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Let life ripen and then fall. Will is not the way at all."--Lao Tzu, from The Way of Life According to Lao Tzu"
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Tom Peters is still reinventing himself." His most recent book is The Little BIG Things: 163 Ways to Pursue Excellence."
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, Frank Partnoy's Wait: The Art and Science of Delay, Linda Kaplan-Thaler's The Power of Nice: How to Conquer the Business World with Kindness and The Power of Small: Why Little Things Make All the Difference, and Cathy O'Neil's Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy.
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Were my goals my own, or simply what I thought I should want? How much of life had I missed from underplanning or overplanning?
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Never let a good crisis go to waste. It's the universe challenging you to learn something new and rise to the next level of your potential." Kristen Ulmer"
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Kristen is the author of The Art of Fear: Why Conquering Fear Won't Work and What to Do Instead.
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Oscar Wilde's advice, "The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it"
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A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander.
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The things you own end up owning you." -Chuck Palahniuk American author, best known for Fight Club"
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Brene is also the New York Times best-selling author of Daring Greatly, The Gifts of Imperfection, Rising Strong, and Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone.
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Our next reads are Stretch by Scott Sonenshein and Lead Yourself First by Kethledge and Erwin.
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When you feel overwhelmed or unfocused, what do you do? What questions do you ask yourself? Always these questions: Sleep? Exercise? Healthy food? Am I resentful because I'm not setting or holding a boundary?
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There is no way to happiness--happiness is the way." -THICH NHAT HANH"
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The Power of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential . . . in Business and in Life, Essential Zen Habits: Mastering the Art of Change, Briefly, and several other books.
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If you could have a gigantic billboard anywhere with anything on it, what would it say and why? "You are good enough, just as you are. Breathe, and relax into the moment."
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Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl The Fourth Turning by William Strauss (Also, Generations by William Strauss, which was gifted to Tony by Bill Clinton) Mindset by Carol Dweck (for parenting) As a Man Thinketh by James Allen (see Shay Carl, page 441)
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Mastery is a journey, not a destination. True masters never believe they have attained mastery. There is always more to be learned and greater skill to be developed.
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Proteins *Egg whites with 1-2 whole eggs for flavor (or, if organic, 2-5 whole eggs, including yolks) *Chicken breast or thigh *Beef (preferably grass-fed) *Fish Pork Legumes *Lentils (also called "dal" or "daal") *Black beans Pinto beans Red beans Soybeans Vegetables *Spinach *Mixed vegetables (including broccoli, cauliflower, or any other cruciferous vegetables) *Sauerkraut, kimchee (full explanation of these later in "Damage Control") ..
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There's the instant, unconscious, automatic thinking and then there's the slower, conscious, rational, deliberate thinking.
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That's the underlying philosophy of Aoki Bootcamp:
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So, my advice to my 30-year-old self is, don't be a donkey. You can do everything you want to do. You just need foresight and patience.
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go through an exercise that helps me to get present to the reality of the situation. I tell my story to myself from the perspective of a victim, then I tell the exact same story from a place of 100 percent responsibility. Victim: "I was late to an important event because my girlfriend took too long to get ready. It's not my fault." Responsible: "I acknowledge my breakdown in being late. In the future I am committed to making sure that I do ..
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Telling myself the victim story allows me to vent briefly. Once I'm over it, then I realize that if this meeting was so important to me, I should have made it clear to my girlfriend that I couldn't be late, and let her know that if she was running late, I'd have to leave without her.
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Investing in yourself is the most important investment you'll ever make in your life.
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Be the silence that listens." -Tara Brach"
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Premack [a motivational system where a more-preferred activity can be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity] or a rewards system, but with
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If you push the fear away, the only version of fear available to you will be its crazy, irrational, or contorted version. If you're willing to feel it, and merge with it, its energy and wisdom will appear.
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David Deutsch's The Beginning of Infinity. It's a remarkable argument for the power of knowledge--as not just a human capability but as a force that shapes the universe.
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heart rate variability (HRV) training, meditation, and a number of deep work
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Steven Pinker: anything. He's one of the clearest thinkers and communicators of our time. Among many other things, he convinced me that I could never understand myself without understanding how humans evolved.
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Jack Canfield quote, "Everything you want is on the other side of fear."
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see every day: "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." It's a short reminder that success can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations we are willing to have, and by the number of uncomfortable actions we are willing to take."
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Marie Kondo method: "Discard [say no to] everything that does not spark joy." This includes personal obligations. I'm working"
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You're too young." Most of history was built by young people. They just got credit when they were older."
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Emptiness is the fasting of the mind." -Zhuang Zhou 4th century B.C."
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Nonstop Metropolis by Rebecca Solnit.
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FriXion by Pilot in blue. It writes so smoothly, and being able to erase it gives me a sense of power and delight. I often use the pen with a "smart" notebook (like the Rocketbook Everlast smart notebook)"
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise, instead, seek what they sought." -Matsuo Basho Japanese poet of the Edo period" --
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Las reglas de sentido comun del <> son una fragil coleccion de ilusiones reforzadas por la sociedad.
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Suffering is a moment of clarity, when you can no longer deny the truth of a situation and are forced into uncomfortable change.
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Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth." -Muhammad Ali Legendary American professional boxer and activist"
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If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems. And that's a big mistake." -Frank Wilczek American theoretical physicist, Nobel Prize winner"
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Desire is a contract that you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want.
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Timothy Ferriss |
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Hacer menos trabajo futil para concentrarse en cosas de mayor importancia personal para uno NO es pereza. Esto nos resulta dificil de aceptar a la mayoria porque nuestra cultura recompensa el sacrificio personal en lugar de la productividad personal.
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