Ep. 60: The Dark Side of Motivation
The melancholy of winter is real. Ignoring It won't help. Neither will wallowing in it. Acknowledging it, however, will.
In the episode Brian and Kasey discuss the dark side of motivation and wrestle with potential solutions.
Lesson from semi-rad - “Ideas about changing the world in 7 charts”
“We don’t have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world” - Howard Zinn
Go silent
Lesson from Taylor Swift
Clean the clutter
Lesson from The Minimalists
Justin McRoberts
Quit pushing
Quit trying
Quit working
Quit pleading
Quit dreaming
Quit asking
Quit fixing
Quit persevering
Quit just long enough
To be still and quiet
To look and listen;
And see if you are still
Doing what you thought you were
And becoming who
You want to be.
Then either get back to it
Or move on
To what’s next
See the bigger picture
Lesson from two Bills
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