🤔 Morning thoughts (January 8 - 14)
Every Sunday I share a quote and a reflection on it for each day of the week.
Themes of the week: confidence, actions, work, faith, humility, nutriments, wisdom
Sunday - January 14, 2024
“You've got to play this game with fear and arrogance.”
Kevin Costner, Bull Durham
Confidence is a balance of polar opposites. You have to learn to live in between extremes to master it.
Saturday - January 13, 2024
“Don’t declare yourself to be a wise person or discuss your spiritual aspirations with people who won’t appreciate them. Show your character and your commitment to personal nobility through your actions.”
Epictetus, The Art of Living
Before you can explain you need to inspire. The best way to inspire is through action. No matter how imperfect.
Friday - January 12, 2024
"I made a promise to myself that no matter what happened, I would never allow myself to look back and say I didn’t work hard enough to make it a success."
Scott Adams, Reframe Your Brain
Success is a mindset. It’s not what happens to you, it’s how you think and act to make that thing happen.
Thursday - January 11, 2024
“Action takes faith. That it will make sense later. That the lessons you learned here matter. We are conscious of very little of what we understand.”
Kyle Eschenroeder, The Pocket Guide to Action
You don’t need to know where you’re going to take the first step. Sometimes it’s even better if you don’t know but you take it anyway.
Wednesday - January 10, 2024
"Trained humility is service but also strength. Because, when you are humble enough to remember that you’ll never know it all, each lesson you learn only makes you hungrier to learn more, and that will put you on a path that guarantees you will grow all the way to the grave."
David Goggins, Never Finished
Let your thirst for knowledge feed you and keep you in a beginner’s mindset.
Tuesday - January 9, 2024
“What we see, hear, smell, taste, touch, and think, all that we sense in our body and all that we become aware of in our mind, is food for our sense consciousnesses”
Thich Nhat Hanh, Savor
Be mindful of what you’re taking in. If you don’t control your inputs someone else will.
Monday - January 8, 2024
“Those who seek wisdom come to understand that even though the world may reward us for wrong or superficial reasons, such as our physical appearance, the family we come from, and so on, what really matters is who we are inside and who we are becoming.”
Epictetus, The Art of Living
Your mindset in the present moment is a compass guiding you towards your future self.