“What if we measured true success not by the amount of money you have but by the amount of human energy you unlock, the amount of potential you enable? If that were our metric, our world would be a different place.”
— Jacqueline Novogratz
True Success
You Gotta Show Up
“You certainly can’t lead from behind a desk, and you can’t lead with email. It’s a human enterprise. It’s the same reason you can’t parent through texting. You can’t coach a baseball team with email. You’ve got to show up.”
— Simon Sinek
Listen to this wonderful conversation between Debbie Millman and Simon Sinek.
Odd
“You have to be odd to be number one.”
― Dr. Seuss
Come To The Edge
“Come to the edge.
“We might fall.
Come to the edge.
It’s too high!
COME TO THE EDGE!
And they came
And he pusehd
And they flew.”— Christopher Logue
Conciously Deactivate A Thought
“The only way to consciously deactivate a thought is to activate another. In other words, the only way to deliberately withdraw your attention from one thought is to give your attention to another.”
― Esther Hicks
The Joy You Feel
“There is no desire that anyone holds for any other reason than that they believe they will feel better in the achievement of it. Whether it is a material object, a physical state of being, a relationship, a condition, or a circumstance – at the heart of every desire is the desire to feel good. And so, the standard of success in life is not the things or the money – the standard of success is absolutely the amount of joy you feel.”
― Esther Hicks
Role Models
“You can’t be what you can’t see.”
― Marian Wright Edelman
Talk About Your Joy
“Talking about our problems is our greatest addiction. Break the habit. Talk about your joys.”
I don’t remember where I saw this, but it really struck a nerve.
Time
“Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.”
— William Penn
I want to know how you spend your time
Love this, by Jamie Varon.
Intention/Tension
“Too much intention creates tension.”
– Moojiji
Attention – Energy
“Life is about the management of energy, where you place your attention, is where you place your energy.”
— Dr. Joe Dispenza
Slow Moments
“do not be afraid of slow moments.”
— yung pueblo
Overcoming The Need to Be Exceptional
“It’s a rather simple question that quickly gets to the core of someone’s sense of well-being and legitimacy: did your childhood leave you feeling that you were – on balance – OK as you were? Or did you somewhere along the way derive an impression that you needed to be extraordinary in order to deserve a place on the earth?”
Paying Attention
“The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.”
— Keanu Reeves
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Listen Completely
“When people talk, listen completely. Don’t be thinking what you’re going to say. Most people never listen. Nor do they observe. You should be able to go into a room and when you come out, know everything that you saw there and not only that. If that room gave you any feeling you should know exactly what it was that gave you that feeling. Try that for practice.”
— Ernest Hemingway
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Grow Young
“It takes a long time to grow young.”
— Pablo Picasso
The Truth
“The truth of a thing is in the feel of it, not in the think of it.”
— Stanley Kubrick
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Treated as Equal
“When all Americans are treated as equal, no matter who they are or whom they love, we are all more free.”
— Barack Obama
Speaking Advice
“Don’t memorize your talk. Memorize your stories. Ten stories make a talk. Write yourself a simple cue card to remember each story’s name. Then tell us ten stories.”
If there is one person I would take speaking advice from, it’s Seth Godin.
Walking And Thinking
“There is nothing more revealing than to see a thinking person walking, just as there is nothing more revealing than to see a walking person thinking… Walking and thinking are in a perpetual relationship that is based on trust.”
— Thomas Bernard
Team Human
“We have to spend time with each other that is not digital. Civic organizations, libraries and social institutions that pre-date consumerism are all viable alternatives. If we reacquaint ourselves without digital crutches, I believe we’ll be less afraid of each other. Turn off the TV and go outside and start talking to people and then people who are inside will want to come out and see what’s going on. That is a type of influence that is sorely needed. It is peer-to-peer influence and it is an innately human social order.”
Douglas Rushkoff, Fighting for #TeamHuman
Three Things Matter
“In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.”
— ???
A Joyously Spectacular Life
“If all you did was just looked for things to appreciate, you would live a joyously spectacular life.”
― Esther Abraham Hicks