Just as we teach children to observe physical hygiene for its benefits to our health, we need to teach them to cultivate emotional hygiene. They need to learn how to tackle their destructive emotions and achieve peace of mind.
“We must risk delight. We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world.” Jack Gilbert (from Big Magic by @GilbertLiz )
“Possessing a creative mind, after all, is something like having a Border Collie for a pet. It needs to work or it will cause you an outrageous amount of trouble.” -Elizabeth Gilbert @GilbertLiz (book: Big Magic)
“We need the tonic of wildness... At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable.” (Walden, HDT)
We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love, and then we return home. -Indigenous Australian proverb
A leader's job is not to put greatness into people. Rather, it is to recognize that it already exists, and to create the environment where that greatest can emerge and grow. - Brad Smith, CEO, Intuit (@IntuitBrad )
Most helpful book I’ve read in a while! Creativity, Inc. - Overcoming the Unseen Forces that Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by @edcatmull (recommended by @ECMathews )
I feel that it’s crucial to have a clear recognition of the value of your objective. That's the important thing. Recognizing that your objective is worthy, because it involves others' welfare or the general well-being of the community, gives you the determination to pursue it.
Do we now live in a world where it’s the athletes who speak on behalf of the people? I’m about ready to support a Sportsocracy. It’s got to be better than where we are now... x.com/chrisbhaynes/status/96…