Benedetta

“Have you heard of the phrase, ‘Jack of all trades, master of none?’ 

The best athletes don’t train for ten different sports. The best yogis don’t also excel at MMA. The pros go all in with a singular objective…and that’s when the magic happens.

But this isn’t just for the professionals, we can apply the idea of doing less things but doing them really well to how we get things done, day to day.

Because none of us can do everything on our todo lists every day, week or month.
Because trotting along busily in our comfort zone is not satisfying or productive.
Because we can all find time to do the things that move us, our team and the idea onward and upwards. And that stuff is really, really satisfying and productive.
Because it’s better to do less things really well than lots of things half-arsed.”

My Top 10 listed here - what are yours? 
• Never hesitate to invest in yourself—to pay for a class, a course, a new skill. These modest expenditures pay outsized dividends.

• Try to define yourself by what you love and embrace, rather than what you hate and refuse.

• You owe everyone a second chance, but not a third.

• Where you live—what city, what country—has more impact on your well being than any other factor. Where you live is one of the few things in your life you can choose and change.

• Do not cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it.

• You should be willing to look foolish at first, in order to look like a genius later.

• What others want from you is mostly to be seen. Let others know you see them.

• Being envious is a toxin. Instead take joy in the success of others and treat their success as your gain. Celebrating the success of others costs you nothing, and increases the happiness of everyone, including you.

• If you are more fortunate than others, build a longer table rather than a taller fence.

• Recipe for greatness: expect much of yourself and little of others.

Being present.

What do you think being here, right now brings to you?

Timing for habits

Friendship is not trying to pull your friend out of the mud, yet the willingness to sit in the mud with them

Intro to Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras and how they touch upon various aspects of mental and emotional well-being.

Mapping the TAM & SAM - a read into why it’s important, how to solve for it and what founders/investors look for [to read]