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Don’t worry about the people God removed from your life. He heard conversations you didn’t, saw things you couldn’t and made moves you wouldn’t #ohmylanta…Walk good. 28all. Eya. *JG* The Warm-Up: “If possible, go into the New Year emotionally lighter. Put down what you no longer need to carry. Make room for what is to come. Give yourself grace and space to take flight.” ~Dr. Thema Bryant The Core: “Boring progress compounds into exceptional results.” ~Shane Parrish “Maybe that’s not anxiety, maybe that’s your potential reminding you that it’s too early to settle down.” ~Orange Book “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” ~Albert Einstein “You catch more opportunities once you understand that you are supposed to jump when you don’t feel ready.” ~Orange Book “How to tell if you’re getting advice from someone who really cares about you: Do they make your energy rise or fall? Do they tell you you’re more or less capable than you think?” ~Ryan Breslow “Some people aren’t going to appreciate your growth because they liked it when you were smaller, more broken, and therefore easier to control. God’s plan for your life is overturning their agendas.” ~Anonymous “Agency is the most important thing you can teach. A student who trusts their potential, loves to learn, and knows how to follow through on a vision of their own is better off than just about any submissive, straight-A-rule follower.” ~David Perell “Usually, when people talk about the ‘strength’ of black women…they ignore the reality that to be strong in the face of oppression is not the same as overcoming oppression, that endurance is not to be confused with transformation.” ~Bell Hooks “You can’t live off negative emotions for a long period of time and do positive good. In other words, negative emotions may get you going but they will not keep you going. There’s a big difference between starting to move and starting a movement!” ~John C. Maxwell “When I asked Mark Cuban, a billionaire, why he invested $6M into my fund when he doesn’t usually enjoy investing in other people’s funds, he said without hesitation, ‘you’re in rooms I’ll never be in.’ Think about how powerful that is. You don’t have to be rich to be powerful.” ~Arlan Hamilton “Because no matter how hard a conversation is, I know that on the other side of that difficult conversation lies peace. Knowledge. An answer delivered. Character is revealed. Truces are formed. Misunderstandings are resolved. Freedom lies across the field of the difficult conversation. And the more difficult the conversation, the greater the freedom.” ~Shonda Rhimes, Year of Yes “Great Julio, because what no can inherit, win, find, or work for, is…more…time. Time is the real gold. Not money. Time is the gold. It’s what you do with your time that matters. So, if you want to apply to Princeton, I will help you. You have a shot. Debt or no debt, you would have used your time well in reaching for what you want, and it’s a great thing.” ~Ernesto Quinonez, Taina “The way to get out of the competition trap is to be authentic, to find the thing you know how to do better than anybody. You know how to do it better because you love it, and no one can compete with you. If you love to do it, be authentic, and then figure out how to map that to what society actually wants. Apply some leverage and put your name on it. You take the risks, but you gain the rewards, have ownership and equity in what you’re doing, and just crank it up.” ~Naval Ravikant in The Alamanack of Naval Ravikant, ~Eric Jorgenson Last Set: “The closer you want to get to me, the better your values have to be.” ~Naval Ravikant’s motto Food For Thought: “I want it when it’s right for me, and if it’s not at that point yet, then I will keep growing until it’s ready. Being needed can feel good, when it’s healthy. Feeling wanted can be affirming, when it’s mutual. You know you’re ready for a relationship when you want one for what you can give and not just for what you can get out of it. I want someone prepared to be my partner rather than somebody who is just tired of being lonely. Let loving yourself be what leads you to me. I know what it feels like when someone genuinely likes me vs. when someone is infatuated with their idea of me. Be honest with yourself and be authentic with me. I know having patience doesn’t mean that things in life will always go my way…Still I remain patient because I’ve seen things in life unfold better than I ever could imagine.” ~Rob Hill Sr. Message to You, the Reader: Thank you. Sincerely. I still have many more emails to answer, more merch to send, and more people to show love to. Yet, you don’t have to be reading this. I don’t know if any of these quotes, thoughts, or blog posts resonated with you throughout the year, but when there is so much competition for your attention, I appreciate you taking some time out of your busy schedule to read this (once total, occasionally, or consistently). While we were walking to the desk a few weeks back, Hunter suggested that I add my (read) book list to the year-end MML. Well, since I do whatever Hunter tells me to, here goes nothing… *Note* If you want another dope book list, check out: 2021: a year for (the) books, by The Joy Soldier herself, Sarah Wood.
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