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Dear Mama (Afeni Shakur)…Walk Good. 28all. Eya. *TH, PB* The Warm-Up: “I found healing when I told ego to lower its voice and sit in the corner, while I asked my wounds important questions.” ~Billy Chapata The Core: “Knowledge isn’t free. You have to pay attention.” ~Prof Feynman “People suddenly want to invest in you once they feel like you are going to succeed with or without them.” ~Orange Book “Just because you associate with Jesus doesn’t mean you’re being transformed by him.” ~Anonymous [shared by TH] “Waiting until you’re ready diminishes the opportunity to learn. A challenge is fruitful because it is challenging, not because you feel prepared.” ~Leila Hormozi “People spend too much time consuming information, but don’t consume the best information intensely enough. Consume less, but much more intentionally.” ~David Perell “There are two options for everything you face. You can give up and let the enemy use it to defeat you OR you can give it to God and let Him use it to develop you.” ~Elevation Church “It feels amazing to stand on who you are and to know yourself, to reach the point where you’ve made peace within yourself. You live out a totally different life from that space.” ~Sole “Your writing will catch fire once you stop listening to what the world tells you to think and start listening to what you actually believe. Until then, you’ll spew regurgitated nonsense.” ~David Perell “Sure, people react negatively to the truth. But your opinion being widely criticized doesn’t automatically mean you’re a brave truth-teller exposing an uncomfortable aspect of reality the masses are too fragile to accept.” ~Ayishat Akanbi “I love me some Donovan Mitchell, wish he was a New York Knick. But he is not, so it is time to send him home. This series I believe will be over in six [games]. It had better be.” ~Stephen A Smith, after the Knicks won Game 4 on Sunday, 4/23 “A weird thing in life is that everyone strives for a good life because they think it will make them happy. But what actually brings happiness is the contrast between what you have now and whatever you were just doing.” ~Morgan Housel, What Makes You Happy “Most people optimize for the day ahead. A few people optimize for 1-2 years ahead. Almost nobody optimizes for 3-4years ahead (or longer). The person who is willing to delay gratification longer than most reduces competition and gains a decisive advantage. Patience is power.” ~James Clear “Having an emotionally mature partner is TOP TIER. You’re able to freely express your feelings/thoughts without judgment. They don’t insult you; they don’t ignore you, they don’t become aggressive or manipulative – they listen, they respond, they patiently hold a safe space for you.” ~@_Pammy_DS_ “It’s interesting to realize that mirrors weren’t perfected until a few hundred years ago. Human beings spend a lot of time considering our own appearance and our own feelings and most of all, our own needs. The market produces a shift. When it’s a fair and open exchange, the customer gains in power. As a result, the selfish merchant or producer loses market share until they figure out how to build empathy into their work. It’s not for you, it’s for them. And if you do a good job of making it for them, then you get your needs taken care of. Big companies and monopolies and other institutions seek lock-in so they can go back to looking in the mirror instead of paying attention to what their customers and prospects need and want.” ~Seth Godin, The Empathy Device Last Set: “But my mother’s words forced me to realize I’d forgotten some things I’d learned about working in corporate America over the years. I’d forgotten the lessons from my days at the Daily News; to ask myself if what I want is consistent with the bottom line of the company that’s paying me. If the answer is no, then the only thing you can do it accept the rules of the game until you gain enough influence to change them. I’d forgotten the Golden Rule: those who have the gold make the rules.” ~Stephen A. Smith, Straight Shooter Food For Thought: “Larry Tisch: ‘The biggest problem in business is ego. Too many CEO’s are on an obsessive ego trip. The second problem is an executive who surrounds himself with yes-men. The third is a variation of the second – the executive who isolates himself. The fourth is the Peter Principle. Watch out for companies in which the mediocre people eventually get to the top – the person who waits the longest becomes the boss.’ Adam Neumann (WeWork), Elizabeth Holmes (Theranos), Richard Smith (Equifax), John Foley (Peloton), Kevin Plank (Under Armour), Steve Easterbrook (McDonalds), and Sam Bankman Fried (FTX) each personified Tisch’s warning in one way or another during this cycle. They seduced investors and eventually destroyed billions in shareholder value. Each possessed, at minimum, three of the four qualities that Tisch highlighted. They won’t be the last though. Yet, my guess is plenty of people will fall prey to the next generation of egomaniac CEO’s. They always do.” ~Ted Lamade, Read Old Books
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