Jocko Willink’s “Good” Speech Applied to Money
Jocko’s viral “good” speech applied to money.
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Personal Growth
Counter Productive
Convincing myself to work less, rest more
Lessons from my first medicine ceremony
The darkest night of my soul showed me the light inside
Revisit your baseline
“We don’t rise to the level of our expectations; we fall to the level of our training.” Archilochus, Greek poet. Have you ever found yourself looking at people who were once fit and wondered, “What happened? They let themselves go.” I assumed that naturally, I was going to be different and will avoid the same …
Is it hard being you?
A confronting question that reveals relationship to self.
Annual Review 2021
My tendency is to look forwards in time. What’s next? This means I have a resistance to doing things like reviews. My brain’s novelty bias avoids stuff that feels old. But there’s a reason I reviewed 2020 and why I’m doing it again now: it helps me make memories. This passage from Derek Sivers How …
Looking vs Looking Good
I’m walking down the street. Out of the corner of my eye I spot an attractive woman. I don’t want to look like I’m checking them out, so I try to play it cool and nonchalant. I’m so in my head that I trip over a snag in the sidewalk. I fall down in comical …
2020 Annual Review
How have you been doing during the pandemic? I’ve asked, and been asked that on countless meetings this past year. And I’ve always fallen back to this answer: I’m just glad that all my friends and family are healthy and employed. The coronavirus reminded me just how fragile life is. I’ve have a few friends …
