Jeff – Oh my gosh, you worked with Gen Stanley McChrystal on his book?!? That is incredible (and not surprising)! It's been on my radar since I've seen a few interviews recently (and read his book about making the bed ... which I think I've failed to inculcate into my youngest (who is now 24 and really awesome, but ... ugh!)).
I hope you are well, think of you often. Making progress on some meaningful things. All is good (except the larger world, hahaha – not!).
I love that, Caroline. Yes, I did; and it was an absolute pleasure. Stan is a mensch, and I have the utmost respect for him and have been recommending this book left and right to all my friends, colleagues, and even a few enemies. ;) Glad to hear from you Caroline. :)
“Everyone has a plan until they’re punched in the face.” - Mike Tyson
Everyone knows what they’d do with a bazillion dollars - then they get it - and then they learn. Nobody really knows what it’s like to be possessed of great wealth and status until they have it.
And there's the rub.
I only fault those who buy the Ferrari when they become fabulously wealthy because it’s obvious the Lamborghini is the superior machine. Not because they are squandering wealth on something I deem as trivial or of no real consequence to the world.
Success is an amplifier.
If one truly believes great success will change them, they absolutely ought to pursue it until they attain it. For in that moment they shall learn who they truly are: as big or as small as they had always esteemed themselves to be.
Haha. Well, I think I'd go for a Corvette, but different strokes for different folks. Yes, I agree that success is an amplifier. And as I learned when I first starting plugging my guitar into huge amps, tapping into PA systems, and performing for live audiences, if you aren't used to that level of amplification, the likelihood of screeching, awful sounding feedback is high. So, the lesson to me is obvious: take your time, be patient, and work on cultivating your character, so if/when your moment arrives, you're ready and know what to do.
I’d finally write that booklet about my grief experience…lately I hear from friends regarding what am I going to do now and without fail the dreaded question “What are you passionate about?” Trying to figure that out…I read your Wrecked book recently but was left thinking “maybe I’m too old to be wrecked”
I love this! I’m 43 and still figuring out what I want to be when I grow up. But truth is holding up a family and finances, I feel like my options are limited. It’s tough to follow the passion project that rightfully so take up a lot of time when you need to keep the lights on and the kids tutoring classes available. I’m not saying this is an excuse, it’s just hard. But I’m going to check out the bundle. Thanks for the post!
Always love a discussion to help shift perspective. This part, though, I am butting up against with some resistance:
"That’s just a matter of finding someone who’s done what you want to do or gotten what you want to have, following what they did, and seeing what it works for you."
I'm just not convinced there's someone who has done what I want to do. I tend to be a bit of a trailblazer in most areas of life, and rarely have I found footsteps to follow. "Following" is something I'm generally quite terrible at.
I do hear what you're saying, but I just don't think it's that cut, stacked, and dried.
Danielle, I get it. And the truth is that no one has ever been you, lived your exact life, and had your thoughts/feelings/experiences. BUT... it's a big world and history does tend to repeat itself or at very least, as someone once said, "rhyme." So I would encourage you to read, to look around at the world today and at how the world has been for the last few hundred years (maybe even going back to ancient times, depending on what your aspirations are), and see if you can glean lessons about certain principles/tactics that have almost always worked. It won't be an exact carbon copy, but you can take what works and leave what doesn't. This is the essence of wisdom: learning from other people's experience. The height of folly, you could say, is believing you are a complete individual, separate from everyone else's experiences and therefore not needing to look at anyone else's life but your own. That, I am slowly learning, is not the best or even most expedient way to go through life. Good luck and best wishes to you.
Jeff – Oh my gosh, you worked with Gen Stanley McChrystal on his book?!? That is incredible (and not surprising)! It's been on my radar since I've seen a few interviews recently (and read his book about making the bed ... which I think I've failed to inculcate into my youngest (who is now 24 and really awesome, but ... ugh!)).
I hope you are well, think of you often. Making progress on some meaningful things. All is good (except the larger world, hahaha – not!).
I love that, Caroline. Yes, I did; and it was an absolute pleasure. Stan is a mensch, and I have the utmost respect for him and have been recommending this book left and right to all my friends, colleagues, and even a few enemies. ;) Glad to hear from you Caroline. :)
“Everyone has a plan until they’re punched in the face.” - Mike Tyson
Everyone knows what they’d do with a bazillion dollars - then they get it - and then they learn. Nobody really knows what it’s like to be possessed of great wealth and status until they have it.
And there's the rub.
I only fault those who buy the Ferrari when they become fabulously wealthy because it’s obvious the Lamborghini is the superior machine. Not because they are squandering wealth on something I deem as trivial or of no real consequence to the world.
Success is an amplifier.
If one truly believes great success will change them, they absolutely ought to pursue it until they attain it. For in that moment they shall learn who they truly are: as big or as small as they had always esteemed themselves to be.
Haha. Well, I think I'd go for a Corvette, but different strokes for different folks. Yes, I agree that success is an amplifier. And as I learned when I first starting plugging my guitar into huge amps, tapping into PA systems, and performing for live audiences, if you aren't used to that level of amplification, the likelihood of screeching, awful sounding feedback is high. So, the lesson to me is obvious: take your time, be patient, and work on cultivating your character, so if/when your moment arrives, you're ready and know what to do.
The Corvette is a perfectly respectable choice. By far the most affordable. And the most mechanically reliable.
I’d finally write that booklet about my grief experience…lately I hear from friends regarding what am I going to do now and without fail the dreaded question “What are you passionate about?” Trying to figure that out…I read your Wrecked book recently but was left thinking “maybe I’m too old to be wrecked”
I love this! I’m 43 and still figuring out what I want to be when I grow up. But truth is holding up a family and finances, I feel like my options are limited. It’s tough to follow the passion project that rightfully so take up a lot of time when you need to keep the lights on and the kids tutoring classes available. I’m not saying this is an excuse, it’s just hard. But I’m going to check out the bundle. Thanks for the post!
Always love a discussion to help shift perspective. This part, though, I am butting up against with some resistance:
"That’s just a matter of finding someone who’s done what you want to do or gotten what you want to have, following what they did, and seeing what it works for you."
I'm just not convinced there's someone who has done what I want to do. I tend to be a bit of a trailblazer in most areas of life, and rarely have I found footsteps to follow. "Following" is something I'm generally quite terrible at.
I do hear what you're saying, but I just don't think it's that cut, stacked, and dried.
Respectfully, of course.
Thanks, Jeff!
Danielle, I get it. And the truth is that no one has ever been you, lived your exact life, and had your thoughts/feelings/experiences. BUT... it's a big world and history does tend to repeat itself or at very least, as someone once said, "rhyme." So I would encourage you to read, to look around at the world today and at how the world has been for the last few hundred years (maybe even going back to ancient times, depending on what your aspirations are), and see if you can glean lessons about certain principles/tactics that have almost always worked. It won't be an exact carbon copy, but you can take what works and leave what doesn't. This is the essence of wisdom: learning from other people's experience. The height of folly, you could say, is believing you are a complete individual, separate from everyone else's experiences and therefore not needing to look at anyone else's life but your own. That, I am slowly learning, is not the best or even most expedient way to go through life. Good luck and best wishes to you.