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Measuring your progress against others is a sure fire path to constant disappointment. Measure your progress against where you started, where you’ve been, where you were yesterday. It’s far more rewarding and informative to evaluate yourself against yourself.

When you ask people to open up, be prepared to listen.

Context can often be misinterpreted. This could lead to some heavy misunderstanding. When agitated take an extra second to digest context or consider if there are any possibilities of meaning other than our own lens.

Work to treat advancements and improvements in mindset in the same regard as improvements in appearance and physical attributes.

Work to deny yourself the easy path of turning gossip to fact. Going the extra mile is not easy but it can help to get firsthand, reliable information.

Adventure has lots of unknowns. Embrace them, they’re a big part of the adventure.

Wishing everyone a happy and safe 4th of July and happy 250th to the USA!

Change is incredibly difficult and also is the only constant.

Neither persistence nor curiosity alone acts strongly enough for sustained breakthroughs. Mix them together and try to absorb them everyday. The combination can be almost magical.

Healthy relationships require appreciation and confrontation.