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Always leave a permanent mark. #TheOldPoet. 28all. Eya. The Warm-Up: “One reason why I’m against glorifying the grind is because hella shit you have to do is tedious if you’re in the entrepreneur / freelance space. *organizing your books *registering companies *buying insurance *taxes. Etc etc. And if you think everything has to be exciting, it’ll be a struggle when you have to do the important that is boring. So at the end of the day, just get it done. Enjoy the exciting moments but realize the key is to never get too high or too low and just keep chipping away.” ~Joe Holder The Core: “Focus converts time into impact.” ~Shane Parrish “Win through your actions, never through argument.” ~Robert Greene “Intelligence is less about what you know and more about how effectively you can apply what you know to create the life you want.” ~Kpaxs “There’s no amount of strategy or studying that replaces execution. You’ve got to get on the field, screw up, stay in long enough to figure it out and try again.” ~Leila Hormozi “ppl don’t realize that *most* decision making boils down to ‘what do other people think?’ rather than independent reasoning. It’s why true contrarians (the kind who are actually early, not just loud) are so rare.” ~@signulll “A wise reader reads the book of genius not with his heart, not so much with his brain, but with his spine. It is there that occurs the telltale tingle even though we must keep a little aloof, a little detached when reading.” ~Vladimir Nabokov, Lectures on Literature “Your entire life will change when you start embracing paradoxes. You get closer to your fears and it unlocks your dreams. You take on less and accomplish more. You stop looking and you find what you’re looking for. You remember your death and you can live your life.” ~Sahil Bloom “A sign of maturity is caring more about being respected than being liked. Liking is shallow affection. It comes from being pleasant—you bend over backwards to accommodate others. Respect is deep regard. It’s earned by being principled—you consistently stand up for your values.” ~Adam Grant “There’s a certain trust that’s reserved for friends who believed in you when you were a no-name. The ones who’ve watched you fall and helped you up from the ashes. These are the people you meet early in your career, and the more you achieve, the more irreplaceable they become.” ~David Perell “Schools focus on memorizing facts. But the real test is whether you can take what you know and use it to solve new problems. It’s like the difference between reciting a recipe and actually cooking something. Knowing the ingredients is just the start. The hard part is figuring out how to combine them in creative ways to make something delicious. If you want to succeed, don’t just cram your head full of facts. Learn how to think. Practice applying ideas in new contexts. Get comfortable with uncertainty. That’s how you become truly educated.” ~Kpaxs “i have noticed that when people want something too badly, when they chase, when they try too hard—it almost always slips away. it’s not just some dumb universe thing… it’s just human nature. people can smell desperation, & it repels. not because they consciously think ‘oh, this person is desperate,’ but because desperation warps behavior—it makes you less attractive, less confident, more erratic, less enjoyable to interact with. i remember a time when i desperately wanted a job. i chased it relentlessly, i was the most qualified candidate. but i didn’t even get an interview. the more i pushed, the less it worked. contrast that with moments where i let things come to me, it was effortless. doors opened, people gravitated toward me, opportunities just happened. the paradox is that the best way to get what you want is to not need it. not pretend not to need it (people pick up on that too), but actually rewire yourself to not be attached to outcomes. desire without attachment is the sweet spot, pursue, but don’t chase.” ~@signulll Last Set: “We stress over where we are in life, feeling like we’re falling behind or constantly chasing after more, not realizing that as long as we have God, we have everything & lack nothing.” ~KC Food For Thought: “I was doing just as I had learned from my father. But she’d seen right through my ruse and would never give me the satisfaction of seeing her wounded. All that misplaced bravado and silly strength I felt evaporated as she turned the hurt back on me. She might as well have given me the blade. Maybe she could see me after all. Maybe she had always known. That I was not the weapon. I was only the wound.” ~Safiya Sinclair, How to Say Babylon Something For The Road: This week saw some dope messages from folks reaching out, sharing with others how much Monday’s MML resonated with them. It still so cool (for me) to witness as I never know what will touch folks’ soul or stick to their ribs like oatmeal. Or maybe, just maybe, the universe knew I needed the messages I received as it would be manna for the day. Regardless, we out here, just getting better each day. Brick by brick. Here’s to the next decade plus of the MML.
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