Quotes
"When a flower doesn't bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower." -Anonymous
Some people would rather live in a hell that they've gotten used to than in a paradise they've never experienced before. Vrania Sam
"Sometimes we are so attached to our way of life that we turn down wonderful opportunities masked as pain or change, simply because we don't know what to do with it" - Paulo Coelho
"The only people who see the whole picture are the ones who step outside of the frame" - Salman Rushdie.
"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together" - African Proverb.
"I have come to see that Everything happens for a reason even if we aren't wise enough to see it" - Teronie J. Donaldson (yep, that's me, cool, right?)
Notes/Observations
Life is ironic; It takes sadness to know happiness, noise to appreciate silence, and absence to value presence - unknown.
Collaboration crushes the competition - you could be good at everything, but you can't be great at everything. Teamwork makes the dream work
Success is a team sport - teamwork makes the dream work -
"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together" - African Proverb
people will pay you for your response
Articles
Watched
Strategy
The mouth should have 3 gatekeepers
Is it True?
Is it kind?
Is it Necessary?
Book of the Week
-- Also, systems beat goals every time
Goals can be affected by emotions and outside influence, but a system in place has more structure at the end of the day, it has to be done.
Book of the week
Viola Davis' "Finding Me"
To read Davis’ elegantly written but sometimes harrowing memoir, Finding Me, is to understand just how hard this spectacular performer has worked to build the career and life she has today—and to acknowledge that even for a performer as outrageously gifted and dedicated as Davis is, the ingredient X known as luck can never be underestimated.
A very good read, well worth the listen
Question
What is your why for what you do?
Whether it's a goal or a important hobby, WHY do you do it?