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Quotes of the Week Happiness is hard work. You have a considerable amount of agency when it comes to finding general happiness. But it’s very difficult to get there without moving your body, eating well, exercising your mind, and nourishing your soul in some form every day. – Guy Raz When dealing with a competitor who… Read more: Friday Five – Happiness is hard work, Always room for improvement, Do the work, Less is more

Quotes of the Week The best way to predict the future is to invent it. – Alan Kay What we truly need is a life we’re not trying to escape, a life where play and joy are woven into our everyday work, allowing us to experience deeper fulfillment and uncover the breakthroughs we’ve been searching… Read more: Friday Five – Predict the future, Experience deeper fulfillment, Impediment to action, Joy of the process

Quotes of the Week A parent should do anything, but not everything. – Plutarch In this life, everything has a beginning and an end. – Rafael Nadal Music of the Week Jon Batiste is an “American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, composer, and television personality.” Batiste has won multiple Grammy Awards including Album of the Year. He… Read more: Friday Five – Everything has a beginning and an end, Taking things away, Shortness of life

The U.S. Civil War, sports, parenting, and New Orleans were the four categories covered in my September reading list. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War, Drive: The Story of My Life, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go… Read more: September Reading List: 4 Best Books I Read in September 2024

Quotes of the Week If anyone would take two words to heart and take pains to govern and watch over themselves by them, they will live an impeccable and immensely tranquil life. The two words are: persist and resist. – Epictetus Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause… Read more: Friday Five – Persist and resist, Pause and reflect, Art of living is resilience, Prepare for the storm

Quotes of the Week The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control. – Epictetus You choose to let things bother you. You can just as… Read more: Friday Five – Choosing to let things bother you, Mastery is the ultimate status, Finding how far one can go

Quotes of the Week When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir? — John Maynard Keynes The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing because an artful life requires being prepared to meet and withstand sudden and unexpected attacks. – Marcus Aurelius If my father had not been… Read more: Friday Five – Change your mind, The art of living, Encouraging children, The Gift of Failure

Quote of the Week If you are allowed one wish for your child, seriously consider wishing him or her optimism. — Daniel Kahneman There is no formula for success—you just begin and then you continue. I’m often asked how to have a career in stand-up and the answer is confoundingly simple: Do the work. Over… Read more: Friday Five – Wishing your child optimism, The pursuit of alpha, Do the work

Quote of the Week Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. — Franklin Delano Roosevelt Music of the Week Barry Can’t Swim was mentioned recently in one of the newsletters I subscribe… Read more: Friday Five – Only thing we have to fear is fear itself, “Chance of rain? Never!”

While not as productive in terms of the number of books I read in July, my August reading list for 2024 featured several life-changing books. My August reading list includes The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without… Read more: August Reading List: 5 Best Books I Read in August 2024