Grateful…Walk good. 28all. Eya. *PB, JG, WL, TK, JD*

The Warm-Up: 

“I’m not your competition. I might be bettering myself, but I’m also cheering you on.” ~Vex King

The Core: 

“Everyone thinks they could do better; few prove it.” ~Orange Book

“Men’s natures are alike, it’s their habits that carry them apart.” ~Confucius

“Volunteers do not necessarily have the time they have the heart.” ~Elizabeth Andrew

“Focus less on being fast, focus more on doing things well, long-term, that’s how you go fastest.” ~Orange Book

“You get luckier once you understand that helping others doesn’t decrease your chances of success, quite the opposite.” ~Orange Book

“Three simple ways to get more of what you want in life: 1) Be kind and pleasant to others. 2) Ask for what you want. 3) Follow up.” ~James Clear

“You don’t need to try and change people’s opinions about you. If you focus on your character, God will take care of your reputation.” ~Steven Furtick

“I don’t play the game for people to like me. My mom likes me that’s all I need.” ~Rodney Harrison, on his mentality playing football. Man In The Arena: Ep.2

“They are not speaking truth to you when they can say that they love you but refuse to acknowledge how you authentically show up in the room.” ~Tavares Bussey

“May you have the safety, support, and courage to exit the spaces that are breaking your heart so you can enter the spaces that will honor who you are.” ~Dr. Thema Bryant

“People constantly rehearse their own struggles, but do you ever think about what many people gave up and sacrificed to give you the opportunity you have today?” ~Chrissi Sanders

“We’ve become so obsessed with being like other people that we’ve abandoned our own uniqueness. You weren’t created to do everything someone else can do. You were created to do everything they can’t do.” ~Emmanuel Acho

“For investors, this means there’s a new world order. Words like ‘stable’, ‘defensive’, and ‘moat’ will be less relevant in the future. Much of investing will require more technological expertise than it did in the past. And investments made on the assumptions that tomorrow will look like yesterday must be subject to vastly increased scrutiny.” ~Howard Marks, The Winds of Change

Last Set: 

“People early in their career should learn from computer science: meander some in your walk (especially early on), randomly drop yourself into new parts of the terrain, and when you find the highest hill, don’t waste any more time on the current hill no matter how much better the next step up might appear.” ~Chris Dixon, Climbing the Wrong Hill

Food For Thought:

“I’ll rejoice the day building something real is ever ‘cool’ again. To find somebody who’ll take the time to sincerely get to know you, to genuinely care for you, and value you is just so rare. We all complain about the same old things and nothing changes because we’re all stuck playing the same old games. We complain about the liars, and then we hide from the truth when it challenges us. We complain about consistency, but we don’t give people a fair chance to prove themselves. We complain about loyalty, but we aren’t willing to open up and show people something worth being loyal to. So what is it…Are we all scared, or have we just been hurt so much that we doubt our right to love and happiness? What’s really important to you? Do you care about building something real or are you just ‘chillin’ forever? ‘Whatever’ people get treated in whatever ways, I need some direction. Where are things going? If anywhere. It’s so easy to get caught up in the rat race. Date here, flirt there, but the substance is missing so we never get anywhere. After all the games, are you going to have anything to show for it? Will you have had anything worth remembering? What are you really about? Can you build something worth keeping or are you just good at sand castles? Can you be an asset to somebody’s life? Can you being around them make them better, happier, and stronger? If every situation you have is disposable, that speaks volumes about the worth of your time. Guard your heart. Cherish your time. Keep your word.” ~Rob Hill Sr.

Food For Thought II:

“Like many of New York’s most iconic foods, the origins of the everything bagel are in dispute. What’s not debatable is the relatively modern phenomenon in which this bread roll was nearly eclipsed by its seasonings — an inevitable outcome once customers began to fetishize the bagel and crave its innumerable variations. David Gussin of Queens claims to have invented the everything bagel in 1980 as he was sweeping up the spices and seeds that had accumulated at the bottom of a bagel oven in Howard Beach. But then marketer Seth Godin pointed out you couldn’t make an everything bagel with leftover seeds, because if you baked them a second time they would burn.” ~Robert Sietsema, The Sweet-and-Savory Hunt for All Things Everything Bagel Seasoning in NYC

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