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This Week at a Glance: - Monday: The Poem I Wish I Read 10 Years Ago
- Wednesday: The Arrival Fallacy: Why Success Is Never Enough
- Friday: The Empty Boat Mindset
Wisdom Worth Sharing: Your entire life will change when you accept one truth: You don't plan your future. You plan your actions today, and those actions create your future. (share to x/twitter!)
Monday: The Poem I Wish I Read 10 Years Ago Last week, a reader sent me a poem that stopped me in my tracks—one of the most beautiful distillations of a good life I've ever read. The final line says it all: "This is to be my symphony." A reminder that you get to create the rhythm and melody of your life. So, what will be your symphony? (read the full piece here)
Wednesday: The Arrival Fallacy: Why Success Is Never Enough The world's top ranked golfer, Scottie Scheffler, recently went viral for his comments about the tension between success and fulfillment. The arrival fallacy is the false assumption that reaching some achievement or goal will create durable feelings of satisfaction and contentment in our lives. We incorrectly assume that we will finally experience the sensation of having arrived when we reach whatever we have propped up as our destination. We've all said it: "When I get [X], then I'll be happy." The truth? Real happiness is found in the journey. Find it there—or you won't find it at all. (read the full piece here)
Friday: The Empty Boat Mindset This is a story I come back to when I'm feeling stressed or frustrated: A monk is meditating alone on a lake when another boat crashes into his. Anger rises until he opens his eyes and realizes the boat is empty, drifting freely after coming untied from the dock. In that moment, the anger vanishes. After all, he cannot be angry at an empty boat. The lesson: Most collisions in life are with empty boats. No harm intended. No one to blame. Just random drift on the lake of life. So when frustration builds, pause and ask: Am I just getting angry at an empty boat? (read the full piece here)
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