Joe Stampone

Timing influences communication.

Talk about potential mistakes before they happen and people start looking for ways to prevent them.

Talk about actual mistakes after they happen and people start looking for reasons to defend their actions.

What do we need to be talking about now, so we can learn the lessons before we need them?

"Today might be the best chance you have to take action.

The longer you wait, the more deeply embedded you get in your current lifestyle. Your habits solidify. Your beliefs harden. You get comfortable.

It will never be easy, but it may also never be easier than it is right now."

Here are a few prompts if you want help materializing this:

1.      Walk A LOT. Before plans, permits, budgets. Morning, midday, evening. After rain. In silence—no phone.

2.     Watch light and shadow. The soul of a place is reveled in its changing light. Track sunrise/sunset over days. Where does golden h

“The question isn't who's going to let me; it's who's going to stop me.”

Henry David Thoreau on the hard part:

“Simplify, simplify, simplify!”

"One way to stand out is to look for pockets of low competition.

Wake up early—less traffic, fewer people.

Go deeper or narrower in your field—less noise, more space.

People are drawn to where it is crowded. Look for the quiet spaces inside your areas of interest. Excellence often hides at the edges."

“The goal is not to retire. It’s to find work you don’t want to retire from.”

What you find interesting is a better predictor of success than what you're good at.

Curiosity isn't random; it's a compass.