live without you, the answer is also yes.” ~Paulo Coelho “Once upon a time: *Clubhouse was worth $4bn *Hopin was worth $8bn *BYJUs was worth $22bn *FTX was worth $32bn *Peleton was worth $50bn. ZIRP truly was crazy.” ~Romeen Sheth “Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.” ~August Wilson “Robert [Palmer] represented what I believed Island stood for, getting behind artists who were looking not for quick, short-lived success but a lifetime of making music.” ~Chris Blackwell, The Islander “Was talking to one of the OGs today and explaining a few concerns (life, the future, work, etc.). The advice he gave me? ‘Jump out of the f*ckin window.’ Basically, he reminded me that if you’ve prepared enough, go for it. Bet big, especially if you spent enough time creating a safety net. People will be there to catch you…Needed to hear that.” ~Joe Holder “Stop paying so much attention to what everyone else is doing and run your own race. How much time is spent reading other people’s posts on social media, watching other people’s exploits in the news, listening to other people’s ideas on podcasts? Go have coffee with a friend. Go make something. Go outside. All those hours spent looking at someone else’s life on a screen could be used to take action in your own life.” ~James Clear, 3-2-1 “People starting out their careers tend to think that finding answers is the most important part of the job. But while we are in the solutions business, finding the right solution is often not what holds us back. Experience has taught me that if a client tells me the problem, we will always come up with a thoughtful response. The real challenge is getting the client to tell you the problem.” ~James Runde, Why Young Bankers, Lawyers, and Consultants Need Emotional Intelligence “Businesspeople vote with their dollars: they are mostly trying to create near-term financial returns. Engineers vote with their time: they are mostly trying to invent interesting new things. Hobbies are what the smartest people spend time on when they aren’t constrained by near-term financial goals. I like to say that what the smartest people do on the weekends is what everyone else will do during the week in ten years.” ~Chris Dixon, Read Write Own, Building the Next Era of the Internet Last Set: “You can’t cheat the grind. It won’t give you anything that you haven’t worked for.” ~Unknown
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