đ€ 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.â You get startedâtypically with a single, trivial stepâand soon gather pace and confidence"Â
Matt Watkinson, Mastering Uncertainty
What are you avoiding simply because you canât commit to the first, trivial and almost insignificant step?Â
Saturday - June 1, 2024
if we are able to overcome our anxieties and forge a fearless attitude towards life, something strange and remarkable can occurâthat 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 lawÂ
Creation comes from mastery over your own fears. When youâre 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"Â
Bob Knight, The Power of Negative Thinking
Winning is a process of elimination. Focus on your strengths only once you know thereâs 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 manÂ
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. Thereâs no such thing as balance, only goals, systems, and your willingness to see them through.Â
Tuesday - May 28, 2024
âYou 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."Â
Ryan Holiday, Courage Is Calling
Taking ownership even when youâre not supposed to, is how you align your inner and outer self with someone who doesnât need excuses and can take the hit. Anytime, for anyone - and still be at piece with themselves. Taking ownership is abundance.Â
Monday - May 27, 2024
âPeople can take away your possessions, butâshort of murderânot 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."Â
Robert Greene, The 33 Strategies of War
Time is on your side if you let it in. Donât squander time and youâll create energy and space. Time is for the creators.
These quotes continue to be of the highest order Chris.
âPeople can take away your possessions, butâshort of murderânot 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