Category: RESEARCH
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Races
Earlier this summer, on a Saturday we took our Dad to the races. The next day we went to Palm Springs for my brother’s bday.
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Catch Up
I been doing this dumb thing lately of posting random solo pics not in any chronological order. I gotta go back to posting everything and in order because it helps my brain and my work flow. Anyways, here’s a few posts to get me caught up.
Also if anyone has noticed, I have been cropping my verticals to 4×5. Yes, that is because that is the IG vertical image ratio. It actually works better for the blog too. The horizontals are at 5×7, probs my fave ratio.
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The Chase
In the last post I was writing about the journey vs the destination. The thrill of the chase is a phrase that comes to mind. In our case, the chase of freedom.
Years ago I read a book by Grant Cardone called “The 10X Rule”. He is basically saying 10x everything you are doing and it will get you to where you want to go faster. It’s a good book for motivation. He says 10x-ing everything will build a fire so big that they (the world) will be forced to notice.
I am mostly thinking about that fire. We all have a fire within, it’s what gets us out of bed. I’m thinking we get too busy and too stressed chasing what we want. Yet when we ignite the gigantic fire within, the success, romance, etc will start chasing us.
I forget that I experience this already in my work life. All the highest paying photo gigs I have gotten were also the easiest and funnest, the ones where they said, “Do whatever you want.” And all the awkward and least paying jobs were the ones I had to pitch, bid, compete, change my style, obey the art director, etc.
I think the lesson is quit chasing, fire it up, and let them chase you. Not just in work, but in life. Let’s try it.
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The Way
“The way is the goal.” I think Confucious or Buddha said it. Also heard it as, “The path is the goal.”
Seems like a paradox. The usual lesson is that the journey itself is filled with lessons, so enjoy it. But let’s break it down.
Jim Rohn, who is a business coach type person, who is really a self development coach type person, says you attract what you are becoming.
Same kind of brain game where the means to an end is really just the means. Like you can say the journey is equal to the destination, therefore the journey is the destination, therefore the path is the goal.
We presume now that we have 2 goals. First goal, destination. Second goal, the path there. They are presuming that once you have that path, it is a given you will hit the destination no matter what. At least I think that is what “they” are saying.
But guess what, we are already on a path. We have been since day one. Maybe that’s just it, while we are on “a” path maybe we aren’t on “the” path. What and where is “the” path?
I am overthinking it. I just googled it and this other quote swooped in to sum it all up, “There is no path to happiness. Happiness is the path.”
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Golden
Sometimes you gotta go back to the beginning. Out of all the lessons you learn in life, I’m thinking how the first lessons have come back, to me anyways, as the most crucial ones.
Mama, Papa. I love you. Please. Thank you. These are the first words for most people. While I may have lost track of these over the years, not sure I would be alive right now if I didn’t have them. Yes parents, but I am mostly talking about manners and being cordial. Hello, Good bye, Please, and Thank You.
To take it further, at my Grandparents house they had a sign that said, “Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Many religions and spiritual teachings echo this phrasing and in my mind this should be re-titled as the Golden Law because it is seemingly the foundation when searching for deeper wisdom and knowledge and truth. It’s trippy how things from childhood re-enter your adult life. Probably because it’s what is needed now more than ever these days.
When I was growing up “earning respect” was a real thing. And if YOU had to earn respect, you start to think that EVERYONE should be working on earning respect. You soon find out that while honorable as it is, the world just doesn’t work this way. As you get older you get confused and frustrated and look for short cuts.
Judgement, gossip, envy, power trips, ego trips, etc are side effects of capitalism that I think maybe can be softened with the Golden Law. That is if we are try real hard. We’ll see. Worth a try.
My friend who is a counselor at a high school was telling me about some recent training. His job is to, “interrupt a negative life outcome.” This means that he has to purposely influence these bad kids in a positive way. He has a great job and he is good at it. That’s all I am trying to do. Not for you but for my own inner bad kid.
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10000 Kicks
“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” – Bruce Lee