by Warren Buffet – 2022 Shareholders Letter Nothing Beats Having a Great PartnerCharlie and I think pretty much alike. But what it takes me a page to explain, he sums upin a sentence. His version, moreover, is always more clearly reasoned and also moreartfully – some might add bluntly – stated.Here are a few of […]
Entrepreneur, author, and photographer Kevin Kelly on staying young: “The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.” Source: 103 Bits of Advice I Wish I Had Known from James Clear’s newsletter.
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“Most of the embarrassing moments of my life happened when I wanted to say no, but ended up saying yes (or saying nothing at all). Most of the missed opportunities in my life happened when I wanted to say yes, but ended up saying no (or saying nothing at all).”
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Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, on preparation and worry: “The time to worry is three months before a flight. Decide then whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying. To worry is to add another hazard.” Source: Last Flight
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“Whether or not something is deemed a “failure” is dependent on when performance is measured. You’re not failing. You’re just in the middle of succeeding.” – James Clear
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Can the constant confrontation with our failures and deficiencies produce a culture that is generous and forgiving? Can it be concerned with those who feel not just left behind, as many in America do, but left out, as so many Ukrainians were for so long? The answer to that, if there is an answer to […]
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Philosophy will remain the center of my intellectual life; Torah study the center of my religious life. But today I bought a kid who just lost his home green Skechers and he beamed at me and thanked me in broken English. I once claimed to my brother to have solved the theological problem of evil. Well, he […]
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Charlie Dates At Emory University’s Candler school of theology. You see the watching world does not have a problem with Jesus being born. Christmas is pretty cool to a lot of people people. It doesn’t disturb us that he lived. Some are willing to admit that he performed a dynamic ministry and that he was […]
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Diary of a Pastor’s Soul by M Craig Barnes Like all Elder brothers, his besetting sin is not riotous living but trusting in his carefully constructed life. Sin is anything that separates us from God, and nothing will do that with more damage to the soul than trying to be your own savior.Page 95
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