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Oh I've been smiling lately, dreaming about the world as one. And I believe it could be, some day it's going to come. - Cat Stevens
Oh I've been smiling lately, dreaming about the world as one
And I believe it could be, some day it's going to come
Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a peace train
Oh peace train take this country, come take me home again
Now I've been smiling lately, thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be, something good has begun
Here's my idea to help turn Gradey into his own version of Slim Shady, with him coming back strong in a different gear after starting off wrong in a difficult year.
It's not daily increase but daily decrease - hack away the unessentials. - Bruce Lee
What does it cost and what must be lost?
To buy gifts just for show?
To buy flowers from a store?
To buy clothes they just stow?
To buy jewels for ever more?
What does it cost and what must be lost?
To be walking in a park?
To be talking on a bench?
To be swimming in a lake?
To be kissing on a couch?
January 7th, 2026
Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot. - Joni Mitchell
They took all the trees
Put 'em in a tree museum
Then they charged the people
A dollar and a half just to see 'emDon't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise
Put up a parking lot
Whether you think you can, or think you can't, you're right. - Henry Ford
Think and Grow Rich is a classic motivational book. Written by Napoleon Hill and inspired by Andrew Carnegie, it was published in 1937 at the end of the Great Depression. In his introduction, Hill refers to the "Carnegie Secret", a conception which he reports is the foundation of all success and appears to be the premise of the book. Hill promises to indirectly describe this "secret" in every chapter, but never state it plainly, believing the use of the secret is only available to those who possess a "readiness" for it, a disposition Hill describes as essential to the concept itself.
Napoleon Hill talks about "The Secret" to Think & Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill - YouTube
For anyone who hasn't realized it, like people enjoying the overly complicated tri-fold phone, you could make a regular foldable phone with a wider aspect ratio on the inside screen like an iPad mini or eReader by making the phone wider and shorter on the outside screen.
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. - William Arthur Ward
80% of the result comes from 20% of your time, work, or activities, so realize that 80% could be good enough for many tasks or goals by focusing on the essential 20% of your habits and activities.
- This is one of the best ways to make better use of your time.
- The 80/20 rule - also known as The Pareto Principle - basically says that 80 percent of the value you will receive will come from 20 percent of your activities.
- So a lot of what you do is probably not as useful or even necessary to do as you may think.
- You can just drop - or vastly decrease the time you spend on - a whole bunch of things.
16 Things I wish they had taught me in school - Positivity Blog
80% of the results will often come from 20% of the causes, so focus on finding the vital few inputs or actions that will provide the most benefit or effect.
- The Pareto principle states that for many outcomes, roughly 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes (the "vital few").
- Other names for this principle are the 80/20 rule, the law of the vital few, or the principle of factor sparsity.
- Management consultant Joseph M. Juran developed the concept in the context of quality control and improvement after reading the works of Italian sociologist and economist Vilfredo Pareto, who wrote about the 80/20 connection while teaching at the University of Lausanne.
- In his first work, Cours d'économie politique, Pareto showed that approximately 80% of the land in the Kingdom of Italy was owned by 20% of the population.
The lives of two sisters and mothers with very different attitudes shows the incredible power of humans and the mind to drastically influence and affect their life and the lives of those around them, negatively for the worse or positively for the better.
December 4th, 2025
I wonder if it is better and simpler to make sure you always date your notes, and to only take dated notes instead of trying to organize them for reference.
Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. - Italian Proverb
Theory - Reading and writing are fundamentally different and more important than listening and talking. We are unable to comprehend, use, dissect, debate, act on, or retain knowledge from listening and talking anywhere close to when we read and write ideas down.
Create daily habits and practices to improve your wellbeing, be happier, achieve goals, and make your dreams come true.
- The only way you can make something stick is to create a habit through daily practice.
- So if you want to exercise, set up 10 minutes every day, at the same time of day, when you’re going to do your yoga or pushups or jogging/walking.
- Put it on the calendar, and make it an unmissable appointment.
But we've discovered that owning things, and consuming things does not satisfy our longing for meaning. We've learned that piling up material goods cannot fill the emptiness of lives which have no confidence or purpose. - Jimmy Carter
Find and meet up with people who are doing things that you are interested in doing.
- Find people online doing interesting things, meet up with them in real life.
- Find people who are passionate, who are building things, who are pushing themselves, who dream big, who are mindful and joyful and healthy and friendly and shy and gregarious and adventurous and curious.
- Befriend them. Be there for them. Be helpful. Make them laugh.
- These are your people.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. - Thomas Edison
Cultivate a positive environment by reading and listening to more positive information and entertainment sources, and choosing to spend time around positive people.
- Who you choose to spend your time with and the input you get from further away like the TV, the internet and magazines will have a huge effect on your outlook.
- To be able to stay positive it is essential to have influences in your life that support you and lift you up instead of dragging you down.
- So carefully consider what you let into your mind.