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J. Cole Quote from Snow On Tha Bluff and How It’s More Effective To Treat People Like Children

    “I would say it’s more effective to treat people like children

    Understandin’ the time and love and patience that’s needed to grow

    This change is inevitable but ain’t none of us seen this before

    Therefore we just gotta learn everything as we go”

    J. Cole, Snow On Tha Bluff

    Beyond the Quote (186/365)

    There’s no disrespect in treating people “like children” in this way. It’s actually a brilliant way to look at uniquely challenging situations. For, what’s the difference between adults and children anyway? Development and experience? Adults are obviously developmentally more mature physically, mentally, and emotionally. And beyond that, the only other real difference is experience. Adults have undergone more experiences in their lives which have had more direct effects on how they think, feel, and act. And the reason most adults make better decisions is because their “better” judgement comes from their “bad” judgement remembered. Most children are still in the “bad” judgement phase.

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    Mark Manson Quote on Experiences and How To Find The Ideal Balance Between Breadth and Depth

      “Yes, breadth of experience is likely necessary and desirable when you’re young—after all, you have to go out there and discover what seems worth investing yourself in.  But depth is where the gold is buried.  And you have to stay committed to something and go deep to dig it up.  That’s true in relationships, in a career, in building a great lifestyle—in everything.”

      Mark Mason, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

      Beyond the Quote (163/365)

      With every major category in life—relationships, career, lifestyle—we must choose how to optimally invest our time. With time being our most precious resource, this is no easy task. How much time should we spend with our family versus our friends? With our current friends versus new friends? On our career versus our vacations? On tasks related to our career versus tasks that might expand our career options? On consuming things produced versus producing things to be consumed? On acquiring more versus minimizing and using less? What Manson points to above, however, is a fundamental insight that can help guide you in this effort.

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        “Find people you admire and ask how they got where they are.  Seek book recommendations.  Add experience and experimentation on top of this.  Put yourself in tough situations.  Accept challenges.  Familiarize yourself with the unfamiliar.  That’s how you widen your perspective and your understanding.  The wise are still because they have seen it all.  They know what to expect because they’ve been through so much.  They’ve made mistakes and learned from them.  And so must you.”

        Ryan Holiday, Stillness is the Key (Page 66)

          “Our progress is paved with mistakes, failures, and defeats, and it’s our resilience that keeps us keeping on.  Every misstep is a teacher, and not all the things and people we lose in life end up being losses.  Our obsession with winning can cost us much more than losing a healthy outlook when life doesn’t go our way.  There’s always a lesson, a nugget of wisdom or a jewel waiting when things look like they won’t be going in our favor; we just have to be willing to pay attention and do some digging if need be.  Once we remind ourselves to find opportunity in any situation, there is no loss, just learning.  Failure isn’t the opposite of success, it’s a path to it.” ~ Humble the Poet, Things No One Else Can Teach Us (Page 268)

            “Life is trial and error, and culture is a collection of some of our best practices handed down from generation to generation, but even they aren’t one-size-fits-all.  We have to make our own mistakes to figure everything out.  When we were kids, we had to bump into something before we stopped running in the house; we had to burn our hands before we stopped playing with the stove.  And now, we gotta get our assess kicked a few dozen times before we get the hang of whatever the rest of this life is.” ~ Humble the Poet, Things No One Else Can Teach Us (Page 267)

              “To live is to deal with challenges and setbacks.  No one is immune to the bullshit life flings our way; but our actions can make that bullshit better or worse.  If you look back at your life, the biggest lessons you learned didn’t come from a Tumblr quote or celebrity PSA; they came from harsh reality checks when the shit hit the fan.  That process isn’t going to get any more enjoyable as you grow, but if you anticipate the learning, then the moments you have in life end up being that much more enriched.” ~ Humble the Poet, Things No One Else Can Teach Us (Page 84)

                “You can’t be yourself if you don’t know who you are.  So how do you know who you are?  Everyone is a gooey batter of both nature and nurture, and every time shit hits the fan in our lives, we have an opportunity to get to know ourselves a bit better.  It’s an exhausting experience, but it’s enriching.  We learn about ourselves through all of our interactions with the world, both good and bad.  So with everything you do, think about how it shapes who you are, and think about how who you are shapes your experience of everything you do.” ~ Humble the Poet, Things No One Else Can Teach Us (Page 57)

                  “All the experiences we go through in life are our lessons, all the people we meet are our teachers.  What we learn is what we earn from those experiences.  See, discover, and create the silver lining that’s always been there so you don’t discard the unpleasant moments as things you want to forget.” ~ Humble the Poet, Things No One Else Can Teach Us (Page 7)

                    “The more deeply we dive into our own stories, the more we feel like we’re going through it alone.  But I’m here to remind you that you’re not alone, even though we each have to do the work ourselves.  The deeper we dive, the more beauty we can discover as well.  No on else shares our unique experiences, and therefore no one else can show us the light at the end of the tunnels we dig; we can only share our stories and remind ourselves that we already have everything we need to find that light.  These are the things no one else can teach us.” ~ Humble the Poet, Things No One Else Can Teach Us (Page 6)

                    Things No One Else Can Teach Us [Book]

                      Things No One Else Can Teach Us by Humble the Poet

                      By: Humble the Poet

                      From this Book: 49 Quotes

                      Book Overview:  The rapper, spoken word artist, poet, blogger, social media influencer, and international bestselling author of Unlearn delivers unorthodox lessons for shifting our perceptions and learning to create silver linings from our most difficult moments.  Every one of us endures setbacks, disappointments, and failures that can incapacitate us. But we don’t have to let them. Instead, we can use these events as opportunities for growth. In Things No One Else Can Teach Us, Humble the Poet flips the conventional script for happiness and success, showing us how our most painful experiences can be our greatest teachers.

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                      Post(s) Inspired by this Book:

                      1. 17 Humble the Poet Quotes about Comparing Yourself to Others (and How To Stop)
                      2. Humble the Poet Quote on Emotional Intelligence and How To Deal With “Less Desirable” Emotions (Beyond the Quote 237/365)
                      3. Humble the Poet Quote on Reducing Social Media Usage (Beyond the Quote 86/365)
                      4. Humble the Poet Quote on Managing Expectations and Going From “High” to “Low” to “None” (Beyond the Quote 79/365)
                      5. Humble the Poet Quote on Comparing Ourselves To Others (and Why That Can Be Dangerous) (Beyond the Quote 77/365)
                      6. Albert Camus Quote on The Invincible Summer Inside (Beyond the Quote 65/365)
                      7. How To Separate Actions from Identity—An Important Excerpt from Things No One Else Can Teach Us.

                      Pico Iyer Quote on Leading A Balanced Life

                        “In the end, we need two things to lead a balanced life – a sense of the world and a sense of ourselves; it’s like breathing in and breathing out.  And if you can only get to know the world by stepping out, and losing yourself in experience, you can only get to know the self by stepping back, and finding yourself in contemplation.  One without the other leads to a kind of madness.”

                        Pico Iyer

                        Beyond the Quote (17/365)

                        I think at some point in our lives we all fantasize about traveling the world and living the life of a nomad.  We could wander from one place to the next and fill our days with spontaneous adventures while meeting new and interesting people.  We could explore new cities, take beautiful hikes, have campfires in the woods, listen to new music, and read stories from people who have come before.  We can hitchhike in cars, catch cross country trains, sleep in the back of busses, and take red-eye flights.  Every day would be different and every day would be filled with a wealth of experience that we could easily get lost in.  Sounds pretty great right?

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                          “Memory is a tool.  Memory is the past’s guide to the future.  If you remember that something bad happened, and you can figure out why, then you can try to avoid that bad thing happening again.  That’s the purpose of memory.  It’s not ‘to remember the past.’ It’s to stop the same damn thing from happening over and over.” ~ Jordan Peterson, via 12 Rules for Life (Page 239)

                            “Until you experience hardships like abuse and bullying, failures and disappointments, your mind will remain soft and exposed.  Life experience, especially negative experiences, help callous the mind.  But it’s up to you where that callous lines up.  If you choose to see yourself as a victim of circumstance into adulthood, that callous will become resentment that protects you from the unfamiliar.  It will make you too cautious and untrusting, and possibly too angry at the world.  It will make you fearful of change and hard to reach, but not hard of mind.” ~ David Goggins, Can’t Hurt Me