psychology

The purpose of education, at this point, is awareness.

Motivation often comes after starting. Find a way to start small. Objects in motion tend to stay in motion.

Parkinson’s Law — “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.”

Marriage ends up as a hopeful, generous, infinitely kind gamble taken by two people who don’t know yet who they are or who the other might be, binding themselves to a future they cannot conceive of and have carefully avoided investigating.

Ken Wilber’s Wake up, Clean up, Grow up framework for human development.

Wake up meaning becoming aware of your true nature beyond the ego—accessing states of consciousness beyond ordinary waking awareness.

Clean up meaning psychological healing through shadow work—addressing unconscious or repressed aspects of yourself that are causing unnecessary

The Five Steps of Emotion Coaching:

1. Be Aware of Your Child’s Emotions: Recognize your child’s feelings as opportunities for connection and teaching.


2. Recognize Emotion as an Opportunity for Connection and Teaching: Use emotional moments to bond with your child and impart valuable lessons.


3. Help Your Child Verbally Label Emotions: Assist your child

Makers vs Manager’s Schedule — “When you’re operating on the maker’s schedule, meetings are a disaster.” (related: Deep Work)

Your purpose isn’t what you are building, something you find, or a career path that you create.

YOU as a person, are your purpose.

Our jobs have become prisons from which we don’t want to escape