Steamboats insult the dignity of distance.
Proust
Principles are substitutes for an independent outlook. The owner would be lost in the ocean of events if he were not able to orient himself by these fixed bearings. Usually he is even proud of them and does not regard them as weaknesses, but as a source of strength. He hangs on to them because of the insufficiency of his own independent judgment.
It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us.

One of the most impactful books I have read.

Vicktor E. Frankl : Man’s Search for Meaning

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Finished a wonderful ride home with this song at Stumptown.

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The professional turns down roles that he’s done before. He’s not afraid of them anymore. Why waste his time?
It’s not bragging if you can back it up.
Muhammad Ali 

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The field is level, the professional understands, only in heaven.

If everything was fair, life would be pretty boring… I enjoyed the first half of the book this came from… but it was too wordy and could have been an amazing blog post. I hope kindle will allow authors/publishers to stop worrying about having enough pages to justify a hard cover… and get back to quality over quantity.

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The War Of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle 

Employees ASK, Entrepreneurs ACT!
Decide who you want to be, it doesn’t matter whether you work for yourself or a global megacorp. It’s a state of mind.
Do I really believe that my work is crucial to the planet’s survival? Of course not. But it’s as important to me as catching that mouse is to the hawk circling outside my window. He’s hungry. He needs a kill. So do I.