“First you have to give up, first you have to *know*… not fear… *know*… that someday you’re gonna die.” – Tyler Durden Murder… suicide… aids… cancer… heart attack. I’m reminded of the ways people I know have left this place. I’m reminded of death and I think, wow, that sounds like something out of a…
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Persistence paves the way.
My hands are shredded. Blisters on most of my fingers from a hard day of climbing. The agonizing pain of climbing, for the first time in my life, a 5.11 wall. I did this twice, on two separate walls. Finally, after all that hard work, I broke the barrier to the next level. I remember…
be a (wo)man. do the right thing. have integrity.
I looked it up. Integrity means moral soundness. Its about staying true to yourself, of having strength of character. Its very easy to spot a person of integrity. You just feel it. You know what that is? That’s their energy blasting out at in all directions. The rules of integrity include: Follow up on your…
Patience is a virtue, indeed.
“He that can have Patience, can have what he will.” – Benjamin Franklin I read somewhere that Ben Franklin invented bifocal glasses when he was 78 years old. That was a patient man right there. Patience is a lost virtue. The obsession with getting things easily and conveniently have taken precedence. Because of this, people…
focus your energy
”If I want to be as successful as I want to be, I have to be thinking about it all the time.” – Michael Phelps I used to believe that multitasking was the way to go. I could juggle 7 or 8 things at a time and felt I was being rather productive. I still…
Fall Hard in order to Fly…
I hope you all had a great 2008. 2009 looks like it will be a difficult year, according to economists, but with tough times comes GLORIOUS opportunities. To steal a direct quote from Tim Ferriss’ blog: To bring in a wonderful 2009, I’d like to quote from an email I received today from a mentor…
A Fight Club Moment…
“You’re not your job. You’re not how much money you have in the bank. You’re not the car you drive. You’re not the contents of your wallet. You’re not your f*#$ing khakis. You’re the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.” – Tyler Durden, Fight Club Today, we talk about identity. Something everybody struggles with. As…
