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Friday Five – Attention isn’t free, Figure out what game you’re playing, Get better at what you’re doing, Know what to ignore

Music of the Week Malcolm John Rebennack, Jr., known by his stage name Dr. John, was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist who fused New Orleans blues, jazz, R&B, soul, and funk into a pleasant melodic mix. New Orleanian Dr. John was active from the late ’50s until he died in the late 2010s. What’s

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Friday Five – Happiness is hard work, Always room for improvement, Do the work, Less is more

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

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Friday Five – Predict the future, Experience deeper fulfillment, Impediment to action, Joy of the process

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

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Friday Five – Everything has a beginning and an end, Taking things away, Shortness of life

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

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Friday Five – Persist and resist, Pause and reflect, Art of living is resilience, Prepare for the storm

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

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Friday Five – Choosing to let things bother you, Mastery is the ultimate status, Finding how far one can go

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

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Friday Five – Change your mind, The art of living, Encouraging children, The Gift of Failure

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

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Friday Five – Wishing your child optimism, The pursuit of alpha, Do the work

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

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