When the praises go up, the blessings come down…Walk Good. 28all. Eya. *FS, JG*

The Warm-Up: 

“If it’s not with God, for God, on God or from God, I’m not in. That’s how you find peace.” ~Matt Gottesman

The Core: 

“I shoot, I score. He shoots, I score.” ~Dan Gable

“Fear has a large shadow, but he himself is small.” ~Ruth Gendler

“There are some things you learn best in calm and some in storm.” ~Willa Cather

“Reminder: Your time will come more quickly if you’re happy for others when their time comes.” ~Vex King

“Keep repeating ‘I am blessed’ to yourself multiple times in the day and watch how your circumstances change.” ~Idil Ahmed

“Unhealed trauma will sometimes give you a high tolerance threshold to emotional abuse. Just because you can cope with it well doesn’t mean you have to endure it.” ~Pammy

“Given enough time, any person may master the physical. With enough knowledge, any person may become wise. It is the true warrior who can master both…and surpass the result.” ~Tein T’ai

“I used to admire the ones who carried mountains of pain because it showed just how strong they are, now the ones I admire are the ones who are able to let go of that pain because this is where true power exists.” ~Billy Chapata

“Now I see why you and your mother read so much. It makes you think, makes you see things you cant see, and that was my problem. I had all kinds of opinions, but I couldn’t see a damn thing.” ~Daniel Black, Don’t Cry For Me

“Was reminded of this today: Debt is best used to finance a *predictable future.* Equity is best used to finance an *unpredictable future.* The more debt you take on, the more confident you need to be in your ability to predict the future…” ~David Haber

“One truth is that if you’re only saving for the risks you can envision, you’ll be unprepared for the risks you can’t imagine every time. So the right amount of savings / security / liquidity is when it feels like it’s a little too much. It should feel excessive; it should make you wince a little.” ~Morgan Housel, Never Saw It Coming

“Part of this topic is knowing the difference between rich and wealthy. These definitions are my own, but here’s the distinction: Rich means you have cash to buy stuff. Wealth means you have unspent savings and investments that provide some level of intangible and lasting pleasure – independence, autonomy, controlling your time, and doing what you want to do, when you want to do it, with whom you want to do it with, for as long as you want to do it for.” ~Morgan Housel, The Rich And The Wealthy

“I prefer to be authentic. I embrace all things real. Real conversation, real adventure, real intimacy, real friendship, real love, real accountability, real trust, real growth! Faking isn’t my thing. Not with emotions, interest or about my past. I love it when I can rest in the environment. No need for a guard up because it’s genuine love around. The people adding value to your life will be there to connect with what’s real inside you, not just to be attached to the superficial things around you. When it’s all said and done, you’ll see what’s real…You’ll see who’s true.” ~Rob Hill Sr.

“It’s just little cues like that, that I think give you a sense of this person and how they operate. There’s another one. This is not an intentional interview question necessarily, but another thing that’s very important to me is kindness and kindness over niceness. The easiest example I can give is that a kind person will tell you, you have spinach in your teeth and a nice person won’t because it’s uncomfortable, right? But the kind person is going to set you up for a much better rest of your day because you’re not running around with spinach in your teeth.” ~Sarah Jones Simmer: The Foundation of Trust. The Knowledge Project Ep. #135 w/ Shane Parrish

Last Set:

“All the energy you put into things you can’t control comes at the expense of things you can control.” ~Shane Parrish

Food For Thought:

“The traffic metaphors. Your mileage may vary. Speeding up to get to a red light faster just wastes energy. Honking doesn’t make traffic go away. Doesn’t matter how fancy your car is, it’s not worth very much if they close the road. One of the worst ways to get to where you’re going is to always drive in the fastest moving lane and avoid any toll roads. The flow of traffic isn’t always going where you want to go. Following another car will eventually get you lost. If you don’t stop to refuel, you’re going to get stranded. Giving someone a chance, or the right of way, and letting them into traffic doesn’t really slow you down that much. In our culture, we give way too many resources to cars and their efficiency and not enough to pedestrians and the opportunities that they deserve. The map is not the territory, but a map is a good thing to have. Acceleration is overrated. Persistence, good directions and a reliable vehicle almost always beat horsepower.” ~Seth Godin

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