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Iterative and incremental development…Walk Good. 28all. Eya. The Warm-Up: “Don’t burn up all your energy proving how great you are. Invest your time and energy being thoughtful and helpful. See the victories not as proof of your supremacy, but as opportunities to offer more value to life. See the defeats not as personal affronts, but as chances to learn and grow stronger.” ~Ralph Marston, Confident Humility The Core: “Maturity is understanding you won’t always get the answers or apologies for the shit that hurt your heart…but you heal anyway.” ~@_Pammy_DS_ “Apology. A good apology has 3 parts: 1) I’m sorry. 2) It’s my fault. 3) What can I do to make it right?... Most people forget the third part.” ~@wiseconnector “Busy people have two windows they can talk: A) 1-3 weeks out, with intense scheduling. B) ‘Actually, free now in case that works to give me a ring.’” ~Ben Gilbert “The world’s top algorithms may be extremely powerful, but when it comes to anything artistic, they still don’t hold a candle to somebody with exceptional taste.” ~David Perell “Don’t say you want a mansion then complain about having mansion expenses. When you pray for something, you have to accept everything that it comes with it, good & bad.” ~Xavier C Miller “Interesting people don’t like to waste time. They are selective, with what they do, with who they spend time with. That’s how they got where they are. That’s also why they are harder to meet.” ~Orange Book “The United States needs periodic recessions in order to remain economically strong. The continued obsession with the coddling of the American financial system is a disastrous long-term strategy.” ~Anthony Pompliano “Give first. Don’t trade. Give. To lots of people. For free. Without asking for anything. Keeping going until someone wants more. Then you’re good enough to charge. Until then. Keep giving and getting better.” ~Alex Hormozi “There is far more volume on the way down than on the way back up, and far less competition among buyers. It is almost always better to be too early than too late, but you must be prepared for price markdowns on what you buy.” ~Seth Klarman “You cannot hit two targets with one arrow. If your thoughts stray, you miss the enemy’s heart. Mind and arrow must become one. Only with such concentration of mental and physical power can your arrow hit the target and pierce the heart.” ~Robert Greene, 48 Laws of Power “Focusing on things that don’t matter, is a way of fooling yourself to feel productive. Instead of rewarding your brain by just checking small boxes, push one big rock forward every day. Small movement on big rocks, while checking off the necessary ‘to dos’ makes big motion.” ~Dr. Julie Gurner “Not everyone deserves healed versions of you, not everyone deserves to admire the flowers that’ve bloomed from the crack in your heart, not everyone can hold you without pulling your trigger, feel no guilt for releasing what you’ve grown from to welcome in who you want to be.” ~Billy Chapata “Vacation won’t make things better. Changing jobs won’t make things better. Getting the recognition you deserve won’t make things better. Drugs won’t make things better. The only thing that will make things better is your relationship with yourself.” ~Shane Parrish, Brain Food, No. 526 — May 28th, 2023 Last Set: “I came to realize Charlie was not a survivor. He was a thriver. He did not just live. He lived joyfully. He was like a magnet, pulling me across the street and into his confidences, where I discovered something about life’s essentials. The sort of something one wants to pass on to one’s children.” ~David Von Drehle, My neighbor lived to be 109. This is what I learned from him Food For Thought: “Level 4: Ability to fully support yourself by adding value for others, but value that is marginal and easy to replace. This is a common category for both people and businesses. It is grinding and tenuous. It smells like independence, but a boss or customer still owns your day and can dictate your future. Your future relies on their decisions. Level 5: Enough savings to cover run-of-the-mill problems. You can endure hassles that every person or company should expect to experience on a regular basis, without getting wiped out. Level 6: Enough savings to cover large, unforeseen problems. You still rely on your boss or your customers to get by month to month, but if a crisis struck you’d probably be OK for a reasonable period of time.” ~Morgan Housel, The Spectrum of Financial Dependence and Independence
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