🤔 Morning thoughts (February 5 - February 11)
Every Sunday I share a quote and a reflection on it for each day of the week.
Themes of the week: luck, inner self, consistency, virtue, honour, reality, confidence, ignorance
Sunday - February 11, 2024
"Don’t make the mistake of sitting on the couch waiting for luck to hunt you down. Luck needs you to do your part, and that generally looks like this:
Work on your fitness and health.
Build your talent stack.
Meet more people.
Go where there is more energy."
Scott Adams, Reframe Your Brain
Luck requires action. It’s not something you get, it’s something you work towards.
Saturday - February 10, 2024
“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
Albert Camus
Find that inner spot where stillness and warmth come together. Once you connect with it, you’ll never waver on the outside.
Friday - February 9, 2024
To live a life of virtue, you have to become consistent, even when it isn’t convenient, comfortable, or easy.
Epictetus, The art of living
It’s when you don’t want to do it that doing it matters most. Use it as a signal.
Thursday - February 8, 2024
"The wise men of Antiquity said: Accept this as part of some superior plan and go forward. Man is not defined by earthly battles, because just as the wind changes direction, so do luck and victory. Today's loser will be tomorrow's winner, but in order for that to happen, combat must be embraced with honour.
Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra
Judge your success by the progress you make and by how how you face new challenges. Action and attitude over goals and dreams.
Wednesday - February 7, 2024
Our culture denies the nature of reality. It holds out a promise that you can live in an ideal world where things come easily, a world in which unpleasant experiences can be avoided, where there is never a lack of immediate gratification. Worse, it suggests that if you do not live in this world, something is wrong with you. This ideal world is a realm of illusion. No matter how promising this world seems, it does not exist.
Phil Stutz, Lessons for living
Be alert enough that you notice when you’re slipping into believing the world owes you anything. It doesn’t. The work instills the worth.
Tuesday - February 6, 2024
"Strength and confidence are a privilege. If you’ve got it, use it with intention. Bring others up. Stand firm for things you believe in, and create the world you want to be a part of."
Dr. Julie Gurner
Where you direct your energy is what you create more of. Be intentional about it.
Monday - February 5, 2024
“The difference between the instructed and the ignorant is that the wise know that the virtuous are invincible.”
Epictetus, The Art of Living
Only direct experience can lead you do discovering the impact of leading a life of wisdom, justice, courage and moderation. Get an education in living.