“For me, a good writing day is when I can move forward inside a story, because I take so much pleasure in tinkering with sentences that I often have to fight my own impulse to dither and revise in order to keep the momentum of the narrative going.” — Karen Russell

 

“I redraft as I go—whenever I get stuck in a short story, I go back to the beginning and revise my way down to where I left off. Usually I’ve reworked the first couple of pages anywhere from twenty to over 100 times by the time I get to the ending. It’s hard to figure out how much I eliminate—often it’s more that I’m switching out or reworking phrases or sentences or paragraphs (rarely scenes).” — Kelly Link

 

“It’s easy to say “write truthfully about experience.” But how to actually do it? The only way I’ve ever known is to try it, over and over again, until I can’t think of another way, or a clearer way. I write each draft, each scene, over and over again until I can’t think of a better way forward." — Richard Bausch

Let me not be Your critic, Lord, today, and judge against You.

²Let me not attempt to interfere with Your creation, and distort it into sickly forms.

³Let me be willing to withdraw my wishes from its unity, and thus to let it be as You created it.

⁴For thus will I be able, too, to recognize my Self as You created me.

⁵In love was I created, and in love will I remain forever.

⁶What can frighten me, when I let all things be exactly as they are?

Every summer the graduating seniors risk their lives competing in a series of challenges that force them to confront their deepest fears for the chance to win life-changing money.

 

Anyone can play.

 

Only one will win.

 

Let the games begin.

 

Some commentary about Comparison and Contrast...

 

Three friends.

 

Same town.

 

Same age.

 

Same goal.

 

But completely different life experiences.

 

How does friendship deliver and deteriorate when 1 of the 3 is interrupted by circumstances which leave her with nothing to lose?

 

I started reading this book from chapter 8 - The Power of a POV.

 

It opens with a critical statement regarding category design...

 

Thinking about thinking...  is the most important kind of thinking.

 

The authors immediately propose - 90% of what we’ve been taught about entrepreneurship, business strategy, and marketing is wrong.

 

The core issue is that 100% of what we’ve been taught is based on the past and doesn’t reflect a future where many things might change.

 

Here’s how Category Designers think:

 

It’s tomorrow.

 

The world is not the same way it was yesterday.

 

We REJECT the premise.

 

And we are going to act as if the tomorrow we’re creating already exists, today.

 

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Getting rich is about knowing what to do, who to do it with, and when to do it.

 

It is much more about understanding than purely hard work.

 

Yes, hard work matters, and you can’t skimp on it.

 

But it has to be directed in the right way.

 

Lesson #1 From the Investor's Podcast Network - The Naval Ravikant Almanack: A Guide To Wealth & Happiness With Eric Jorgenson >>> Link

 

Lesson # 2 From Mindset Mentor - Naval Ravikant's Advice on Specific Knowledge, Accountability and Leverage >>> Link

 

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The context of The Mack's Bible classifies the male species into two classes:

 

1. Male (males in plural) and;
2. Man (men in plural)

 

A male is a simply a boy who has only grown up (physically). He doesn’t understand manhood or his role as a man in everyday life. And he certainly has limited perspective about his role as a man who skillfully interacts with, appreciates and commands the attention of a woman.

 

A man is a male that has claimed his manhood. He is responsible, confident, a leader and problem-solver. He is forever the ultimate gentleman and a woman’s best companion.

 

The fact is, most males have been educated by female teachers and women in authoritative roles.

 

The masculine component has not been given proper attention, leaving most males without the masculine energy needed to be effective men, fathers, husbands, entrepreneurs, friends and gods (Psalm 82:6).

 

I've decided to educate myself and all who will listen (male and female).

 

I intend to usher in the the original concept of masculine and feminine aligned (within self and thru relationship), >> Gen 2:18-24 << allowing God's dominion on earth to transform life as we know it, giving us a John 10:10 experience (now and for our grandchildren).

 

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There are four primary tools you can use to connect to, cultivate and channel sexual energy: breath, sound, movement and visualization.

 

Each of these tools can be endlessly explored, and they organically support one another.

 

Diving deeper into one will help you get more out of the other three, and vice versa.

 

This is a path of sexual self-mastery; it is a never-ending path.

 

This is not “Three Quick Tricks You Can Do Tonight to Completely Transform Your Sex Life Forever.”

 

These are practices to take on and build relationships with over time.

 

They are tools you can play with and hone every time you are sexual, whether with a partner or by yourself.

 

Lesson From the Book - Evolved Masculinity and Understanding Male Power >>> Link

 

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For most of us, our responses to whatever happens each day can be boiled down to answering three basic questions…

 

Number 1: “What do I do so that I don’t feel uncomfortable?”

 

Number 2: “What do I do so that I don’t miss an opportunity or put something I care about at risk?”

 

Number 3: “What do I do so that I don’t look like a loser?”

 

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Overwhelmed?

 

If you feel anything less than “hell yeah!” about something, say no.

 

We say yes too often.

 

By saying no to almost everything, you leave space and time in your life to throw yourself completely into the few things that matter most.

 

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