Quick little excerpt from my book The Gospel of Fire. Thx Jesse Sussman for putting this together. Grab your copy on amazon or you can just click the link in my bio!!! #findyourpower #bjj #muaythai #beagoodperson… instagram.com/p/B4c9pRcFOfW/…

For making art - you're not going to be as good as you want to be for a long time, so you might as well give yourself permission to be where you already are.

I recently started a YouTube series that showcases amazing excerpts from potentially life-changing books. The latest video examines the dilemma of holding directly contradictory thoughts, feelings, and emotions. youtube.com/watch?v=3MLjYl…

"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." - Albert Einstein

"I thought I was going out into the world to be an artist like everybody else. But they were so good. And I was like, 'Oh… I’m never gonna make it.' I said, 'If I’m going to somehow say something, I better be myself.'" - StudioOlafurEliasson on Abstract: The Art of Design (Netflix)

When was the last time you were wrong?

“Every time you make a real decision, you own more of yourself… if we reject choice and commitment, we reject freedom.” - Theodore Isaac Rubin

People who deactivated Facebook in a study were happier afterward, reporting higher levels of life satisfaction and lower levels of depression and anxiety. That change is equal to about 25-40% of the beneficial effect typically reported for psychotherapy trib.al/IqNEOsM

New Video: How I sabotage my creativity (and finish nothing) youtube.com/watch?v=_Ls_C3…

New Video: How flexible is your art? youtube.com/watch?v=r-wpbk…

Needing to be the best is a defense against feeling like the worst.

New Video: How To Make A Video Essay (For Beginners) youtube.com/watch?v=1bBP2A…

It’s ok to not have an opinion if you don’t know what you’re talking about, and almost none of us do.

Loved this conversation between Ezra Klein and Robert Wright. 3 favorite takeaways: - Mindfulness = equanimity without numbness - Mindfulness might help offset some of the illusions that natural selection bakes into us - Thoughts think themselves podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

New Video: Notes From Therapy youtube.com/watch?v=hvpZkT…

We can now read the Imperial College report on COVID-19 that led to the extreme measures we've seen in the US this week. Read it; it's terrifying. I'll offer a summary in this thread; please correct me if I've gotten it wrong. imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial…

New Video: Perfectionism youtube.com/watch?v=nijhCN…

"People both want to create what most deeply matters to them and simultaneously believe deep down that they cannot have what they want." - Robert Fritz

New Video: How to make beautiful album art (with zero design skills) youtube.com/watch?v=L-OhK0…