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1/ Some unsolicited advice.
A few people I admire and mentor were obsessed with the current news cycle––distracted + distraught with disbelief almost daily.
My advice was THIS:
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A few people I admire and mentor were obsessed with the current news cycle––distracted + distraught with disbelief almost daily.
My advice was THIS:
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With so much to lose for so many in power––there is NO UNCERTAINTY.
You know this: there is total CERTAINTY that there will be total chaos daily for weeks to come...
With so much to lose for so many in power––there is NO UNCERTAINTY.
You know this: there is total CERTAINTY that there will be total chaos daily for weeks to come...
3/
You know this:
that few maybe none of those events are in your control.
You know this:
you can control only what is in your control
1. voting (unless or until you can’t)
2. where you direct your attention + focus
3. how you choose to feel...
You know this:
that few maybe none of those events are in your control.
You know this:
you can control only what is in your control
1. voting (unless or until you can’t)
2. where you direct your attention + focus
3. how you choose to feel...
4/ Without investing intentional energy––the chaos will pull you down a drain on an endless journey without escape
Your friends and family will keep you in it as they commiserate and lament the chaos + distraction as their friends are doing the same
BUT––
Your friends and family will keep you in it as they commiserate and lament the chaos + distraction as their friends are doing the same
BUT––
5/ If you like them (or love them;)–– don’t let them.
Instead: lead + inspire them.
Avg + below avg people will be sucked down w/the masses.
You + yours are not average.
You + yours are better than that.
Whatever their job, joy, purpose, they mustnt’ let it get hijacked...
Instead: lead + inspire them.
Avg + below avg people will be sucked down w/the masses.
You + yours are not average.
You + yours are better than that.
Whatever their job, joy, purpose, they mustnt’ let it get hijacked...
6/ Shake them from their head-shaking.
Remind them to fight the entropy + enmity in the world by doing good things. By doing really good things...
Remind them to fight the entropy + enmity in the world by doing good things. By doing really good things...
7/ Whether that is
-producing art
-serving others
-treating patients
-teaching students
-promoting justice
-accelerating tech progress
-advancing cures + treatments
-educating or entertaining people
-empowering + inspiring others, reducing human suffering
Fierce focus on that..
-producing art
-serving others
-treating patients
-teaching students
-promoting justice
-accelerating tech progress
-advancing cures + treatments
-educating or entertaining people
-empowering + inspiring others, reducing human suffering
Fierce focus on that..
8/ Your (and their) time + attention are the scarcest resource
Willingly paying it to others in an unscripted circus show––as a passive spectator, a captive audience member gasping and cheering––is a squandering abdication of your own ambition and the good you must put out.
Willingly paying it to others in an unscripted circus show––as a passive spectator, a captive audience member gasping and cheering––is a squandering abdication of your own ambition and the good you must put out.
9/ Get up, get out, get at it––and get away from the vortex.
