If a turkey were to assess the state of the world in early December, they would be forgiven for thinking all is well and that the farmer loves them.
Then Christmas arrives…
If we predict the future through reviewing the past, we will eventually be wrong, very wrong.
All bull markets are followed by a bear market.
All up cycles are followed by a down cycle.
Rather than trying to predict the future through looking at the past, which doesn’t work, perhaps a better strategy is to prepare for any possible future.
Then come January you might be the only turkey and all the food is yours
One of the greatest lies we tell ourselves is that we’re falling behind. That someone else is ahead.
As a young man I associated strength with force; louder voices, sharper opinions, firm lines in the sand.
There’s a strange kind of pride we’ve developed in being exhausted. But even lions, the king of the jungle, rest.
I can't remember a time in my life when I didn't have ambition.
We sometimes believe strength means self-sufficiency — that being independent means being isolated.
We often try to outrun the storm, emotionally, physically, spiritually.
We’re entering an age where machines do our thinking before we’ve even had a chance to try.
In church the other day, the pastor gave a sermon that really stuck with me. He talked about two people.