Your potential, the absolute best you’re capable of—that’s the metric to measure yourself against. Your standards are. Winning is not enough. People can get lucky and win. People can be assholes and win. Anyone can win. But not everyone is the best possible version of themselves.
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There's no balance. Fighting to be the best husband, father, and human I can be. Playing again tomorrow.
Honolulu, HIJoined March 2009
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Açaí Bowl, coffee, and smiles after a morning surf lesson. @ Honolulu, Hawaii
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"You'll feel better once you get started."
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It’s my first birthday. What a great year around the sun. 🎉🎂 Everyone seems to love my personality and sense of adventue. I cannot wait to see what this year has in store for me. 🐾🐾🐾 @ Honolulu, Hawaii
"To get what you want, STOP doing what isn't working."
-- Earl Warren
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"Doctors won’t make you healthy.
Nutritionists won’t make you slim.
Teachers won’t make you smart.
Gurus won’t make you calm.
Mentors won’t make you rich.
Trainers won’t make you fit.
Ultimately, you have to take responsibility. Save yourself."
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A tail of two pups in two photos. @ Honolulu, Hawaii
50 (short) rules for a better life:
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"Life's most urgent & persistent question is: What are you doing for others?" - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
As we pause to celebrate the legacy of Dr. King, remember that we all continue to share in his dream & there is still work to be done & more we can do.
Let's Go!
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Celebrating the start of the Chinese New Year in Chinatown tonight. @ Chinatown, Honolulu
Ninety percent of success can be boiled down to consistently taking the simple and obvious action for an uncommonly long period of time without convincing yourself that you're smarter than you are.
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Sunday picnic dinner at sunset. @ Hickam Harbor Beach
"Don’t spend your time making other people happy. Other people being happy is their problem. It’s not your problem. If you are happy, it makes other people happy."
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Today is my 32nd birthday.
Over the last month, I asked several 90-year-olds what advice they would give to their 32-year-old selves.
Here's the life advice everyone needs to hear:
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Human tip: After any project, travel, production run, etc. Even if it is a few weeks later, I make it a point to send thank-you notes to everyone involved.
That's from the frontline boss person to the back of the house random helper.
Life is a team effort, period.
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Sunset view of Denali and Mt. Foraker. Not in Hawaii anymore. Bringing in the New Year in Alaska. @ Anchorage, Alaska
"He who is everywhere is nowhere." — Seneca
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Just start.
Start slow if you have to.
Start small if you have to.
Start privately if you have to.
Just start.
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Sunrise in Hawaii. Mele Kalikimaka from our family to yours. 🎄 @ Honolulu, Hawaii
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As we near the close of this year and look ahead to the next, it's that time I remind you of my 3-question prompt so that you may let go of anything that is holding you back and to stay the course on anything that is working in your favor.
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Reviewing some old notes to myself and found this one:
You just need to have the courage to eliminate everything that doesn't directly feed what you really want.
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"The secret to a happy relationship is two happy people."
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"Like everything in life, if you are willing to make the short-term sacrifice, you’ll have the long-term benefit. 'Easy choices, hard life. Hard choices, easy life.'”
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So much here. Thanks to for always inspiring me to grow. Retweeted a few of my favorites.
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"Your entire life can change with one year of focused daily effort."
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"What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.”
— Maya Angelou
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“The world is not driven by greed, it's driven by envy.”
— Charlie Munger
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“Go positive and go first, and be constant in doing it.”
— Peter Kaufman
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Happy Thanksgiving from Hawaii. Finished our turkey trot before the sun is up. Thankful for all our friends and family on this day. @ Honolulu, Hawaii
Pay the taxes of life gladly:
Not just from the government.
Annoying people are a tax on being outside your house. Delays are a tax on travel. Haters are a tax on having a YouTube channel.
There’s a tax on everything in life. You can whine. Or you can pay them gladly.
A lot of people are so busy chasing short-term results, they fail to notice what is possible in the long run.
Ultimate outcomes over first outcomes.
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4 Stoic Don'ts
1. Don't look outside yourself for approval (Epictetus)
2. Don't suffer imagined troubles (Seneca)
3. Don't fear change (Marcus Aurelius)
4. Give up on the idea of revenge (Marcus Aurelius)
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No matter how light the load, you eventually need to set it down to move forward. What are you carrying with you?
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"It never ceases to amaze me: We all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own." — Marcus Aurelius
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Two guiding principles for acquiring wisdom:
1. Go to bed smarter than when you woke up
2. Don't try to figure everything out on your own. Learn from others.
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"The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less." — Socrates
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Occam's razor: Among competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected.
Occam’s razor is one of the most valuable models in your mental toolbox to solve problems more quickly and efficiently.
Learn how to use it here: ow.ly/Tkp650LzchL
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Here are 5 principles to have better interactions with people.
If you master these, you can't help but "win" in life:
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