Resilient Mental State
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You fear what you don’t understand and what you cannot control.
Understand that you essentially know nothing and your control is extremely limited outside of your thought interpretations and actions.
Embrace uncertainty and practice self-command.
Fear is a training opportunity.
Understand that you essentially know nothing and your control is extremely limited outside of your thought interpretations and actions.
Embrace uncertainty and practice self-command.
Fear is a training opportunity.
June 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
You fear what you don’t understand and what you cannot control.
Understand that you essentially know nothing and your control is extremely limited outside of your thought interpretations and actions.
Embrace uncertainty and practice self-command.
Fear is a training opportunity.
Understand that you essentially know nothing and your control is extremely limited outside of your thought interpretations and actions.
Embrace uncertainty and practice self-command.
Fear is a training opportunity.
Legacies are tied to established character and impact.
People will recall the example you set assuming it is worth remembering.
They will also remember what you did and/or created assuming it makes a difference.
Continuously hone your character while trying to make an impact.
People will recall the example you set assuming it is worth remembering.
They will also remember what you did and/or created assuming it makes a difference.
Continuously hone your character while trying to make an impact.
June 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Legacies are tied to established character and impact.
People will recall the example you set assuming it is worth remembering.
They will also remember what you did and/or created assuming it makes a difference.
Continuously hone your character while trying to make an impact.
People will recall the example you set assuming it is worth remembering.
They will also remember what you did and/or created assuming it makes a difference.
Continuously hone your character while trying to make an impact.
One can’t manage an emotion he’s not aware of.
Following awareness, one can’t manage an emotion he doesn’t understand.
Once understood, one can’t manage an emotion he doesn’t have developed strategies for.
Self-Awareness → Understanding → Unique Intervention
Emotional intelligence is a skill.
Following awareness, one can’t manage an emotion he doesn’t understand.
Once understood, one can’t manage an emotion he doesn’t have developed strategies for.
Self-Awareness → Understanding → Unique Intervention
Emotional intelligence is a skill.
June 10, 2025 at 10:19 AM
One can’t manage an emotion he’s not aware of.
Following awareness, one can’t manage an emotion he doesn’t understand.
Once understood, one can’t manage an emotion he doesn’t have developed strategies for.
Self-Awareness → Understanding → Unique Intervention
Emotional intelligence is a skill.
Following awareness, one can’t manage an emotion he doesn’t understand.
Once understood, one can’t manage an emotion he doesn’t have developed strategies for.
Self-Awareness → Understanding → Unique Intervention
Emotional intelligence is a skill.
Self-improvement is a worthwhile quest throughout life. It is not, however, a worthwhile replacement of living.
Let progressive improvements obtained in your respective arenas enhance your life and the life of those around you.
Harmony between fulfillment and pleasure can be found.
Let progressive improvements obtained in your respective arenas enhance your life and the life of those around you.
Harmony between fulfillment and pleasure can be found.
June 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Self-improvement is a worthwhile quest throughout life. It is not, however, a worthwhile replacement of living.
Let progressive improvements obtained in your respective arenas enhance your life and the life of those around you.
Harmony between fulfillment and pleasure can be found.
Let progressive improvements obtained in your respective arenas enhance your life and the life of those around you.
Harmony between fulfillment and pleasure can be found.
Listen to your heart, but make sure it’s collaborating with your mind and spirit prior to action.
June 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Listen to your heart, but make sure it’s collaborating with your mind and spirit prior to action.
You can’t control everything that happens to you.
You can control how you respond to everything that happens to you.
You can control how you respond to everything that happens to you.
June 7, 2025 at 9:59 AM
You can’t control everything that happens to you.
You can control how you respond to everything that happens to you.
You can control how you respond to everything that happens to you.
To master self-command, one must master the core brain.
Control, however, does not mean suppress.
Emotions are natural.
Awareness, understanding, and management of emotion leads to optimal control.
Let emotions be the signals leading you toward self-mastery.
Control, however, does not mean suppress.
Emotions are natural.
Awareness, understanding, and management of emotion leads to optimal control.
Let emotions be the signals leading you toward self-mastery.
June 6, 2025 at 9:47 AM
To master self-command, one must master the core brain.
Control, however, does not mean suppress.
Emotions are natural.
Awareness, understanding, and management of emotion leads to optimal control.
Let emotions be the signals leading you toward self-mastery.
Control, however, does not mean suppress.
Emotions are natural.
Awareness, understanding, and management of emotion leads to optimal control.
Let emotions be the signals leading you toward self-mastery.
Your job can only become your whole life if you allow it to.
There are advantages to completely immersing yourself into a specific domain but there can also be significant costs.
What kind of life do you want to live?
Let that answer guide your approach and actions in all things.
There are advantages to completely immersing yourself into a specific domain but there can also be significant costs.
What kind of life do you want to live?
Let that answer guide your approach and actions in all things.
June 5, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Your job can only become your whole life if you allow it to.
There are advantages to completely immersing yourself into a specific domain but there can also be significant costs.
What kind of life do you want to live?
Let that answer guide your approach and actions in all things.
There are advantages to completely immersing yourself into a specific domain but there can also be significant costs.
What kind of life do you want to live?
Let that answer guide your approach and actions in all things.
Fight or flight.
Embrace or avoid.
Fear is a signal and our response to it can be conditioned.
Embrace or avoid.
Fear is a signal and our response to it can be conditioned.
June 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Fight or flight.
Embrace or avoid.
Fear is a signal and our response to it can be conditioned.
Embrace or avoid.
Fear is a signal and our response to it can be conditioned.
Let the work within continuously impact the world around you.
June 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Let the work within continuously impact the world around you.
Stick with what you know and you’ll no longer grow.
June 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Stick with what you know and you’ll no longer grow.
Evil only persists when the good ones resist their instincts.
June 1, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Evil only persists when the good ones resist their instincts.
Where your mind goes, your life follows.
Spiritual health is facilitated by one’s chosen perspective.
Interpret your thoughts like your life depends on it.
Spiritual health is facilitated by one’s chosen perspective.
Interpret your thoughts like your life depends on it.
May 31, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Where your mind goes, your life follows.
Spiritual health is facilitated by one’s chosen perspective.
Interpret your thoughts like your life depends on it.
Spiritual health is facilitated by one’s chosen perspective.
Interpret your thoughts like your life depends on it.
Humans are creatures of logic and emotion - they are just inversely related.
The core brain overrides executive function when the stress response is heightened.
Emotion suppresses logic.
Resilience and emotional intelligence, therefore, are imperative for sustained logic in any domain.
The core brain overrides executive function when the stress response is heightened.
Emotion suppresses logic.
Resilience and emotional intelligence, therefore, are imperative for sustained logic in any domain.
May 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Humans are creatures of logic and emotion - they are just inversely related.
The core brain overrides executive function when the stress response is heightened.
Emotion suppresses logic.
Resilience and emotional intelligence, therefore, are imperative for sustained logic in any domain.
The core brain overrides executive function when the stress response is heightened.
Emotion suppresses logic.
Resilience and emotional intelligence, therefore, are imperative for sustained logic in any domain.
The most important attribute one can possess is giving a shit.
Challenge yourself to find things and people you care about.
Empathy is a worthwhile skill.
Challenge yourself to find things and people you care about.
Empathy is a worthwhile skill.
May 29, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The most important attribute one can possess is giving a shit.
Challenge yourself to find things and people you care about.
Empathy is a worthwhile skill.
Challenge yourself to find things and people you care about.
Empathy is a worthwhile skill.
Surround yourself with honest people while surrounding your ego with thoughts that reframe criticism.
Continuous improvement is only possible when you know your strengths, weaknesses, and everything in between.
Continuous improvement is only possible when you know your strengths, weaknesses, and everything in between.
May 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Surround yourself with honest people while surrounding your ego with thoughts that reframe criticism.
Continuous improvement is only possible when you know your strengths, weaknesses, and everything in between.
Continuous improvement is only possible when you know your strengths, weaknesses, and everything in between.
We all have the ability to protect, provide, and serve our areas of influence in countless ways.
Justice is preserved collectively through our actions.
Observe wrong? Intervene.
Justice is preserved collectively through our actions.
Observe wrong? Intervene.
May 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
We all have the ability to protect, provide, and serve our areas of influence in countless ways.
Justice is preserved collectively through our actions.
Observe wrong? Intervene.
Justice is preserved collectively through our actions.
Observe wrong? Intervene.
Live to your fullest to honor those whose sacrifice made it possible.
May 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Live to your fullest to honor those whose sacrifice made it possible.
Certainty closes the mind to future discovery.
To learn, one must be willing to unlearn.
To learn, one must be willing to unlearn.
May 25, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Certainty closes the mind to future discovery.
To learn, one must be willing to unlearn.
To learn, one must be willing to unlearn.
Maintaining rational control in your respective arenas is THE skill worth pursuing.
May 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Maintaining rational control in your respective arenas is THE skill worth pursuing.
Identity over outcome.
May 23, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Identity over outcome.
Anyone is capable of evil when anger runs the show.
May 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Anyone is capable of evil when anger runs the show.
Indecision breeds insecurity.
With virtue as a foundation, there often aren’t right vs wrong choices.
Make a call.
Being willing to learn, adapt, or deal with consequences will naturally develop more confidence in the skill of decision making.
With virtue as a foundation, there often aren’t right vs wrong choices.
Make a call.
Being willing to learn, adapt, or deal with consequences will naturally develop more confidence in the skill of decision making.
May 21, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Indecision breeds insecurity.
With virtue as a foundation, there often aren’t right vs wrong choices.
Make a call.
Being willing to learn, adapt, or deal with consequences will naturally develop more confidence in the skill of decision making.
With virtue as a foundation, there often aren’t right vs wrong choices.
Make a call.
Being willing to learn, adapt, or deal with consequences will naturally develop more confidence in the skill of decision making.
In the game of life, the only losers are the quitters.
May 20, 2025 at 9:47 AM
In the game of life, the only losers are the quitters.
Think you’ve already lost in your head and you’re probably right.
The mental game significantly influences the physical realm.
The mental game significantly influences the physical realm.
May 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Think you’ve already lost in your head and you’re probably right.
The mental game significantly influences the physical realm.
The mental game significantly influences the physical realm.