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...
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“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
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“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
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This morning I had a great conversation with my brother Sam and I told him I thought it was going to lead to today’s Note. I decided to keep the Note my stream of thoughts and not clean it up to flow a little more naturally. Greatness is defined by what you can control—what you can do, how you can serve. Once you deliver greatness, the outcomes are out of your control because they have been handed to someone else. Most times, your greatness will carry to the individuals who have received it,...
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Joe Hudson tells the story of his daughter sharing that she found her billion-dollar idea. He asked if she meant a business she could build to be worth a billion dollars, and she replied no; it is a business she wouldn’t sell for a billion dollars. What a flip of perspective. Most people are focused on building something that can be turned into a financial windfall, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. But what if building something that gave you purpose, was something you wouldn’t want to...
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“Living life as an artist is a practice. You are either engaging in the practice or you’re not. It makes no sense to say you’re not good at it. It’s like saying, “I’m not good at being a monk.” You are either living as a monk, or you’re not. We tend to think of the artist’s work as the output. The real work of the artist is a way of being in the world.” -Rick Rubin You are an artist. Your greatest masterpiece is your life. And it will be your masterpiece whether you control the design or...
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I hope you had a great week! Let's get to the Notes... 📝 this week's Daily Notes 10.12.26 #1326 faith and fear 10.13.26 #1327 your experience is shaped by your heart 10.14.26 #1328 expanding awareness 10.16.26 #1329 pivot and iterate 10.17.26 #1330 today's decisions, tomorrow's results 10.18.26 #1331 new horizons 📺 AlignedLife Podcast Expanded Awareness With Jeff Williams Listen Apple Podcasts Spotify After 27 years in corporate sales and relationship management, my friend Jeff Williams felt...
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“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” -William Faulkner See you tomorrow and keep pursuing, JC
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“Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be. But what will happen in all the other days that ever come can depend on what you do today. -Ernest Hemingway Where you find your Self today is a result of your past Self’s decisions. Are you happy with those decisions, or do you wish you had made different decisions? Think about your future Self with the decisions you make today. See you tomorrow and keep pursuing, JC
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