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I used to think excessive prep was overthinking. But watching Chef Vijay, I realized prep isn't about being obsessive; it's about creating space for creativity and connection.

Because everything was ready, we could focus entirely on the cooking process. We could talk, experiment, and truly be present with the food. There was no frantic searching for... See more

We die to each other daily. What we know of other people is only our memory of the moments during which we knew them.

T.S. Eliot

Dirt is what living things do in between times of being alive.

The things we call reasons are all just excuses.

Once you realize that, you get to decide. Are you going to find excuses to feel shitty, and be shitty? Or find excuses to feel good, and do good?

-Uncle Shaan

He found an excuse to do it . I found an excuse to not do it.

Alex Hormozi had a great line about this:

“Heroes and villains always have the same back story— pain. The difference is what they choose to do about it. Villain says ‘the world hurt me, I'll hurt it back’ Hero says ‘the world hurt me, I'm not gonna let it hurt anyone else. Heroes use pai... See more

The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.

John Berry

The way we show up in the world is a direct byproduct of the way we take care of ourselves. That elusive thing we call confidence or charisma or ease, is essentially an unspoken answer to the question of: Have you prepared enough for this moment to not think of yourself at all during it?

Have you taken good enough care of yourself such that you can... See more

“It is not half so important to ‘know’ as to ‘feel’. If facts are the seeds of the senses that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the emotions and the impressions are the fertile soil in which seeds must grow”

—Rachel Carson. (The Sense of Wonder)

Zen pretty much comes down to three things—everything changes; everything is connected; pay attention.

Jane Hirshfield