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Quote: What are You Living For?
Ideas: Optimism, Process, and Exercise
Article: The Most Important Skill Nobody Taught You
Tweet: Media vs Historians
Question: How do You Recharge?
Quote
Thomas Merton on how to determine the identity of a person:
“If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I am living for, in detail, and ask me what I think is keeping me from living fully for the thing I want to live for. Between these two answers, you can determine the identity of any person.”
Ideas From Me
I.
Optimism is good.
There are two types: Active optimism and Passive optimism.
Both believe in a better future. But only one moves you forward in life.
The active optimist plays a role in creating the improved future state they believe will happen.
The passive optimist thinks that everything will work out just fine but takes no action to convert that dream into a reality.
Be active, not passive in your optimism.
II.
It's easy to envy the results of others while ignoring the work that made it possible.
Stop envying their performance and start imitating their process.
III.
A little bit of physical activity goes a long way.
A recent study of 72,000 people looked at the impact of 2 minutes of vigorous physical activity per day.
Results?
Reduced chances of premature death by 40% over a 7-yr period.
Takeaways for me:
• Exercise extends your life
• Doing something is better than nothing
• Imagine the benefits of a 30-min workout
Article
The Most Important Skill Nobody Taught You by Zat Rana
This is the most popular article of all time from Medium.com
“We now live in a world where we’re connected to everything except ourselves… Everything that has done so much to connect us has simultaneously isolated us. We are so busy being distracted that we are forgetting to tend to ourselves, which is consequently making us feel more and more alone.”
I need to read this article once a week. Very powerful ideas here.
Tweet
A thought-provoking Twitter thread on what’s ignored by the media that will be studied by historians.
What is ignored by the media -- but will be studied by historians?
8 more examples:
— George Mack (@george__mack)
4:16 PM • Apr 30, 2023
Question
Are you as intentional about your rest as you are about your work?
Part of a great work ethic is having a great rest ethic.
Rather than letting your recovery be passive, how could you be more active this week in designing your plan for rest?
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Make it a great weekend.
Much love,
Beau Burns
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