Author: crossfitct

DAILY MINDSET “Think like an immigrant. Act like an artisan.” To “think like an immigrant”… where nothing is owed to me. Nothing promised. There’s no legacy spot awaiting me, and I’m not owed a job, a title bump, or a promotion. That no matter what or who I was yesterday, I’m brand new here, today. … Continue reading Thursday

DAILY MINDSET “Never confuse movement, with action” - Ernest Hemingway “Busy work” is our mortal enemy. “Movement” here refers to taking care of the pressing and loud items in our day. The emails. The text messages. The bills. Parts that need to be done eventually, but are seemingly far more urgent in the moment than … Continue reading Wednesday

DAILY MINDSET “Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.” Although “knowledge” and “wisdom” are words often lumped into the same category, they are miles apart. The difference between the two: application. Gaining knowledge, in and of itself, is relatively simple. But purely … Continue reading Tuesday

DAILY MINDSET “If you can’t fly, then run. If you can't run, then walk. If you can’t walk, then crawl. But whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.” – Martin Luther King Jr Comedian Jerry Seinfeld had a daily practice, which was a promise to himself. To “never break the chain”. Every day, … Continue reading Monday

DAILY MINDSET “Real fears can be overcome. It’s the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.” - Theodore Vale Fear can be absolutely paralyzing. It can feel so real, that we would bet our lives on whatever it is, happening. If there ever was a superpower that we have, it’s the tremendous ability to bring whatever we’re … Continue reading Sunday

DAILY MINDSET “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I’ll remember. Involve me, and I’ll learn.” – Benjamin Franklin The musician doesn’t learn by listening. The musician learns by playing. It’s how the mind, in its ever plastic state, adapts. It responds to application. In Edgar Dale’s “Cone of Learning”, we learn:10% of what … Continue reading Saturday

DAILY MINDSET “Our patience will achieve more than our force.” - Edmund Burke We are emotional beings. And we can only be rational, after we’ve been emotional. When we see someone who is composed under adversity, it’s not that they aren’t an emotional person. Those feelings are there. What’s different (compared to the explosive nature … Continue reading Friday

DAILY MINDSET “When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth.” – Kurt Vonnegut It can be easy to forget that even the greats are full of awkwardness and clumsiness. Yet the man quoted above is known to have changed the face of American literature. But despite Vonnegut’s … Continue reading Wednesday

DAILY MINDSET “For most of us, the problem is not a lack of goals. But rather too many of them.” – Roy F. Baumeister Goal setting can be exciting. We all love doing it… thinking about the future. To plan, visualize, and dream. It’s arguably a major strength of ours, as there rarely ever is … Continue reading Tuesday

DAILY MINDSET “Even if the world was going to fall to pieces tomorrow… I’m still going to plant my apple tree.” - Martin Luther King Jr Values define us… not conditions. Every alarm in the world may be sounding off, but when it comes down to it, only we decide the actions we will take. … Continue reading Monday