Mike "Bagel"

PRINCIPLE #2: WORK AT A NATURAL PACE Don’t rush your most important work. Allow it instead to unfold along a sustainable timeline, with variations in intensity, in settings conducive to brilliance.

Whether by falling into narcissism, or obstinance and rigidity, or greed, or any other shallow denominator, it’s inevitable that at many points in our very human lives we will lose the plot. The difference between those who stray so far from the plot that it becomes lost forever and those who are able to course-correct is the simple act of paying

Awe is one of the most profound feelings humans can experience.

When you are amazed by a vibrant sunset, or watching a baby take its first steps — you’re reminded of how insignificant you (and your problems) are.

You feel connected to something much greater and more meaningful.

Think about the last time you were truly awe-struck. Remember how those

knew the fastest way to count quarters by hand, roll them, and exchange them for bills with vendors in the public market where I performed.

I knew how to juggle 5 balls.

I knew how to move quietly backstage during a theater performance.

I had traveled by bicycle across Australia entertaining in town squares, got chased out of the country by local

It is impossible for someone to lie unless he thinks he knows the truth. Producing bullshit requires no such conviction.