Aloha…Walk Good. 28all. Eya.

The Warm-Up: 

“The price of hating other human being is loving oneself less.” ~Eldridge Cleaver

The Core: 

“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” ~Albert Einstein 

“May you be released from envying people’s fake lives and find joy in your real life.” ~Dr. Thema Bryant

“Take a deep breath. It’s just an episode, not a whole season—and definitely not the entire show.” ~Vex King

“Freedom looks good on you. It didn’t come without struggle, but your peace was worth the fight.” ~Dr. Thema Bryant

“Re-reading is probably more important than reading. Seek to cognitively own a great book rather than just reading it.” ~Farnum Street

“History as usually written is quite different from history as usually lived. The historian records the exceptional because it is interesting.” ~Will Durant

“Focus on being able to provide for your family. Execute your long-term vision with humility and diligence. You will naturally attract wealth.” ~Orange Book

“Being honest about the role you played in your own suffering opens up paths back to yourself. Accountability with yourself opens up new doorways to your healing.” ~Billy Chapata

“If hard work was enough, hard-working people would all be wealthy. If kindness was enough, kind people would all be loved. If intelligence was enough, smart people would all be happy.” ~Orange Book

“That’s my ultimate goal, is to create something or build something where we can keep it all in the family and give them some direction without that pressure that some of us had…” ~Damian Lillard (@uninterrupted)

“Do not confuse things that are hard with things that are valuable. Many things in life are hard. Just because you are giving a great effort does not mean you are working toward a great result. Make sure that mountain is worth climbing.” ~James Clear

“It’s not about finding a partner who is fully healed, it is about finding someone who is not afraid of their emotions. A person who does not suppress what they feel and can gently be present to their inner ups and downs will have a foundation of emotional maturity.” ~Yung Pueblo

“Universities pay staggering salaries to Presidents, Chancellors, VPs and provosts by the dozen, etc. and in every administrative office there is a 57-year-old woman named Peggy with a title like ‘Admin Assistant II’ and that’s the person who actually runs the university.” ~Ed Burmila

“By training yourself to start uncomfortable conversations, you liberate others to have the conversations they’ve desperately been wanting to have themselves. You could say this is largely what leadership is, the willingness to risk your own neck in a way that benefits others.” ~Mark Manson

“May you finish what you start. May you succeed. May you go through to victory. May nothing turn you around or trick you into quitting. May setback, shortcomings, discouragement, liminal space, difficulty, and a defeated or tired mindset [not] win. May you: understand the assignment.” ~Lalah Delia

Last Set:

“Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.” ~Richard Nixon

Food For Thought:

“Do not confuse things that are hard with things that are valuable. Many things in life are hard. Just because you are giving a great effort does not mean you are working toward a great result. Make sure that mountain is worth climbing.” ~James Clear

Food For Thought II:

“One thing that differentiated us from so many financial services firms is that there was not one person among the founders who had any financial ambitions. I don’t think there was anybody who believed that the path of BlackRock was to be wealthy. Wealth is an outcome of success, but there was not one person among us who was motivated principally by material possessions and achieving great wealth. It was about building something that we would be proud of…My first job was in mortgage-backed securities through my background in real estate finance. Wall Street is not about investing. Wall Street is about velocity of money.” ~Larry Fink, Chairman & CEO, BlackRock in How To Invest, Masters On The Craft by David M. Rubenstein

One More for the Road:

2022 Rockhouse Foundation Annual Dinner: October 17, 2022 @ 6:00PM. The Rockhouse Foundation is dedicated to transforming the places where Jamaica’s children learn and supporting the great people who teach them. Since its inception in 2004, the Foundation has invested over USD $7mn building, expanding and renovating six Negril area public schools and the Negril Community Library, directly impacting the lives of thousands of young people and their families. Tickets: here

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