Phi-Alpha-Born-Deep-Thinker / Psychology Professor / Leadership Coach / Speaker / YouTuber / Intellectual / Sophrosyne / Aphorist / Temet Nosce

Miami, Fl
Joined June 2011
"This is the toughest thing about being a public-facing person: You have to have a very clear sense of self. Otherwise, what people say, both positive and negative, can distort your self-perception.” -Andrew Huberman
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Most people unknowingly and unconsciously attempt to overcompensate for uncertainties they are afraid of and have no control over (like death) by trying to control and micromanage every single detail of thier life and routine, and everyone in it.
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They do this to the point that they, and those in a relationship with them, become a prisoner of this relentless attempt to create and sustain the illusion of certainty, through unrelenting attempts to control everything in their lives.
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Not only is this exhausting, it's a recipe for a life of anxiety, disappointment, and suffering. The only way to live a life of peace and contentment is to focus on what you actually can control - what you think, say, and do - and let go of trying to control anything else.
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The Temptation of Control...
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If you let go of the familar pain you’ve been carrying, would you know who you are?
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Most people are unhappy because they're living their lives as a bad version of someone else, instead of themselves. -RD
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Your example will influence more people than your advice. -RD
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"Anger arises when the mind insists that life must be different than what it is in this moment."
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“To be happy, you must eliminate two things. The fear of a bad future and the memory of a bad past.” -Seneca
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“How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.” –Marcus Aurelius
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"Reality is too heavy for most people to carry. So they borrow illusions, soft dreams, sweet lies, and call it happiness.” -Franz Kafka
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"Anybody can become angry — that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way — that is not within everybody's power and is not easy." -Aristotle
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"Don't confuse what they look like, with how they live."
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"Noise hides truth, silence reveals it."
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Ryan David retweeted
hockey twitter is just LOOK AT THIS HORRIBLE THING THE PANTHERS DID! *10 second video cutting out everything else that happened*
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"Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action." -Dallas Willard
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