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 […]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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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
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Quote of the Week Quality is much better than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles. – Steve Jobs Music of the Week Scandinavian Jazz was put on my radar from Daniel Silva’s latest Gabriel Allons’ latest book A Death in Cornwall: A Novel (a fantastic book by the way). The playlist is a “compilation