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“Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.” -Joseph Campbell See you tomorrow and keep pursuing, JC
connect spirit, mind, body, and money w/ Justin Castelli
I'm on a mission to help more people find and live their authentic life. Check out my Daily Notes where I write a short note each day about the connection of spirit, mind, body and money on the Pursuit of your authentic life.
Depending on what social media platforms you follow me on, you might not know that I have hosted three conversations at our house with Roman and Leo’s friends. I wrote about how the series of talks came to be over in the Omens (my version of the blogs we grew up with), so I’ll save that explanation and get right to the first three talks. While the audience for these is teenage athletes, the reality is the message applies to everyone. I’ve told them I’m pulling them in to help them with their...
A friend of mine texted me today and shared that just a few weeks before he hit a milestone birthday, he reached a goal he set years ago. “Before I turn X, I want to achieve Y.” My initial response was excitement for him. My second response was, "I wonder what would have happened if he had set a bigger goal?” I don’t think it is a coincidence that he hit the exact goal in the exact timeline that he set. Now, he didn’t need to reach a bigger goal—he’s exactly where he is supposed to be and in...
“You can fail at what you don't want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.” -Jim Carrey We find comfort in failing within a system we’ve been told will take care of us. Yet, we fear failing outside the system, pursuing what is calling us. Many people have discovered that pursuing their Authentic Life ends up being more stable and “safe” than the path we’ve been told will always take care of us. Don’t focus on what failure in either option looks like; think about what...
This morning my alarm went off, and I turned it off. And I stayed in bed and went back to sleep; multiple times, I woke up and thought about what I “should” be doing. I could have been writing.I could have been working out.I could have been meditating. Podcast clips from the hustle crowd made me feel like I was wasting precious time. But it was the last Sunday of summer break. Everyone else was sleeping. It was cloudy and possibly raining. Staying in bed a little longer wasn’t going to hurt...
“The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” -Michelangelo Aim high, my friend. Aim authentically high. See you tomorrow and keep pursuing, JC
One of the benefits of being a business owner is flexibility. For a long time, I’ve been resistant to being overly disciplined in my day-to-day structure. I’ve always appreciated the flexibility to call an audible in the middle of the day to work from home or spend a little more time with the boys if there was nothing on my calendar. For example, instead of doing some compliance work in the middle of the day, I could head home to walk to the coffee shop with the boys. The compliance work...
If you’re doing great things—even if it's just you who thinks it’s great—share what you’re doing in the world. First, no one will know the great work you’re doing if you don’t tell them. Second, you never know who you will inspire. Find a way (or ways) to share the great things you are doing. See you tomorrow and keep pursuing, JC
“The people with the best lives almost always went through a period when everyone thought they were making a huge mistake.” -Justin Welsh See you tomorrow and keep pursuing, JC
Putting our Selves in a position of independence should be a goal for everyone, and by independence I am thinking professionally first, but ultimately any situation you find your Self dependent on others. It doesn’t mean that you have to leap into independence, but making sure that you can escape to independence if you ever need to is becoming a must. I’ve been thinking a lot about the ESPN firing of Ryan Clark and other longtime employees and how it was done in such a heartless way, at least...