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Continue reading →: Someone out there is holding their breath, waiting for you to fail. Make sure they suffocate.Some people look great in blue. Let them keep holding their breath.
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Continue reading →: To become presence means accepting the risk of absence.Being fully present requires focus and concentration. In a world of millions of distractions, we are continually provided with a stream of stimuli that is poised to distract us from whatever we are setting our minds to achieve. But society (especially Madison Ave. advertising agencies) are perpetually working our lives…
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Continue reading →: Passionate determination creates a tenacity that is insurmountable.Tenacity is a trait that is modeled by some, and emulated by others. It is a quality that I have often admired most in those whom I have had the privilege of observing or reading about. In the dictionary, tenacity is described as the quality or fact of being very…
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Continue reading →: The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.How do you think? How did you just process the question above? Did you come at it from a perspective of it being a pointless question? Or did you contemplate what is happening in your mind when you look at the symbols (letters) that make up words which are put…
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Continue reading →: A person who wants to lead an orchestra must turn their back on the crowd.If you are continually focusing on what everyone else is doing, there is no room for you to pursue that which you have set out to do. Life is a massive suite of distraction. Some amazing, some terrifying. The prospect of trying to maintain a narrow focus and pursue that…
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Continue reading →: Words have magic. Spells and curses. Some of them, once said, change everything.Have you ever said something that you regretted instantly? Something that you could never take back and which changed everything? It is an eventuality. Once done, an opportunity for a life lesson comes knocking on your door and presents you with the opportunity to grow and evolve…. But most of…
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Continue reading →: If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less than excellent work.No one is more critical of my work than I am. In a career that has thus far delivered tens of thousands of outcomes, I am only truly pleased with a very tiny selection. And even then, I find faults with all of them. In my hunt for aphorisms, I…
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Continue reading →: How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.Is your cup half full or half empty? It is pretty much that simple. We are given opportunities to bring some of the most special people or animals into our world, in countless ways and in the course of life (and death) we are forced to summon the strength to…
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Continue reading →: Finally we shall place the Sun at the center of the Universe.When you decide to see the world through an entirely different filter, you are left with one of two choices: stand firm in what you believe in or pale in the face of ridicule and scorn. Seeing life through the distortion of your own perspective can be both liberating or…
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Continue reading →: Stop complaining. No one cares!I wrote this aphorism to myself. It came to me from my mirror reflection, who is often times (by far) the wiser of the two of us. I know it sounds harsh. It was intended to be harsh when my reflection spoke to me. When I was commuting back and…
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I’m Brian
I believe it is truly possible to change the world, one thought at a time. If anything I have written connects with you, please share it with others. My goal in creating this is to help others with ideas that are thought-provoking, stimulating and cathartic.
Brian Weiner 