🤔 Morning thoughts (May 27 - June 2)

Every Sunday I share a quote and a reflection on it for each day of the week.

Themes of the week: momentum, fearlessness, mastery, persistence, ownership, time, self-respect.

Sunday - June 2, 2024

"The best way to build momentum is by building momentum.” You get started—typically with a single, trivial step—and soon gather pace and confidence" 

Matt Watkinson, Mastering Uncertainty

What are you avoiding simply because you can’t commit to the first, trivial and almost insignificant step? 

Saturday - June 1, 2024

if we are able to overcome our anxieties and forge a fearless attitude towards life, something strange and remarkable can occur—that margin of control over circumstance increases. At its utmost point, we can even create the circumstances themselves, which is the source of the tremendous power that fearless types have had throughout history.

Robert Greene, The 50th law 

Creation comes from mastery over your own fears. When you’re not feeling in control look at what scares you the most. The worst case is rarely life or death.

Friday - May 31, 2024

"Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes" 

Bob Knight, The Power of Negative Thinking

Winning is a process of elimination. Focus on your strengths only once you know there’s nothing more to get rid of. Become one with your ideals.

Thursday - May 30, 2024

If you have ever tried to increase your income, or magnify your spiritual clarity, you know that the world will test you. Only through your persistence, fearlessness, and loving service does the world yield to your efforts.

David Deida, The way of the superior man 

Treat challenges and obstacles as tests of your character. Are you strong enough to keep your stance and keep trying? Be of service to the world and to yourself.

Wednesday - May 29, 2024

"What I have to do is take a resolute step forward, into the future. I've barely found the way along which I'll have to travel. When I've made some progress toward the knowledge and self-perfection I'm seeking, perhaps I'll take the time to relax and look back. Not now."

Eiji Yoshikawa, Musashi

Accepting the ebb and flow of life is part of committing to self-mastery. There’s no such thing as balance, only goals, systems, and your willingness to see them through. 

Tuesday - May 28, 2024

“You break it, you buy it. You make the move, you own it. You say it, you stand behind it. You order it, you accept the blame. This is the source from which self-respect springs and leaders are made." 

Ryan Holiday, Courage Is Calling

Taking ownership even when you’re not supposed to, is how you align your inner and outer self with someone who doesn’t need excuses and can take the hit. Anytime, for anyone - and still be at piece with themselves. Taking ownership is abundance. 

Monday - May 27, 2024

“People can take away your possessions, but—short of murder—not even the most powerful aggressors can take time away from you unless you let them. Even in prison your time is your own, if you use it for your own purposes. To waste your time in battles not of your choosing is more than just a mistake, it is stupidity of the highest order. Time lost can never be regained." 

Robert Greene, The 33 Strategies of War

Time is on your side if you let it in. Don’t squander time and you’ll create energy and space. Time is for the creators.

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