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Practice is the best of all instructors. – Publius Syrus In fact, it is really the only true instructor in that you only actually learn something when you actually do* the thing. *  *  * * And the more you do it, the deeper the learning.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less. – C.S. Lewis So many people (or at least the ones with enough self-awareness) get this wrong. They think, consciously or otherwise, that they need to make themselves smaller, or lesser, to be “humble.” It’s a mistake of thinking. You’re amazing. You have…

That might seem like an odd title, or perhaps a not very helpful one. But it will soon make sense. A mentor of mine sent me a message that contained the following line: If I am on the wrong road it doesn’t matter how good I get at speeding down the road. It’s the wrong…

I recently read a post on Johnny B. Truant’s blog that really hit home. So much so that I wanted to do two things: share it with my readers and 2) think on and write about each piece of his post. The post is “20 Truths About Life No One Wants To Believe” and the next one…

It’s merely a component of power. Knowledge is no more power than flour is a cake. Flour, with other specific ingredients, combined in a specific order and manner and prepared in a particular way, results in a cake. So it is with knowledge. When you combine knowledge with other key ingredients, such as awareness, intention…

In life, the opposite of creation is not destruction, it’s victim-hood. “Huh?” (you may say). In life, we can choose to be responsible for our lives and create through our choices, or play the victim and allow life to wash over us all the while lamenting the unfairness of things and wallowing in passivity. Put another…