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It’s here! It’s here! “Eyes On The Road” is officially available for purchase.
Writing this book changed my life—I hope it helps you, too.
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my book is better than my tweets retweeted
Ya’ll. I opened a harm reduction center and justice and healing hub(resource center).
And I’m thinking of snatching up another storefront and employing folks recently incarcerated or in recovery. I just don’t know what business model would be self sustaining for it. Im stuck.
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there's something beautiful about meeting people who remind you that you haven't run out of ways to be surprised by yourself. new conversations. new interests. new kinds of chemistry. entire dimensions of your personality you hadn't had a reason to explore yet.
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Telling people about your work is a form of generosity. Somebody out there needs exactly what you made, and they can’t find it if you keep it to yourself.
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I wish more people understood that you can take somebody's feelings seriously without automatically accepting their interpretation of what happened.
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hot take, but not really:
some of the people who complain about everybody being too sensitive have built entire personalities around avoiding the discomfort of being corrected.
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I love those moments when you realize that somebody genuinely likes you–and not because you're useful or impressive or connected to something they want. They just think you're funny, enjoy your company, and want you around. Beautiful stuff.
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Everybody is burying the lede in regards to the Super Bowl halftime show. Middle America, get ready to meet Memphis Bleek.
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You can’t hate yourself into becoming someone you love. Change built on shame tends to collapse the first time you have a bad week. Try building yourself up with care, and give yourself permission to grow without making an enemy out of the person you used to be.
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Support the people you love while their dreams are still awkward. Anyone can clap at the finish line. Showing up for the clumsy early version is how people learn it’s safe to keep trying.
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Disrupting a toxic family pattern can feel lonely, because the people who taught it to you may not recognize what you’re doing. Keep going. Someone younger than you will inherit a softer world because of it.
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One of the cruelest things about poverty is how much imagination it consumes. It's hard to dream expansively about the future when so much of your mental energy is devoted to surviving the next two weeks.
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I’'ve made enough mistakes in my life to know that being wrong about something doesn't make you a bad person. Refusing to reconsider what you believe because your ego can't survive the inconvenience? That's a different conversation.
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If you only give honest feedback when you’re angry, people will learn to hear your honesty as anger. Practice naming your uncomfortable truths on a calm day.
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a lot of people who consider themselves brutally honest are remarkably selective about the situations in which they're willing to tell the truth. it's easy to be blunt with people who have less power than you.
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I think we've confused the ability to tolerate suffering with the obligation to endure it. Just because somebody can carry an extraordinary amount of weight doesn't mean we should keep finding things to put on their shoulders.
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There's a difference between being grateful for an opportunity and feeling indebted to the person who gave it to you for the rest of your life. Generosity shouldn't come with an invisible leash.
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What would you make if it didn't have to explain your absence, justify your potential, or prove that you still had it? What would you make if it just got to be the next thing you made?
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