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
Saturday
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
Friday
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
Wednesday
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
Tuesday
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
Monday
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
Sunday
DAILY MINDSET “If people knew how hard I worked to achieve my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful after all.” – Michelangelo A quote from a man who is recognized as one of the greatest artists of all time. There’s the intoxicating myth in our society that there is such a thing as natural-born talent. … Continue reading Sunday
Saturday
DAILY MINDSET “I attribute my success to this – I never gave, or took, any excuse.” – Florence Nightingale The terrifying thing about excuses, is that it blinds us to our next move. If we excuse or try to justify a misstep, we at a subconscious level tell ourselves that this is “out of my … Continue reading Saturday
Friday
DAILY MINDSET “Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity.” – James Clear If someone has 10 coins, are they rich? Let’s say no.What if they … Continue reading Friday
Thursday
DAILY MINDSET “I define anxiety as experiencing failure in advance.” – Seth Godin It’s not abnormal to feel the nerves before something big. We have a several thousand year-old survival mechanism that wants to protect us. A bit outdated maybe, but it’s still alive and well. This made sense when being chased by predators, or … Continue reading Thursday