🤔 Morning thoughts (February 12 - February 18)
Every Sunday I share a quote and a reflection on it for each day of the week.
Themes of the week: Foundation, Foundation, Happiness, Perception, Fundamentals, Goodness, Commitment
Sunday - February 18, 2023
It’s what’s under the ground that creates what’s above the ground. It’s what’s invisible that creates what’s visible. So what does that mean? It means that if you want to change the fruits, you will first have to change the roots. If you want to change the visible, you must first change the invisible.
T. Harv, Eker, Secrets of the millionaire mindÂ
When you prioritize understanding and changing how your mind works, you start to see your actions follow. Especially when it comes to what you can’t control.Â
Saturday - February 17, 2024
Caretake this moment. Immerse yourself in its particulars. Respond to this person, this challenge, this deed. Quit the evasions. Stop giving yourself needless trouble.
Epictetus, The art of livingÂ
When you focus and pay attention, each and every moment can be the reward you were seeking in all those distractions.Â
Friday - February 16, 2024
happiness is a battle to be waged and not a feeling to be awaited.
Dennis Prager, Happiness is a serious problemÂ
Are you producing happiness or are you consuming it? It’s an active pursuit, but the thing people don’t get is it never ends. And that’s the point. To be happy you need accept the paradox of being content with where you’re at but always seek more and better.Â
Thursday - February 15, 2024
"One of the biggest mistakes I made when I was starting out in sales was not dressing for my audience. I was dressing for me—I was wearing what I had in my closet, clothes that felt comfortable."Â
Ryan Serhant, Big Money Energy
Controlling how you’re perceived often means doing the harder things. Going against your nature. Because standing out is not natural, but conforming is.
Wednesday - February 14, 2024
His fundamentals were so well rehearsed, he never had to think about those basics during a game. He knew if he could get to a certain spot on the court, nothing could stop him. Most players have a spot like that. MJ had them all over the floor; that was his minefield. He knew exactly where to position himself, and where his doomed opponents would be blown up.
Tim Grover, Winning
When you take care of the fundamentals, the rest takes care of itself. It takes dedication, obsession, attention to detail and embracing the fact that the practice never ends.
Tuesday - February 13, 2024
Goodness isn’t ostentatious piety or showy good manners. It’s a lifelong series of subtle readjustments of our character. We fine-tune our thoughts, words, and deeds in a progressively wholesome direction. The virtue inheres in our intentions and our deeds, not in the results.
Epictetus, The art of livingÂ
How are you better than a year ago? A month ago? A day ago? An hour ago? A minute ago? Focus on on relative improvement and on keeping it consistent. When you do that, you can’t fail.Â
Monday - February 12, 2024
Worrying isn’t productive because it doesn’t produce confidence, and even if it did, the confidence wouldn’t last. Worrying is a way to hide from the fact that we are wavering on our practice.
Seth Godin, The practiceÂ
Doing the daily work is the only commitment you need to face. Especially when results are not guaranteed.Â
Another great week of quotes Chris. Have you experimented with the one about dressing for your audience? This one intrigues me. I suspect I have work to do here, but I'm wondering if you have any experience with this?