Category: Inspiration
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Guru-NBA
The concept of gurukula is traced to ancient schools of thought in India where students lived near gurus and embraced a way of life to be carried forward to other students in perpetuity. Over ten head or former head coaches in the NBA were taught about winning at the house Greg Popovich built in San […]
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Change and Patience
Robin Sharma’s book The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari sits on an older bookshelf. It’s still intact, if not worn from travel during a lifetime that endures change. Change is hard. It gets messy. Eventually, things work out. Just when the light from the end of the tunnel becomes an answer to prayers, the view […]
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JFK quote
The older generation has not given way to the next generation in most parts of the world. Not too long ago, a forty-three-year-old became the youngest President of the United States. 🇺🇸 It’s a record still not broken. John F. Kennedy’s clarion call to America and the rest of the world has gone unheard, politically […]
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Mountains beyond Mountains
The sudden loss of Dr. Paul Farmer is being felt around the world. Tracy Kidder’s biography tells the riveting story of Farmer’s ascension from difficult family circumstances in Florida without basic health insurance to becoming the preeminent voice of the poor in global public health. He survived an unfair system and made his mission to […]
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True Champion (ESPN video)
Justin Hardy plays basketball in the gym I know all too well in St. Louis, Missouri. He’s putting on a valiant fight off the court, in addition, to being a Division 3 basketball star. The one thing I’ve learned about this illness is to keep doing the things you love whether you experience it personally, […]
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Steve Jobs quote
Finding the present moment — the ground underneath — unveils work that builds a better tomorrow. Gotta keep moving.
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Don DeLillo quote
Famed writer Don DeLillo began a writing career that freed him from the boredom of working as a parking attendant in his childhood. It’s much harder to write these days, but I think technology overload is invoking the same kind of boredom that allows for creativity. Putting something original down on paper or a computer […]
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Gandhi quote
They say it takes physical effort to get to the starting line. Reaching the finish line requires sheer willpower. In the last two years, every task required more physical and mental energy to get done. I think about increasing my willpower every day. When I don’t execute, it’s usually because my mind wasn’t up to […]
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Brene Brown quote
Collecting moments of joy, no matter how small, keeps the cup full for my family during the pandemic. Joy is the key to life.
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Number One
Here’s a good stocking stuffer for the tennis fanatic in your life. NYT writer Christopher Clarey writes a masterpiece of the master himself: link Roger Federer was the number one tennis player globally for 237 consecutive weeks from early 2004 to late 2008. It’s a record that Novak Djokovic can surpass in another 2+ years, […]
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Greenlights
Greenlights is a surprisingly good book, and Matthew McConaughey is as quotable as the Dalai Lama. I’ve read way too much, especially long-form journalism during the pandemic. This book stood out. In a recent NYT interview, McConaughey concisely unveils a common-sense approach to living curated over a lifetime of diversified experiences: Link “Responsibility, I would […]
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The Things that Count
The Fountainhead is one of my favorite books from childhood. Self-awareness means many things, including cultivating those things you already have so that you count when it matters the most — when the rest of the world pays attention. There is a lot of noise that can hinder personal development.
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Better to Have Gone
I’ve been to Auroville, the famous hippie outpost in South India. It was hard enough deciphering the whos and whats of this unique destination. Pondicherry and Auroville offer a respite for travelers making the tiresome trek away from India’s urban metros. We checked this place off our travel wishlist. What I never really understood was […]
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Carl Jung quote
Nearly every facet of life yields forms of projection. This psychological concept alluded to by Carl Jung has become a behavioral reality. Social media is hardly more than a tool to exacerbate the harmful toll projection plays on our lives. It’s hard to limit this behavior which destroys the originality and authenticity of a deeper […]
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Become America
Become America, an inspiring ode by community activist Eric Liu, reflects on doing the kinds of things we don’t do much anymore, like talking to our neighbors, getting to know those who don’t look like us, or being vulnerable when it’s much easier to achieve our personal goals by putting up a front. It’s possible […]
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