None of these cost much. Most of them don’t cost anything at all.
That’s what morning rituals are for. Forget productivity. It’s about looking forward to the dawn of a new day. Have your coffee. Do your yoga. Read. Whatever makes you excited for your feet to touch the ground when you wake up.
Love your mornings, love your life.
Yesterday, a friend sent me a voice message to tell me that…
I could hear the disappointment in her voice. It was heartbreaking. Clearly, this wasn’t the kind of work they’d imagined for their daughter.
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One of my favorite quotes is this:
“If you want to be an anomaly, you have to act like one.” — Gary Vaynerchuk
I get it. If you want to live a 1% life, you’ll have to be a 1% person. And that means wherever you go, you’ll stick out like a sore thumb in one way or another.
But recently, I’m trying to argue the opposite side, especially for some of my favorite things. I think for this quote, it means that while the end result is being an anomaly, the way to get there might not be as unconventional as we think.
Read MoreOn January 21st, 2016, my uncle Martin did something that changed me forever. At 7 AM, he woke up, walked to the bathroom, went to the toilet and then back to sleep.
He never woke up again. At 52 years old, he died peacefully in his sleep. No pain, no heart problems detected. He had lost 60 lbs the year before and was in better shape than ever.
Seneca said that “life is long, if you know how to use it.” But sometimes life truly is short. Not everyone gets the time they may deserve.
Since I didn’t know how to deal with his death, I did what I always do to process things: I wrote.
One of the saddest things in life is that often, it takes a tragedy to pierce our clouded vision. In his case, I could only now see stark and clear two powerful lessons from how he lived his life:
Read MoreIn math, minus and minus equals plus.
Life doesn’t work that way. Two wrongs don’t make a right.
Karma is a flywheel. I truly believe that. You push it in one direction and off it goes.
For the past 26 years, I’ve had nothing but love, support and encouragement from my parents. More than most people get in a lifetime. There’s not a thing more I could possibly ask for.
Maybe he’s had really abusive parents.
Maybe he’s lost them really young.
Maybe he’s had no parents at all.
Whatever caused him to do this, I really feel sorry for the guy.
All their life, my parents have done nothing but push the flywheel in the right direction. The least I can do to honor them is the same.
He’s going to get his. I’ve long had mine. So no, I’m not pushing him off the building.
If you ever want your daughter to succeed in the real world on her own, you won’t give her that kind of money.
If you want to put her in a bubble that keeps her protected from reality at all times and are happy relying on luck for it never to pop, give her the money.
Upbringing.
No matter how rich you are, money can’t buy you a good upbringing.
This is my family:
For the past 4 years, we’ve taken a Christmas family picture. It’s becoming a tradition. I’ve been incredibly lucky to be born to such great parents.
Everything I am proud of can be credited right back to them. Being brought up well is priceless, because it equips you with many other things you also can’t buy, like:
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