What a weekend…Walk good. 28all. Eya. *JD, CS, LM*

The Warm-Up: 

“In a world that entices us to browse through the lives of others to help us better determine how we feel about ourselves, and to, in turn, feel the need to be constantly visible, for visibility these days seems to somehow equate to success. Do not be afraid to disappear, from it, from us, for a while, and see what comes to you in the silence.” ~Michaela Coel

The Core: 

“The closer you are to the truth, the more silent you become inside.” ~Naval Ravikant

“Some of us isolate to recharge and not everyone will understand or get that. It’s okay…” ~Tehuti Khem

“You can appreciate what you already have and still be ambitious about what you could have.” ~Orange Book

“You get better results once you learn how to relax. A calm mind sees more clearly and makes better decisions.” ~Orange Book

“You have a long way to go if you think you deserve special treatment just because you had a tough life. Get rid of the victim mentality. You don’t need it.” ~Orange Book

“Most people don’t realize just how valuable it is to have a company that retains people for 4 years on average instead of 2. People crush it in years 3 and 4.” ~Jack Altman

“You’re already living something you once wanted to experience. Imagine what else you can bring to life. Remember your inner power. Remember who you are. Remember your abilities. You can!” ~Idil Ahmed

“Focus on inputs vs. outputs. It’s really important to separate inputs (process) from output (outcomes). Every so often you will have a great outcome that seemingly comes out of nowhere—this is luck. Do not get seduced by it; it isn’t repeatable.” ~Romeen Sheth (@romeensheth 3.23.22) 

“The point is that every event creates its own offspring, which impact the world in their own special ways. Forecasting, ‘If this happens, then that will happen,’ rarely works, because this event gives rise to another trend, which incentivizes a different behavior, which sparks a new industry, which lobbies against this, which can cancel that, and so on endlessly.” ~Morgan Housel, Deep Roots

“The things I thought I wanted changed. God knew what needed to be revealed to me. Integrity is a requirement for a peace of mind. I had to stop telling myself that I couldn’t get mad about certain things that got to me. I know I can feel however I want. I just don’t choose to stay feeling mad. I won’t give anger or people that much power over me. Ending something that needs to cease is not failure. It’s progress. I’m unavailable once I feel unheard. ‘Everything comes back around full circle…’” ~Rob Hill Sr.

“If you work with your hands and your back, avoiding a heavy lift is totally understandable. For many of us, though, we work with time or with trust. If someone asks you to endorse their new project, ‘it’ll only take a minute,’ they’re offering to save you time, but at the risk of the trust you’ve built. That’s not a light lift, it’s a huge risk. If someone says, ‘please forward this to everyone in your address book, here’s a simple script to do it automatically,’ that is indeed a heavy lift. Just because it’s fast doesn’t mean it’s worth doing.” ~Seth Godin, “Not a heavy lift”

“…Jesus is saying, ‘Just do today.’ Now, that’s how one man handled the seemingly endless winter of his Antarctic journey. He said, ‘You have to keep concentrating on the near future.’—like today. He said, ‘Make every day a victory.’ That’s how you deal with parenting when it’s taking everything you’ve got. It’s how you beat a sin that has beaten you for a long time. It’s how you dig your way out of a mountain of debt. It’s how you manage the unmanageable. Make every day a victory. And on those days that don’t exactly turn out to be victorious, put that day behind you and start fresh on that next new day. Remember, the Bible say, ‘His mercies are new every morning.’ When you stop worrying about tomorrow and you focus on today, and you focus on your Heavenly Father who knows everything you need, what seems so big and so far becomes so do-able.” ~Ron Hutchcraft

Last Set:

“THE DREAM: You want something. Month after month, year after year, you dream you are going to get it going. THE REALITY: Nothing happens. You never come any closer to it. THE TRUTH: You didn’t actually want it. You wanted the idea of it.” ~Mark Manson

Food For Thought:

“I no longer think about success within the small box of a job title or celebrity status. It’s not about how many people you can reach with your platform, but rather how deeply you reach them. Success is about humility and compassion and making time for people even when it won’t help you rise up. It looks like greeting the office janitors by name, making time to mentor the intern, and checking in on a colleague who’s having a hard time. Success relies on doing the small, kind-hearted things that may go unrewarded in the traditional sense.” ~Lindsay MacMillan, in Lindsay MacMillan On How We Need To Redefine Success, by Karen Mangia

Fun Fact:

“North Carolina handed Coach K his first ever loss as Duke’s head coach back in 1980. It also handed Coach K a loss in his final game at Cameron Indoor. It also defeated Coach K in his final game as Duke’s head coach.” ~Field Yates

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