The wounded healer...Walk good. 28all. Eya. *KO, SC, DJ, OC, RM*

The Warm-Up: 

“Dream like Martin. Lead like Harriet. Fight light Malcolm. Think like Garvey. Write like Maya. Build like Madam C.J. Speak like Frederick. Educate like W.E.B. Believe like Thurgood. Challenge like Rosa.” ~saw this on Janet Jackson’s IG: Black History

The Core: 

“Your DNA contains your potential. Your choices create your destiny.” ~Deanna Minich, PhD

“The middle-class trap: not bold enough to get rich, not poor enough to be fearless.” ~Orange Book

“Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do. Strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do.” ~Savielly Tartakower

“Only those who court their death become fully engaged in life – those who flirt with disaster marry sweet success, and to the hero go the spoils, while to the layperson go only daily tribulations.” ~Simon Chokoisky

“When you admit you don’t know what’s going to happen in the future you move from predicting to positioning. Good positioning allows you to keep playing. Great positioning allows you to take advantage.” ~Shane Parrish

“Do your job first before helping others do theirs. You will never be rewarded in a way that feels adequate for helping other people do their jobs, especially if that aid comes at the expense of your job. Do your job.” ~Chad Sanders, Black Magic

“The challenge for anyone interested in making progress is to simultaneously have (1) the confidence to go after what you want and (2) the humility to accept who you are right now and (3) the willingness to build skills that bridge the gap between 1 and 2.” ~James Clear

“Thank you, Bruce Arians, for showing the world that all 3 of your coordinators can be Black, your assistant head coach can be Black, you can have 2 full time women coaches and be the best team in the world. BA you’re a trail blazer. Leadership doesn’t have a look!” ~Ryan Clark

“Same with Tesla, isn’t it? The company is worth seven times more than GM and Ford combined, not because it built a good business but because Elon Musk is good at getting people’s attention. Customers. Investors. Twitter followers – he’s told them all a good story, and the best story wins.” ~Morgan Housel, Best Story Wins

“The most important things can’t be taught; they must be learned. Just because you can’t be taught what you need doesn’t mean you can absolve yourself from learning. You can learn the principles, but you can’t learn the patience. You can copy the answer but not the understanding and confidence. These you need to learn on your own.” ~Farnum Street, The Principles of Good Management

“Pride always goeth before the fall, almost certainly / It’s disturbing what I gross (what I gross!) / Survey says you not even close (not even close) / Everybodys bosses ‘til it’s time to pay for the office / ‘Til them invoices separate the men, from the boys / Over here we measure success by how many people successful next to you / Here we say you broke if everybody is broke except for you / Boss!” ~The Carters, Boss

“My piece on The Cost of Opportunity just dropped in the @time print magazine in a project created by @ibramxk about The New Black Renaissancewith a cover story featuring @amandascgorman. I don’t know, man. God is doing stuff. I don’t understand all of it. I wanted to be a writer when I was a little kid, but people said that wasn’t a real job. I thought they were right, but I didn’t believe them. I think there’s a difference. Ok, this caption is getting away from me. Anyway, I’m grateful. I’ve been asking for a lot but please check out the whole project in print or online if you have a min.” ~Chad Sanders, on Instagram 2.9.21

“I find that a lot of the writing about Black culture tends to be about hardships, crime, or tends to have scenarios that feel worthy of a dramatic lens. And when people think about Africa, they tend to think in doom and gloom or stereotypes, which I am not keen to keep fueling. We don’t make light of the racism and adversities at the time on our show, but sometimes with comedy you can cover a bit more ground in a lighter way… Their tenderness is always depicted in my show because I think it is important to see Black people in love and kind, and not sexualized or a stereotype of a Black man not being affectionate. I want to show something that offers an alternative perspective to what most people think.” ~Idris Elba, Why Idris Elba Chose Comedy to Tell His Most Personal Story

“A lot of you guys on the Chiefs know this because you were there last year. Tom Brady has obviously been there more than any human in history. But if you’re one of the guys who are there for the first time, let me tell you this much: If your goal as a football player is to make a lot of money, play well on the biggest stage. If you want to be famous, play well on the biggest stage. If you want to leave a legacy…Play well on the biggest stage. You won’t find one photo of me holding the Lombardi trophy on the field after winning my first ring in 2008. At the parade? Yeah. Back home in New York? Sure. But on the field after the game? I didn’t even pick it up. I wasn’t on the stage when it was presented. I wasn’t doing interviews or taking photos with my teammates. I just went to find my dad.” ~Justin Tuck, Leave Me the Journey

Last Set: 

“2021 is the year of discipline. Decide what you want. Write it down. Make a plan. Work on it. Every. Single. Day. Your competition ISNT other people. It’s your procrastination. It’s the knowledge you neglect. Compete against that. Conquer yourself.” ~Justin Furstenfeld

Food for Thought: 

“I was asking him questions about how to handle the media and press when I was getting news articles written about me whenever I lost. And that was really stressful. I remember he told me, ‘Imagine that you’re a lion and you’re hunting your prey. So you see a deer off in the distance. And if you watch Animal Planet, you always see the lions looking at their prey, and they have gnats around their eyes. Think of the media and the press as gnats, and you’re the lion, so never get distracted. And you never see the lion trying to swat away the flies or anything like that.’” ~Kobe Bryant’s advice to Naomi Osaka. Mark Anthony Green, Love All, With Naomi Osaka and Cordae

Fun Fact: 

“Tom Brady’s Daughter has held the Super Bowl Trophy more times than the Cowboys have won playoff games in 20 years. She’s 8.” @TotalProSports