john silkey
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john silkey
Darkness is a mentor of what it means to carry the light we ourselves have brought to blaze into the unknown parts of life so that others may also see and take hope.
—Joan Chittister
—Joan Chittister
For SEEA staff in these times
Periods of seemingly fruitless darkness may in fact highlight all the ways we rob ourselves of wisdom by clinging to the light. Who grows by only looking on the bright side of things?
—Richard Rohr
—Richard Rohr
European clubs can’t handle USA heat with Bayern and Dortmund subs hiding in locker rooms
Excessive summer heat in US one year before World Cup and after Qatar moved to winter.
What you do may seem insignificant but it’s very important you do it. Gandhi.
Paraphrased I think
Homeboy Industries were the following: 1) Everyone is unshakably good (no exceptions) and 2) We belong to each other (no exceptions
Leading people and Building inspired teams
Good starting belief system re other people
This Larry Winget quote reminds me (shane Parrish) of something I say often, “don't tell me your priorities, show me your calendar.”
“It’s not that we don’t have time. It’s that we don’t have time for the things that are really important. There’s always enough time to do what’s really important, but we get caught up doing things that aren’t importan
... See moreJohn Steinbeck on ignoring the finish line and starting:
“Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track of the 400 pages and write just one page for each day, it helps. Then when it gets finished, you are always surprised.”
i. Things to come back to when I’m feeling meh
Focus on the process, on the journey, not on the finish line. There is not finish line, only what we leave behind when we’re gone.
Did we leave it better than we found it?
When you compromise your character, when you shrink, when you self-protect —
you lose energy, joy, and connection.
you lose energy, joy, and connection.
day 5
Great leaders are great visionaries. They don’t just respond to the moment — they shape it.
day 5
Build a new narrative of energy in the SE