motivation

if you can imagine it, you can create it

Daniel Burnham, an accomplished architect and civic planner whose plan for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair had a substantial influence on the contemporary civic design once remarked, “Make no little plans.”

There’s great wisdom behind these four simple words. Burnham knew that if we want to achieve extraordinary things, we must have extraordinary ideas and a compelling vision around them.

The size of your imagination determines the size of your life. If you can create in your imagination the life and lifestyle you would like to have, it’s absolutely possible to make them a living and breathing reality in the actual world.

As Napoleon Hill said, “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

WTF! (Wild Thought Friday!)

We are so comfortable as a species that we work at trying to increase the numbers of lions and tigers.

the four stoic virtues: a brief overview

Stoicism, a school of philosophy established in Athens by Zeno of Citium in the early 3rd century BC, has endured the test of time as a guide to living a meaningful and resilient life. Named after the stoa, or porch, where Zeno taught his students, this philosophy centers on the

podcast summary: Matthew McConaughey on living passionately

this is the true measure of success

"People try to create an outwardly perfect life, but the quality of life is based on the inward." — Sadhguru In a world obsessed with external markers of achievement—wealth, status, recognition—we often overlook the most profound form of success: inner peace. Our society consistently presents success as

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