Quotes
1- “Never be a prisoner of your past. It was just a lesson, not a life sentence” - Anonymous
2- “If someone is better than you at something, it’s likely they’ve failed at it more times than you have.” - Seth Godin
3- "I don’t have any time to stay up all night worrying about what someone who doesn’t love me has to say about me." - Actress Viola Davis on handling criticism
4- “Old ways won’t open new doors” - Anonymous
5- “Two things define you. Your patience when you have nothing, your attitude when you have everything.” – Unknown
6- “Don’t believe everything you think.” - Teronie J. Donaldson (yep - that’s me)
Articles
1- The Body Language of Leaders
2- The Case for Reparations
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/
3- 10 Rules to Simplify Your Life… Actually These 6 Will Do
https://medium.com/@teronie213/10-rules-to-simplify-your-life-actually-these-6-will-do-cc3b753f8
Notes/thoughts/observations
There isn’t a better time than now to get your mind right..to get your priorities right. With big disruption comes big opportunities.
I kept seeing this Winston Churchill Churchill quote a few times this week from random sources.
Churchill says; “never let a good crisis go to waste”,
and that quote has never been more true than now with Coronavirus changing the nature of the world.
To be clear coronavirus is not a “good” crisis however the silver lining is that it clear that now is the best chance to learn new skills as our economy is changing.
The more skills learned the more adaptable you become.
Don’t waste this moment in time.
Watched
Interesting mini-documentary on the man behind the meme.
VICE goes on a deep dive to investigate the origins of the infamous meme, connecting with Wood’s loved ones as well as the photographer who took the original image 10 years ago. This video explores the life of Wardy Joubert III – his impressive athletic background, his contributions to his community, and how the internet took his image and shared it completely out of anyone’s control.
Book(s) of the week
1- The Art of Witty Banter: Techniques to Be Clever, Be Quick, Be Interesting – Have Captivating Conversation by Patrick King
2- How to Win Friends and Influence People - by Dale Carnegie (Audiobook)
Music
Ari Lennox essentials.
Soulful sounds from a great young artist.
https://music.apple.com/ca/playlist/ari-lennox-essentials/pl.4f951fb61eee45cebdf021074ccd6eae