đ€ Morning thoughts (March 25 - 31)
Every Sunday I share a quote and a reflection on it for each day of the week.
Themes of the week: intuition, self-awareness, boredom, resilience, humility, discipline, ego, momentum, criticism, imposter syndrome, engagement, sacrifice, service, self-doubt, domination, standards
Sunday - March 31, 2024
A leader who silences the din not only around her mind, but inside it, can then hear the delicate voice of intuition, which may have already made connections that her conscious mind has not. And a leader who is aware of his weaknesses can guard against them.
Raymond M. Kethledge, Lead yourself first Â
Being bored is just another way of saying youâre uncomfortable with your own thoughts. You fail to see what you gain from not always consuming input.Â
Saturday - March 30, 2024
"And while I was going crazy, I kept telling myself that there was a lesson I was put there to learn, that there was a silver lining in all of it, that I needed to go through hell to get to the other side, and I did. We cannot fully appreciate the light without the shadows. We have to be thrown off balance to find our footing. Itâs better to jump than fall."Â
Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights
Life is a series of missteps followed but lessons learned and continuous correction. Itâs not a straight path but a lot of times the path takes you back, so you can test yourself with something you thought you already mastered. It keeps you humble.Â
Friday - March 29, 2024
The ego likes big, dramatic actions that seem as if theyâll magically change the future. This gives the ego a sense of power. Real discipline is quite the opposite. Itâs made up of an endless number of small steps, each of which can seem meaningless on its own. The ego has to humble itself to keep going on a productive course.
Phil Stutz, Lessons for Living
Learn to appreciate the energy in each moment even if its impact seems trivial. It all compounds. Let the momentum you create carry you forward.Â
Thursday - March 28, 2024
You canât think your way to happiness. If you want to fix your mind, you will have to move something, do something, learn something, or change something.
Scott Adams, Reframe your brain Â
Your mind and the environment are one. Change one to change the other. Thatâs how you make an impact in the world.Â
Wednesday - March 27, 2024
I think balance is for people who donât know why theyâre here.â
Marcus Slade, RecursionÂ
You donât need much to feel engaged with life: a goal, a clear mind and a sense of urgency. Balance is not one of them, but have all three and you wonât even be looking for it.
Tuesday - March 26, 2024
"A young pilot in the RAF wrote just before he went down in 1940, âThe universe is so vast and so ageless that the life of one man can only be justified by the measure of his sacrifice.â"Â
John Eldredge, Wild at Heart
Whatever youâre afraid of or anxious of doing today wonât get you killed. Get over it. Get over yourself. Thatâs how you enter a mindset of service.
Monday - March 25, 2024
"Whoever youâre dealing with, your goal is to make them watch you achieve what they could never have done themselves. You want them thinking how amazing you are. Take their negativity and use it to dominate their task with everything youâve got. Take their motherfucking soul!"Â
David Goggins, Can't Hurt Me
Measure your standards against yourself first to surpass everyone elseâs expectations. Constantly adjust the bar if itâs not high enough.Â
This especially speaks to me this week Chris, even more than any of the quotes. "Whatever youâre afraid of or anxious of doing today wonât get you killed. Get over it. Get over yourself. Thatâs how you enter a mindset of service."