From the bottom of my heartOff the coast of CarolinaAfter one or two false startsI believe we found our strideAnd the walls that won’t come downWe can decorate or climb or find some way to get aroundCause I’m still on your sideFrom the bottom of my heart— Jimmy Buffett, Coast of Carolina Long-term relationships are…
Rest not!Life is sweeping bygo and dare before you die.Something mighty and sublime,leave behind to conquer time.— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Goethe once wrestled with the desire to accomplish great things while enjoying the comforts of a bourgeois lifestyle. By all accounts he succeeded in transcending the ordinary with his writing. And what of us?…
I can see, it took so long just to realizeI’m much too strong not to compromiseNow I see what I am is holding me downI’ll turn it aroundOh, yes, I will— Boston, Don’t Look Back When you go to a concert to see a band play, are you looking for new or familiar? Go to…
The life that I could still live, I should live, and the thoughts that I could still think, I should think. — C. G. Jung, The Red Book Life is a brief flash and soon gone. Live while we may, make the most of this time, for soon we fade away. Life reminds us of…
“Divide the fire and you will sooner put it out.” — Publilius Syrus We become what we focus on. For everything else? We never fully realize the potential of what might have been. What is the fire? Where is our passion? If we know why do we divide it so? We split our focus into…
“There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.” ― Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays We have an opportunity to learn and grow and discover until our very last days. On the other hand,…
“The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world.” ― Zhuang Zhou We anticipate what we believe we’ll find in the world, when we get out there to meet it. There’s a level of understanding that comes with…
The Regret Minimization Framework is simple. The goal is to minimize the number of regrets in life. So when faced with a difficult decision:(1) Project yourself forward into the future.(2) Look back on the decision.(3) Ask “Will I regret not doing this?”(4) Act accordingly.— @SahilBloom This Regret Minimization Framework business seems a bit hokey, doesn’t…
“No one cares about your potential if you never deliver.” — @orangebook There are many moments when we don’t feel like doing whatever it is we must do. The last two days were filled with a few examples for me. Ultimately we’ve got to follow through on our obligations if we’re ever going to achieve…
“Slow down and taste and smell and hear, and let your senses come alive. If you want a royal road to mysticism, sit down quietly and listen to all the sounds around you. You do not focus on any one sound; you try to hear them all. Oh, you’ll see the miracles that happen to…
