Letters To My Son

Even a child knows how to gossip and chatter. Anyone can do that. What's rare is silence. The ability to deliberately keep yourself out of the conversation and subsist without its validation. Silence is moving forward, and creating, every single day.

When we focus on the vision and connecting the dots in front of you, the world opens up. Be your own biggest fan. Learn to cherish the sound of your own applause because that is always what must come first.

Believe in your greatness. See it. Live it. It is there and you need to know that it's there, because it will make all the difference. Your self belief will define you. There was a long time when the lack of belief in myself was a major factor in my life. I didn’t pursue an ideal career, or start my own business, because I didn’t think I could.

Compassion starts by asking yourself one question as you go about your day and connect — virtually and in person — with others: How can I help this person to have a better day?

There’s a saying, “You never really know what you have until it's gone”. Sometimes it takes the most abrasive of reminders, the harshest of times to help us recapture that perspective , to lift us up and show us what we had previously failed to see.

The first step before anybody else in the world believes it - is you have to believe it. There's no reason to have a plan B because it distracts from Plan A. I honestly believe that if you're focused and passionate and driven, You can achieve anything you want to achieve.

What makes you valuable? What do you bring to the world? What makes you tick? And I'll tell you right now you do not find that by studying how Jeff Bezos started Amazon and attempting to duplicate it.

The trick is to find the joy in the activity. Don’t just do it like it’s a chore to be gotten over with, or some ordeal you need to make it through. Instead, see it as a treasured activity that you get to do. Something that is a privilege to do, because not everyone gets to do this kind of work.

I realized that life is actually pretty simple. Help as many people as you can. Make as many friends as you can. Work as hard as you can. And, no matter what happens, never quit!

Success is inevitable, amidst a mysterious and winding road It is my only certainty. You might ask, how could I possibly be sure I don't have evidence or tales of victory. Not yet.

That inner voice that tells you that something is wrong with you. It made me think about all those years where I felt this sense of inadequacy, just not good enough, a deep sense of not being worthy. I still struggle with it sometimes.

Not long ago, Admiral McRaven delivered the commencement address to the MIT graduating class of 2020. I must have listened to the Admiral’s speech 5 times, loved it so much i knew i had to share it with you so full credit to Admiral McRaven and for the million little life lessons he taught me. So here we go.

If you are moving forward you are not failing. You cannot be working towards something and failing at the same time, It is impossible. You can have your ups and downs. No one will refute that . You can get knocked on your ass have moments of fear and doubt but that is growth. Not failure.

But what would have become of you? Had you taken three more steps and reached out, had you grabbed the unseen and held on.

The risk towers over and intimidates the reward. And rather than move forward we stay where we are. But this door, this opportunity, this minute is a hand extended to you - it's an ally, it's a road sign, emphasizing that yesterday doesn't define you. You’re not your past. You’re what you do from here on out.

The amount of time we spend fretting over what path to take, when we’re feeling uncertain, can sometimes be staggering. We’re entering into unknown territory, and we don’t know how to proceed. It happens all the time for many of us: we start a new job, launch a new venture, change careers, have to deal with incredible change, decide to start a podcast, write a book or create something online, put...

Racism is the belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to physical appearance and can be divided based on the superiority of one race over another. I will no longer remain silent.

We have explored the heavens above and the oceans below. Whether fighting world wars or economic downturns, whenever we've been knocked down, we’ve always stood back up, taller, stronger, ready to build an even better future.

“Memento Mori,” or translated in English, “Remember you must die.” The point of this reminder isn’t to be morbid or promote fear, but to inspire, motivate and clarify. The idea has been central to art, philosophy, literature, architecture, and more throughout history. As Socrates says in Plato’s Phaedo, “The one aim of those who practice philosophy in the proper manner is to practice for dying and...

It’s time for us to accept that this pandemic, and social isolation, are here for awhile. But in addition to that, our reality has changed, possibly for good. So hear me out. We’re not able to do our usual things — not only work and school, but things like haircuts, dentists, coffee shops, restaurants, bars, shops and more. That can feel very restricted.

I was once told that to become who you might be, you have to walk away from what you are. That maybe I couldn't see it at the time. But somewhere locked away in the depths of my soul existed the spark - the flicker of light that would change everything. All I had to do, find it.

Have you said thank-you to someone to show how grateful you are for them today? Not just because its mother’s day today. It’s such a small thing, but it can have a huge impact on your life, and the life of that person. I will celebrate mother’s day by talking about gratitude and how finding little ways to incorporate gratitude in your life, will make you much happier … and you’ll make the people a...

This is the importance of always holding a positive expectation that what you want is going to happen. It is simply a choice and a discipline of the mind. See it. Feel it. Trust it.

One of the most impactful things that's ever been said to me, came from my mother 31 years ago, as I was fixing to head to the airport and start a new life in America and one of the things she said was “in America, no one will ever care about your desire to succeed. No one cares about how much time and work you put into becoming great, it's all irrelevant”.

In countless little ways each day, we blame other people for our frustrations. They irritate us, don’t do things the right way, are incompetent, rude, inconsiderate, bad drivers, too slow, not tidy, boring, uncaring. And yet, we will always be frustrated if we stick to this mindset. We will always be angry, offended, hurt, disappointed. There will be no end to the offenses humanity can take agains...