Stay patient; if you know you know…Walk Good. 28all. Eya. *MM*

The Warm-Up: 

“People imagine that beautiful things are made with a splash of divine inspiration. In reality, beautiful things are made with years of practice, a discerning eye, and taxing labor that lacks a sense of grandeur.” ~David Perell

The Core: 

“Show me the incentive and I will show you the outcome.” ~Charlie Munger

“Deconstruction creates knowledge. Recombination creates value.” ~James Clear

“Challenging yourself every day isn’t about personal growth, it’s about mental health.” ~Orange Book

“Don’t allow people to judge your ability to succeed by their own inability to become successful.” ~Kpaxs

“Almost everything great begins with a terrible first effort. Getting started changes everything.” ~Shane Parrish

“You cannot directly control the future. Your efforts should exclusively be focused on what you can control: personal principles and plans.” ~Michael Mayer

“Instead of trying to turn your nightmare into a good dream maybe it’s time to wake up and dream a new dream. You’re worthy of a new beginning.” ~Dr. Thema Bryant

“It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.” ~Charlie Munger

“Be kind, not naïve. Be honest, not hurtful. Be bold, not disrespectful. Be focused, not obsessed. Be thoughtful, not anxious. Be detached, not indifferent.” ~Orange Book

“Who cares? No one cares. That happens rarely. Someone cares. That happens all the time, and it’s at the heart of our work. Everyone cares. Almost never. Someone is enough. In fact, someone is the entire point.” ~Seth Godin

“Your brain = Supercomputer. Update its software: Books | Podcasts | Experiences. Protect its battery: JERF | Sleep | Exercise. Clean its hard drive: Journal | Self-Talk | Meditate. If you don’t, it’ll end up in a junkyard.” ~John Hayes

“You aren’t rewarded for hard work. You’re rewarded for creating something of value. So don’t work unnecessarily hard on something that you haven’t validated people want. Instead, run small experiments over & over again until you have a few strong outcomes. Then double down.” ~Justin Welsh

“We assume change has to be some grand and dramatic action. It doesn’t. Quitting alcohol will change your life more than climbing a mountain. Regular exercise will make you happier than an expensive seminar. A talk with a friend will mean more than a fancy party. Start small.” ~Mark Manson

Last Set:

“To the young men: Find something true and become an expert. Expertise is the only property that cannot be stolen by popular opinion. Do not listen to the world who says meaning is found in a grind, a churn, the mindless thrumming of a widget factory, the machine, the technique of a body politic. This churn has saved no men. You are no different. Call nature home, and learn to speak with her as a friend. She will; nurture the quieter parts of you, parts that go on forever. Resist cults: religious, personality, political, whichever. Their love if a grift. The grift is for power. The power is exclusive. The exclusivity calls you pawn. Think like the greats, or at least appropriate their wisdom: Aurelius, Augustine, your grandfather who knew the age before your attention was a commodity. Their voices echo into today. Seek God. Love people. Especially those who are different. That’s where God lives best. Remember the quiet humility of the fog on the water. It will remind you of the best days…” ~Seth Haines

Food For Thought:

“No matter how much information and context you have, nothing is more persuasive than what you desperately want or need to be true. And as Daniel Kahneman once wrote, ‘It is easier to recognize other people’s mistakes than our own.’ What makes incentives powerful is not just how they influence other people’s decisions, but how blind we can be to how they impact our own. A big thing here is recognizing that people are not calculators; they are storytellers. There’s too much information and too many blind spots for people to calculate exactly how the world works. Stories are the only realistic solution, simplifying complex problems into a few simple sentences. And the best story always wins – not the best idea or the right idea, but just whatever sounds the best and gets people nodding their head the most. Ben Franklin once wrote, ‘If you are to persuade, appeal to interest and not to reason.’ Incentives fuel stories that justify people’s actions and beliefs, offering comfort even when they’re doing things they know are wrong and believe things they know aren’t true.” ~Morgan Housel, Incentives: The Most Powerful Force In The World

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