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Perception is not reality…28all. Eya. The Warm-Up: “The function of education, therefore, is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. But education which stops with efficiency may prove the greatest menace to society. The most dangerous criminal may be the man gifted with reason, but with no morals…We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character–that is the goal of true education. The complete education gives one not only power of concentration, but worthy objectives upon which to concentrate.” ~Dr. Martin Luther King, 1947. The Purpose of Education. Atlanta, Ga. The Core: “Being valuable > Being available.” ~Leila Hormozi “When ‘I’ is replaced with ‘we’ even illness becomes wellness.” ~Malcolm X “The struggles along the way are only meant to shape you for your purpose.” ~Chadwick Boseman “You aint a VIP if [you] have to buy VIP tickets, VIP’s get invited…Stop forcing things.” ~Ja Loka “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” ~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “We grow up thinking our parents will never understand our struggles, but the truth is that they made sure we never felt theirs.” ~Rowayda “Guys falling in love with AI girlfriends should know that 20% of the time it’s just a guy in a call center in the Philippines.” ~Naval Ravikant “Choosing the right problems to work on matters more than the effort you bring. Don’t waste your energy on linear problems. The right problems offer embedded leverage.” ~Shane Parrish “When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.” ~Paulo Coelho “The brutal truth is that nobody cares about the hard work you put in. They care about what they get from it. And if it isn’t good, they’ll either rip you apart or ignore you. Be careful betting everything on ‘hard work.’” ~Dan Koe “Sincere forgiveness isn’t colored with expectations that the other person apologize or change. Don’t worry whether or not they finally understand you. Love them and release them. Life feeds back truth to people in its own way and time.” ~Sara Paddison “Authenticity is trusting who you are instead of seeking everyone else for your identity…this includes labels, titles, status or accolades. We don’t need to try harder to fit in, be approved of or acquire ‘more’ to be understood. We’re seen & understood from the moment we stand in who we already are. The niche is you.” ~Matt Gottesman “Most investors see the same data. Some are just less sensitive to new information than others. Once you separate investors by their sensitivity to new information, the question becomes ‘How confident are you that the information you’re responding to is signal vs. noise?’ That, I think, is the most important question any investor can ask.” ~Morgan Housel, When It’s Time To Do Something “God did not give you the discernment to make the right decisions all the time. He did, however, grant you the ability to make the wrong decisions right! Don’t allow the rise and fall of your emotional tide to deter you from your course. Your life should not be an apology; it should be a statement—an extraordinary demonstration of the possibilities within all of us…” ~Andy Andrews, Traveler’s Gift; Mastering the Seven Decisions “One big idea. Most breakthrough organizations aren’t built on a bundle of wonderment, novelty and new ideas. In fact, they usually involve just one big idea. The rest is execution, patience, tactics and people. The ability to see what’s happening and to act on it. The rest is doing the stuff we already know how to do, the stuff we’ve seen before, but doing it beautifully. You probably don’t need yet another new idea. Better to figure out what to do with the ones you’ve got.” ~Seth Godin “People who rarely receive criticism often take feedback too personally and miss opportunities to learn. People who frequently receive criticism get used to ignoring what others say and also miss opportunities to learn. The thing to focus on is the pattern. If you hear something once, don’t let it wreck your mindset. There are many ways to view the world and not everyone will agree with your approach. But if you’re hearing something repeatedly, think carefully about whether the feedback is right.” ~James Clear, 3-2-1 Last Set: “I just want to do God’s will. And He’s allowed me to go to the mountain. And I’ve looked over, and I’ve seen the promised land. So I’m happy tonight. I’m not worried about anything. I’m not fearing any man.” ~Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – The night before his death. Food For Thought: “An individual has not begun to live until he can rise above the narrow horizons of his particular individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. And this is one of the big problems of life, that so many people never quite get to the point of rising above self...so they end up the tragic victims of self-centeredness. They are the people who live an eternal ‘I’ ... They start out, the minute you talk with them, talking about what they can do, what they have done...where they have been...who they know...and how much money they have. Now, we can say to a certain extent that persons in this situation are persons who have really never grown up...For you see, a child is inevitably, necessarily egocentric. He is a bundle of his own sensations, clamoring to be cared for...When people become mature, they are to rise above this. When one matures...he turns himself to higher loyalties. He gives himself to something outside of himself. He gives himself to causes that he lives for and sometimes will even die for. He comes to the point that now he can rise above his individualistic concerns. And so you see people who are apparently selfish; it isn’t merely an ethical issue but it is a psychological issue. They are the victims of arrested development, and they are still children. They haven’t grown up.” ~Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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