Today is gonna be a good day... Walk Good. 28all. Eya.

The Warm-Up: 

“Juneteenth is a combination of the words June and nineteenth. It commemorates the day, more than two months after the end of the Civil War, when enslaved Black Americans in Galveston, Texas, were informed of their freedom.” ~Katherine Schaeffer, Nearly half of states now recognize Juneteenth as an official holiday

The Core: 

“Courage is fear that has said its prayers.” ~Dorothy Bernard

“Everyone is a fast learner when they study something they really care about.” ~Orange Book

“Relationship hack: Just tell your partner what you actually want instead of hoping they guess it.” ~Matthew Koback

“History teaches us that a lot of success comes down to being properly positioned to take advantage of opportunities.” ~Shane Parrish

“Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.” ~Harry Emerson Fosdick

“There’s something frustrating about the people who are talking nonstop about the economy but aren’t building anything that will help get us out. Like yeah we know there’s water in the boat, stop talking about it and grab a bucket!” ~Jack Altman

“But in training, you tend to build the best athletic machine when longevity is favored over intensity, when your body gets a signal to adapt vs. thinking it’s been temporarily tortured, and when you’re less subject to in jury and mental burnout.” ~Morgan Housel, Keep It Going

“A lot of people...have a problem being true to themselves. They have a problem looking into the mirror and looking directly into their own souls. The reason I can...walk around, the reason I am who I am today is because I can look directly into my face and find my soul.” ~Tupac Shakur

“It’s ok to borrow to buy a company or real estate as you have somewhat control of cash flow produced to service debt, and you don’t get called on the mark. But I wouldn’t borrow to buy a security – your collateral is purely subject to what others think it is worth.” ~Orlando Bravo

“Wanted to tell you, ‘Accept yourself,’ You don’t have to prove [anything] to no one except yourself, And if you end up needing some extra help, then I can help, You know, back on your feet and [stuff], Tryna get my karma up, [forget] the guilty and greedy [stuff].” ~Drake, Tuscan Leather

“The loudest voices rarely represent the majority. They’re usually speaking for the extremes. You won’t understand the views of a group until you’ve invited the quieter voices into the discussion. Don’t mistake the silence for disengagement. It’s often a sign of deep reflection.” ~Adam Grant

“Holding strong opinions in the face of weak evidence is a sign that you’re not thinking critically. Conviction should follow the facts, not precede them. What you want to believe shouldn’t dictate what you believe. A key to lifelong learning is valuing curiosity over closure.” ~Adam Grant

“One day you’ll realize why the timing of everything in your life was perfectly on schedule; why everything had to happen the way it did for the right doors to open up on your path. You’ll understand the protection that is placed on you and begin to trust the process of ascension.” ~@Reyel

“[Professional endurance athletes] go for a long time at a low intensity where they can recover, and repeat it day after day. And that’s what really brings success. For the highest levels to be attainable over time, the training process has to be sustainable. At higher levels of intensity, chronic levels of stress leads to burnout and stagnation.” ~Stephen Seiler

“The best way to make things better is to see how they are. And then do something about it. Acknowledging the problem is not the same as giving up. Too often, we’d rather not hear about it, or we choose to catastrophize as a way of protecting ourselves from the reality of what’s actually happening. Denialism isn’t a long-term strategy.” ~Seth Godin, Acceptance vs. ennui 

“The first step: Don’t be anxious. Nature controls it all. And before long you’ll be no one, nowhere—like Hadrian, like Augustus. The second step: Concentrate on what you have to do. Fix your eyes on it. Remind yourself that your task is to be a good human being; remind yourself what nature demands of people. Then do it, without hesitation, and speak the truth as you see it. But with kindness. With humility. Without hypocrisy.” ~Marcus Aurelius

Last Set:

“If you can’t make up your mind between two options, flip a coin. Don’t decide based on which side of the coin came up. Decide based on your emotional reaction to which side came up.” ~David Brooks, The Greatest Life Hacks in the World (for Now)

Food For Thought:

“I keep thinking about all the victims. One thing that really hit hard for me was how so many of those taken from us on that day were older folks. You have to understand the role of elders in the Black community to fully grasp why that resonated so deeply with me. These are people who mold a family and pass down wisdom. They’re the folks who are in our churches … who are organizing our BBQs on the weekends … who are looking out for all the kids playing in the front yard, nodding their heads to soul music on their little old-ass radio, while telling the funniest stories about how things used to be ‘back in the day.’ It’s just like: Damn … you really had to go and take people’s Grandma away from them? Their Pap pap? Those aren’t just our family trees — they’re the roots of those trees.” ~Brandon Watson, Buffalo

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