When we have nothing, it’s easy to play to win.
This brings out our competitive edge; it’s based on courage.
But when we achieve what we originally wanted, it’s easy to shift into playing not to lose.
This suppresses our best; it’s based on fear.
Perhaps the next level is playing to play.
Leaning in just because we have an inner need to do the work.
Perhaps that’s when we do our truly best work.
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.