“It was always me vs. the world, until I found it’s me vs. me.” - Kendrick Lamar The first step in growth is realizing that the obstacles and answers all lie within you; they aren’t in the outside world but inside, waiting for you to overcome and discover them. See you tomorrow and keep pursuing, JC
about 23 hours ago • 1 min read
You never know what’s going to hit. When I hit publish on yesterday’s Daily Note, I told my friends that I didn’t feel as if the note was my best work, but it was good enough to send out; I’ll never send a note that I don’t feel has a good message, but I will hit send even if I don’t think it’s my best writing–not everything has to be “the best”...perfection is the enemy of great. I know my friend’s quote about courage and patience was perfect, and that’s what I wanted to get out into the...
2 days ago • 1 min read
Yesterday, I was talking to a friend in the profession about life, business, and family. I shared some things I’ve been thinking about with him, and we began discussing the importance of waiting for decisions to unfold. He hit me with this great quote, “We often confuse courage with always having to be about taking a leap or making change immediately, but courage is also having the patience to allow things to unfold as they are supposed to.” I immediately grabbed my phone and typed what he...
3 days ago • 1 min read
Happy Sunday--here's this week's Daily Notes and the latest episode of LifeDesign+. I also wanted to share one of the podcasts I referenced in a note this week and make sure you see it and consider watching; it's the Rich Roll podcast with Kimberly Snyder. This week's episode of LifeDesign+ dropped on Thursday with an inspiring conversation with Zac Owens, a professional basketball player. I also dropped a new Periodical sharing a new term that I discovered in a book I'm reading, "anam cara"....
4 days ago • 1 min read
This morning, I enjoyed a cup of cold brew on a long walk along the Pacific Ocean with a few of my financial advisor friends. There was a little discussion about our businesses and the profession, but most of the conversations were centered around life and other random topics. I broke off for an extended conversation with one of my friends about our spiritual journeys; a few years ago, we discovered that we were traveling on parallel journeys at the same conference in California, and it...
4 days ago • 1 min read
"What we think, we become." —Buddha Note: I’m on my way to Huntington Beach, California for the next few days to hang out and learn from some of the best financial advisors in the world. There will be no break in the Daily Notes, but they might just arrive a little later since I’ll be operating on West Coast time. See you tomorrow (or later today), and keep pursuing, JC
5 days ago • 1 min read
Inspired by watching Chris Brickley training Roman and one of the top freshman basketball players in college basketball Clank! The sound of the ballcoming off the front of the rim.“F- misses.”“We can’t do anything about them.” F- misses. Next shot.“Swish” Even the best shootersmiss shots, a lot of shots,but missed shots don’t faze them. F- misses. Give too much powerto the missesyou’ll never get backto the makes. F- misses. You gotta letthose misses knowthey don’t bother you.They’re just a...
6 days ago • 1 min read
There’s one word in the English language that is guaranteed to keep you from living your authentic life… “can’t” I’ve tried to banish the word in our house when the boys were little, and for the most part, it doesn’t come up very often and when it does they are quickly reminded to choose a different word and rethink what they are saying. I believe the second you say “can’t,” a message is sent to your brain that goes right to the subconscious to be carried out, making sure you do not, in fact,...
7 days ago • 1 min read
“Can anything be more idiotic than certain people who boast of their foresight? They keep themselves officiously preoccupied in order to improve their lives; they spend their lives in organizing their lives. They direct their purposes with an eye to a distant future. But putting things off is the biggest waste of life: it snatches away each day as it comes, and denies us the present by promising the future. The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses...
8 days ago • 1 min read