Quotes
"You have to be in the mix to make a stir" - Alex (Pipefitter)
"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated." - Confucius
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." - Anonymous
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett
"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts." - Eleanor Roosevelt
"If you have a will you will find the way." - Teronie J. Donaldson (yep that's me - cool right?)
Notes/Observation
You learn something in every book you read. Sometimes that something isn’t obvious to you.
Sometimes it’s just someone else’s perspective that allows you to gain empathy and to grow as a person.
But every book teaches you even the books some consider “trash.”
You never know what you will find.
Articles
The Power of Asking - A simple strategy that will change your life.
Here Are 10 Simple and Effective Ideas About Money to Help You Change Your Financial History.
Watched
Sing 2
It is such a great movie. I took my toddler to see this movie and I ended up loving the movie more than he did.
Storyline:
With his theatrical company a local success, Buster Moon is dreaming of bigger things. Unfortunately, when a talent scout dismisses their work as inadequate for the big time, Buster is driven to prove her wrong. With that goal in mind, Buster inspires his players to gamble everything to sneak into a talent audition in Redshore City for the demanding entertainment mogul Jimmy Crystal.
Against the odds, they catch his interest with some frantic creative improvisation and even more desperate lies like personally knowing the reclusive rock star, Clay Calloway, who has not been seen in 15 years. Now faced with a tight production window with only a vague story idea and dire consequences for failure, Buster and his friends must all stretch their talents put on a show against all odds. In that struggle, the gang's challenges seem insurmountable, but each of them finds new inspirations and friends where they least expect them to pursue an artistic dream worthy of them
Strategy
Execution over everything - overthinking will slow you down tremendously.
Whatever it is you are working on don't get caught up in the idea that you have to have everthing planned out to perfection.
The perfect plan sometimes turn into the most memorable regret because as time goes you may never end up doing the plan. Even the tiniest step towards executing your goal is better than having it thoroughly thought out without action.
Books
21 Success Secrets of Self Made Millionaires - Brian Tracy
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Endurance by Alfred Lansing
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage, is a 1959 book written by Alfred Lansing, about the failure of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition led by Sir Ernest Shackleton, in its attempt to cross the Antarctic continent in 1914.
This was a great read for me as it read like a suspense series that cockle make for and interesting Netflix series. It Is incredible how strong leadership can take you through you catastrophic situations. An interesting story on survival.
The book details the almost two-year struggle for survival endured by the twenty-eight man crew of the ship Endurance. The ship was beset and eventually crushed by ice floes in the Weddell Sea, leaving the men stranded on the pack ice. All in all, the crew drifted on the ice for just over a year. They were able to launch their boats and somehow managed to land them safely on Elephant Island. Shackleton then led a crew of five aboard the James Caird through the Drake Passage, and miraculously reached South Georgia Island 650 nautical miles away. He then took two of those men on the first successful overland crossing of the island. Three months later, he was finally able to rescue the remaining crew members they had left behind on Elephant Island.
Also pick up:
100 Success and Opportunity Quotes For The Skilled Tradesman
Question
(When going after your goal)
What would your ideal self do in that particular situation? (your ideal self is the person who reached where you wanted to go)