In his poem If, Rudyard Kipling suggests that one of the great challenges of life is dual ability to “walk with crowds and keep your virtue” and “walk with Kings and not lose the common touch.” Neither are easy, and the latter may be harder. But keeping the common touch will get your further faster.
Read MoreThese days, when someone says “you’re so extra,” it usually isn’t a compliment. Typically , it’s an insult. It is most often said in response to some display of emotion or investment of energy that is deemed inappropriate or unnecessary. In fact, most of us learn quite early not to give ourselves freely to anything or anyone to avoid embarrassment or rejection. We tip toe through life, studiously avoiding commitment. As Jim Carey put it, we “disguise our fear as practicality”.
Read MoreI read once that one of the greatest regrets that so many people have at the end of their lives is that instead of living the life they wanted, they lived the life that someone else wanted for them. I am convinced this happens because we give the people we trust and often admire too much influence over our decisions. You gotta know that you know, and be prepared to disappoint people who disagree with you. You might be wrong. But at least the decision will be yours, and not someone else’s.
Read More.Anyone that distracts you from the main objective of building something of lasting value must be ignored, whether they are copycats, critics, or cheerleaders.
Read MoreWhenever you make perfection the standard for making a contribution, no contributions will ever be made. We all would do well to remember that there are no perfect servants. Or prophets. Or preachers. Or people. This is the fatal flaw in cancel culture. If you cancel everyone who has ever or will ever make a mistake, no one will be left.
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