Are you ready to walk your wall? Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren’t there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.” ~ Randy Pausch I was feeling pretty smug as I sauntered into the gym with confidence before sunrise. I…
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The Flywheel of Creativity
Then, at some point—breakthrough! The momentum of the thing kicks in in your favor, hurling the flywheel forward, turn after turn … whoosh! … its own heavy weight working for you. You’re pushing no harder than during the first rotation, but the flywheel goes faster and faster. Each turn of the flywheel builds upon work…
Why We Love Patina over Perfection
Do you believe in patina over perfection? Imperfection and perfection go so hand in hand, and our dark and our light are so intertwined, that by trying to push the darkness or the so-called negative aspects of our life to the side… we are preventing ourselves from the fullness of life. ~ Jeff Bridges With…
Your Fear & Anxiety Map
If you want a new outcome, you will have to break the habit of being yourself, and reinvent a new self.” ~ Dr. Joe Dispenza Let’s begin with going back and reading once more the quote from Dr. Joe above, as it is an alchemical key ring holding the skeleton key to creating anything, most…
My Definition of a Good Life
How do you define a “good life?” Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”~ Toni Morrison, Beloved You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.”~ Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon “Class,” our fifth grade teacher said, “it is time for our long, Friday…
The Art of Finishing
Have you experienced the art of finishing? Whatever it takes to finish things, finish. You will learn more from a glorious failurethan you ever will from something you never finished.” ~ Neil Gaiman I closed my laptop and rested my hands on the lid. It was done. It had taken me 5 years. Now that…
