Stars & Stripes brought the HEAT in the World Athletics Championships! #Oregon22. Hayward Magic, let’s go…Walk Good. 28all. Eya.

The Warm-Up: 

“You will never ever outperform your self image. Whatever you believe your status is deep down is where you’ll always end up. No matter how hard you work, how lucky you get, how resilient you are, you’ll always level yourself out to ur baseline beliefs about who you are.” ~@brutedeforce

The Core: 

“If it doesn’t fill your cup, fill your heart, or fill your pockets spend less time doing it!” ~Joe Holder

“Maturity is raising your emotional intelligence so that toxic people can’t play mind games with you.” ~@MindTendencies2

“The world rewards the people who are best at communicating ideas, and not necessarily the people with the best ideas.” ~David Perell

“I’ve never once regretted shooting my shot. Life is short, ask for what you want. Rejection sucks but you can handle it.” ~Dr. Emily Anhalt

“Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary.” ~Boris Pasternak

“Any meaningful goal takes more time than you think. Setbacks are more frequent than you expect. Life happens much faster than you imagine. Know what you want, then don’t waste time.” ~Orange Book

“I never even thought about whether or not they understand what I’m doing...the emotional reaction is all that matters, as long as there’s some feeling of communication, it isn’t necessary that it be understood.” ~John Coltrane

 “Raise your ambitions. Lower your expectations. The higher your ambitions, the bolder your actions. The lower your expectations, the greater your satisfaction. Achieve more and be happy along the way.” ~James Clear, 3-2-1

“Q: Is it better to plan everything early in life or go with the flow? A: Both. Plans fail, so you’ll need to be comfortable improvising | changing course. But if you improvise without a plan, you’ll be directionless and get lost easily. So plan. But plan on the plan failing.” ~Mark Manson

“This is a distinct skill. Something can be dependable without being extraordinary, rare or even a good value. It’s also one of the easiest skills to acquire, and often quite valuable if you stick with it. While sticking with dependable is sort of redundant, it’s also required.” ~Seth Godin, Dependable

“Benford’s law of controversy (astrophysics): Passion is inversely proportional to the amount of real information available. When given the opportunity to fill information gaps with rumor, theory, and imagination, people cling to what they want to be true, which tends to be something they are passionate about. The real world is often very boring.” ~Morgan Housel, Little Ways The World Works

“There are moments in life when God tries to get our attention. Moses met God in a flaming bush, Samuel heard a voice in the night, and the apostle Paul had his famous Damascus Road experience. In modern times, God often speaks in less dramatic, but equally significant, ways. The thing that matters most in moments like these is whether we are willing to listen to and heed what God is trying to say.” ~Lecrae, Unashamed

“It might sound crazy, but once you understand the basic principles of your profession, you might gain more expertise by reading around your field than within your field. Connecting dots between fields helps you uncover the most powerful forces that guide how the world works, which can be so much more important than a little new detail that’s specific to your profession.” ~Morgan Housel, Little Ways The World Works

Last Set:

“The silly stories that make you smile, sweat, cringe, or cry share a bit of how you’ve become who you are. When you share your failures, every mess has the potential to turn into a message. When you share your scars, you expose the parts of you that have worked so hard to heal. When you share your triumphs, you invite others to celebrate the victory with you. And while your life may never be covered in a docuseries one day or live on the pages of a book, your legacy, your story when shared has the power to make someone else feel a little less alone. In a world filled with a billion hollow connections, true vulnerability like that is a gift.” ~Jenna Kutcher, how are you, Really?

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