Rachel Lauren
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Rachel Lauren
And this is where I’m supposed to say, “Getting started is easy!” But I can’t do that to you. It’s not easy at all. Getting started is the hardest part. As you begin, you’ll find every excuse to wait and every reason to delay. You’ll stop to reflect on what to write about. You’ll come up with reasons why it’s not time yet, why you’re not ready. And
... See moreJeff Goins • You Are a Writer (So Start Acting Like One)
The To Me state of consciousness is synonymous with being below the line. From our perspective, 95% of all leaders (and people) spend 98% of their time in that state. If I am in the To Me consciousness, I see myself “at the effect of,” meaning that the cause of my condition is outside me. It is happening To Me. Whether I see the cause as another pe
... See moreDiana Chapman • The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership
When one holds a dream independent of the environment, that’s greatness. Coming up, we’ll see that overcoming the environment is inextricably linked with overcoming the body and time. In Gandhi’s case, he was not swayed by what was happening in his outer world (environment), he didn’t worry about how he felt and what would happen to him (body), an
... See moreJoe Dispenza • Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One
Bezos, when asked where he gets the confidence to attempt to build companies of such massive scale, like Amazon and Blue Origin.
He responds:
“I think it’s generally human nature to overestimate risk and underestimate opportunity. And so I think entrepreneurs in general would be well-advised to try and bias against that. The risks are probably not a
... See moreThis choice to be willfully ignorant of risk, especially risk to others, while building massive infrastructure leads to many of those risks coming to fruition - destroying communities, climate harm, lost livelihoods, injury, etc.
if we’re already living in a world organized by suffering then what we currently have or desire is detached from our actual intrinsic motivations, from our true selves, from what makes us truly happy. This means that giving it up is not an actual sacrifice but a first step toward reconnecting with one’s true desires.
Thomas Klaffke • Pleasure Activism
People engaged in high-rung politics, without the burden of rigid attachment to any one ideology, can combine ideas from across the spectrum to form a nimble political superbrain that can respond in nuanced ways to changing times.