“Belief in yourself is overrated. Generate evidence.” — Ryan Holiday
What does your personal scorecard look like as we crossed off the first 100 days of 2022 earlier this week? What were your highlights? What hasn’t met your expectations when we began the year?
Doesn’t that inform us of what needs to change immediately?
“Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.” — André Gide There are a lot of earnest, hardworking people in the world, seeking a better future for themselves and others. And there are a smaller, though seemingly just as many, buzzing cluster of charlatans and false prophets telling all who will…
Today I’ve driven all over the state of Connecticut, and I’ll be honest, I look at the woods and see the ghosts of the Pequot who conceded this land to English settlers. I also think of Benedict Arnold, a native son of Connecticut, betraying his own neighbors in battle after he defected. These woods could…
“And so she woke up Woke up from where she was Lying still Said I gotta do something About where we’re going” – U2, Running To Stand Still This song is about drug addiction. Thankfully I’ve never been a drug addict and so I guess I don’t hear it that way. Instead I hear the…
Hey, stop talking, think I can hear the sea.And did I tell you the sound of the surfMakes strange things happen to me.— Del Amitri, Here and Now There’s nothing better than an off-season beach, save perhaps an off-season beach in the tropics. Celebrating a quiet beach is best accomplished in the early morning light,…
“Five decades ago, some very kind people in Japan slipped me the secret: you can dramatically extend life—not by multiplying the number of your years, but by expanding the fullness of your moments.” ― Shinzen Young, The Science of Enlightenment: How Meditation Works “Pay more attention to every moment, however mundane: to find novelty not…
“Call it what you want. Call it belief, faith… stepping out and making a commitment without necessarily knowing what the outcome is going to be. But really leaning into it in good faith. And then you’re along for this beautiful journey of emergent possibilities and learning things and deepening your knowledge of another person and…