flaws

“We hold the flaws of others before our eyes but turn our backs toward our own.” - Seneca

attitude

"Being pleasant and having a good attitude is a simple way to become luckier. Opportunities come through people, and people are more likely to bring opportunities to people they like. It's hard to win if your attitude adds friction to every interpersonal experience." - James Clear

BADBADNOTGOOD

Incredible new album by BADBADNOTGOOD. Pushing jazz forward.

panic

“There is no problem so bad that you can’t make it worse.” - Chris Hadfield

extreme ownership

“Fault always lies in the same place: with those weak enough to lay blame.” paraphrased from a character in a book

discipline and disappointment

“There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you’ll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment.” – Nick Saban

bias

“People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.” – Harper Lee

imperfection

"Almost everyone is screwed up, broken, clingy, scared, and yet designed for joy. Even (or especially) people who seem to have it more or less together are more like the rest of us than you would believe. I try not to compare my insides to their outsides, because this makes me much worse than I already am, and if I get to know them, they turn out to have plenty of irritability and shadow of their own. Besides, those few people who aren’t a mess are probably good for about twenty minutes of dinner conversation.

This is good news, that almost everyone is petty, narcissistic, secretly insecure, and in it for themselves, because a few of the funny ones may actually long to be friends with you and me. They can be real with us, the greatest relief. As we develop love, appreciation, and forgiveness for others over time, we may accidentally develop those things toward ourselves, too." - Anne Lamott

punishment

“Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

consumerism

“He would start saving right away for a washing machine and car. They’d get an apartment with a balcony, their own furniture for a change, modern pieces, sleek and clean. These are the standard ways to stop being lonely.” - Don DeLillo (Libra)

history

“This is what history consists of. It’s the sum total of all the things they’re not telling us.” - Don DeLillo (Libra)

problem solving

“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” - Albert Einstein

human motive

“…nothing can be finally known that involves human motive and need. There is always another level, another secret, a way in which the heart breeds a deception so mysterious and complex it can only be taken for a deeper kind of truth.” - Don DeLillo (Libra)

success

"For me, success is not a public thing. It's a private thing. It's when you have fewer and fewer regrets." - Toni Morrison

matthew e white

Probably one of the more interesting artists making music today. Between his solo material, production work at his label Spacebomb records, and his Spacebomb House Band, Matthew E White is releasing a ton of excellent material. His newest solo album just dropped. Incredible!

help

“Don’t be ashamed to need help. Like a soldier storming a wall, you have a mission to accomplish. And if you’ve been wounded and you need a comrade to pull you up? So what?” - Marcus Aurelius

the second idea

"Over the years, I've learned that the first idea you have is irrelevant. It's just a catalyst for you to get started. Then you figure out what's wrong with it and you go through phases of denial, panic, regret. And then you finally have a better idea and the second idea is always the important one." - Arthur van Hoff

curiosity

“Curiosity is really the gateway to knowledge. An idea is such a complicated thing, and it can only happen if a certain door is opened and a question asked. Those questions are the fire that excite a mind and help put an idea and answer together. So, curiosity is the question that is the start of everything.” - Chris Anderson

emotional intelligence

“75 percent of careers are derailed for reasons related to emotional competencies, including an inability to handle interpersonal problems; unsatisfactory team leadership during times of difficulty or conflict; or inability to adapt to change or elicit trust.” - Center for Creative Leadership

courage

“Courage is willingness to take the risk once you know the odds. Optimistic overconfidence means you are taking the risk because you don't know the odds. It's a big difference.” - Daniel Kahneman