🤔 Morning thoughts (June 16 - June 22)
Every Sunday I share a quote and a reflection on it for each day of the week.
Themes of the week: Growth, Curiosity, Discipline, Mindfulness, Purpose, Focus, Confidence
Sunday - June 22, 2025
"Confidence does not stem from our belief that we know how to do and say the right things. It stems from our belief that we are learning how to do and say the right things."
Zan Perrion, The Alabaster Girl
You can’t build confidence unless you signal to yourself that you’re working towards it. The outcome is in the process.
Saturday - June 21, 2025
"Assume nothing, question everything and test until you are sure."
Sarah Richards, Content Design
Treat your life like constant optimization and with the curiosity and humility needed at every turn.
Friday - June 20, 2025
"The Universe does not judge; it conspires in favor of what we want. That is why the Warrior has the courage to look into the dark places of his soul in order to ensure that he is not asking for the wrong things. And he is always very careful about what he thinks."
Paulo Coelho, Warrior of the Light
The deep inner work we refuse to do is the work that will show us how to move forward. Cultivate and curate how you think, what you think about and the behaviors thought leads to. Or others will do it for you.
Thursday - June 19, 2025
"You were born with the greatest weapon in all of nature—the rational, conscious mind. It has the power to expand your vision far and wide, giving you the unique capacity to distinguish patterns in events, learn from the past, glimpse into the future, see through appearances."
Robert Greene, The 50th Law
Never underestimate the power of your mind to figure it out. At the same time, care for it, nurture it and keep it active. Treat your mind like a muscle.
Wednesday - June 18, 2025
"Happiness is the product of pursuing what’s most meaningful to you with complete commitment."
Phil Stutz, Coming Alive
Happiness is found in action and it’s earned. You don’t just “get” to be happy, you commit to a path and work at it to meet happiness along the way.
Tuesday - June 17, 2025
"Knowing exactly where I wanted to end up freed me totally to improvise how to get there."
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Total Recall
Direction and the discipline to get there step by step, no matter the distractions thrown at you — will make you free. Energy is liberated when there’s no constant rumination.
Monday - June 16, 2025
"*No time to consider that now,* he thought. He discarded his uncertainties and worries, something he’d learned to do during his first battles as a youth. A warrior needed to be focused. Adolin’s questions would still be waiting for him when he got back. For now, he couldn’t afford self-doubt or uncertainty."
Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings: The Stormlight Archive
Distractions are costly when you have a goal. Get in the habit of discarding what drains your energy or diverts it from your main focus. Nothing should own you.