“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” -Seneca To the outside world, when you are living your Authentic Life, it may appear that your life is full of luck, as if luck is a bad thing or takes away from the life you’ve manifested. But it’s not luck—it’s confirmation from the Divine that you are living the life you are supposed to. When you are aligned with your Authentic Self and living your Authentic Life, things just happen to fall into place, and often in ways you...
about 19 hours ago • 1 min read
This morning I sent a voice note to an old friend of mine. I say old because, over the last few years, our friendship faded, and I’m not really sure why. The story I’ve told my Self to accept the loss of this friend is that sometimes people come into our lives for a specific reason and time, which may not be as long as we’d like. As I’ve evolved, numerous relationships that were really important to me have evolved, and it has been much easier to see why and be at peace with the natural...
3 days ago • 1 min read
“Your new life is going to cost you your old one.” -Brianna Wiest This quote might sound scary because the cost of your old life is comfort, familiarity, and might even extend to friends, career, and other hard-to-let-go parts of your life. But, if your new life is your Authentic Life, the excitement of possibility and the feeling of alignment will outweigh the fear of letting go. If you’re not living the life you feel called to live, keep exploring and experimenting until you discover your...
5 days ago • 1 min read
One of my favorite J. Cole songs right now is 99 Build Freestyle off his Birthday Blizzard mixtape that he released leading up to the release of his album The Fall Off. For those who grew up on 90’s hip hop, the song is over the iconic Lox Money, Power, & Respect beat—it’s high energy and gets me hyped for the day, which is why it’s one of the first songs I listen to in my car. The title of the song, 99 Build, refers to the perfect build of a player in video games, specifically the NBA 2K...
6 days ago • 1 min read
“Authentic happiness derives from raising the bar for yourself, not rating yourself against others.” -Martin Seligman It’s always YOU. It’s always you who determines what success looks like. It’s always you who knows what your life is supposed to be. The only person you need to “compete” with is your Self. See you tomorrow and keep pursuing, JC
7 days ago • 1 min read
I hope you had a great weekend! I recorded a great episode of the AlignedLife podcast this week with George Kinder; you might recognize his name from my talks about life planning and the Registered Life Planner designation I hold. George created it. I'm really excited to get this episode back because we talked very little about life planning. Naturally, the topic came up throughout our conversation, but we focused on bigger, more important topics. I'm hopeful I can drop the episode this...
8 days ago • 1 min read
I’m sitting in the parking lot before Leo’s soccer match (he has to be there an hour early) watching the latest Chris Brickley vlog (for more on who Chris Brickley is, check out this Film Room report I did on him for my 12:24 newsletter) and it’s called “The People Who Matter.” The video starts off with an important NBA player in his career and then moves to his father (with mentions of his sisters), and then reflects on the time he had with his mother before she passed away—a really...
8 days ago • 1 min read
“Great men are they who see that the spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson See you tomorrow and keep pursuing, JC
9 days ago • 1 min read
“We are what we repeatedly do.” - Will Durant What we repeatedly tell our Self is what we end up doing. So we are what we say to our Self. See you tomorrow and keep pursuing, JC
9 days ago • 1 min read