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Your story wouldn’t be interesting without the obstacles. #ShaneP 28all. Eya. *WH* The Warm-Up: “If you are in a position where people look up to you, never underestimate the power of your words of encouragement. Don’t give them false hope, but if you see something special in someone, do tell them. It can mean so much more to them than you think.” ~Orange Book The Core:
“Long-term consistency beats short-term intensity.” ~Bruce Lee “You will never influence the world by trying to be like it.” ~Anonymous “Nothing is as important as we think it is while we are thinking about it.” ~Daniel Kahneman “Taxes are weird cause I don’t remember the government being in the trenches with me.” ~Kaizen (X) “What if…instead of proving to everyone you can…you do it for something far bigger?” ~Matt Gottesman Find your genius. The thing that makes you special and use it every day.” ~Sean Feeney, Grovehouse Family Fund “I prayed so hard a year ago today to be in my shoes where I’m at right now.” ~Paige Bueckers, reflecting on her last season “In the long-term real estate ownership business: Amateurs talk aesthetics. Professionals talk repairs & maintenance.” ~Moses Kagan “Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people.” ~Nido Qubein “Part of healing is realizing that nobody can take anything that you aren’t supposed to lose. Not everything you love is meant to be kept.” ~Rob Hill Sr. “People don’t write books because they’ve got a great deal of wisdom to impart to somebody; they write books because they want to find the answers for themselves and share the search. It’s not ‘I have a thing to tell you,’ even if you say it is. It’s an exploration and a discovery.” ~Shelby Foote “The right call doesn’t always get the intended outcome. Sooner or later everyone who makes decisions in the real world learns this lesson. Poker players know it. They can play their hand perfectly and still lose. Nothing is guaranteed. All you can do is play the hand you’re dealt as best you can.” ~Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking “Someday, hopefully have a place where we can curate an entire experience where we pick you up at your home and bring you back when you’re done with us after a few days. And we’ve set those road maps. But in between, how do we build that out in a thoughtful way, that’s authentic in us so that people are chasing the brand versus the brand chasing the guests? That’s definitely something I never thought I would say out loud before, but it is something that we think about every single day, and we’re grateful for.” ~Sean Feeney [Reinventing the Restaurant Business | Invest Like the Best] “The usual marathons, the popular ones, are done in a group. They have a start time. A finish line. A way to qualify. A route. A crowd. And a date announced a year in advance. Mostly, they have excitement, energy and peer pressure. The other kind of marathon is one that anyone can run, any day of the year. Put on your sneakers, run out the door and come back 26 miles later. These are rare. It’s worth noting that much of what we do in creating a project, launching a business or developing a career is a lot closer to the second kind of marathon. No wonder it’s so difficult.” ~Seth Godin, The solo marathon Last Set: “Living a good life isn’t about trying to avoid difficult times. Being strong comes from knowing struggle. The experiences that teach us are God’s investment in our future. Whether your circumstance today feels good or bad, you’re still here to grow. Sometimes the growth is going to hurt a bit, the path may look different than you thought it would. Every day is an opportunity to grow and learn. You never know how your lesson will show up.” ~Rob Hill Sr. Food For Thought: “Conflating luck and talent is dangerous. As I get older, I’m struck by how big a part luck played in my life, and how much I mistook it for skill, well into my forties. The Pareto Principle shows that even if competence is evenly distributed, 80% of effects stem from 20% of the causes. Not recognizing your blessings feeds into the dark side of capitalism and meritocracy: the notion that success is a choice, and that those who haven’t achieved success are not unlucky, but unworthy. This leads to regressive policies that further reward the perceived winners and punish the perceived losers based on income level. The most recent example of our belief that poor people are guilty: The US now has the fourth-lowest tax rate in the world, and billionaires have the lowest tax rate of any cohort.” ~Scott Galloway, Third Base
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