Espresso Shots 2-1-25
"Back when I was picking beans in Guatemala, we used to make fresh coffee — right off the trees, I mean. That was good. This is shit. But, hey, I'm in a police station." - Verbal (Kevin Spacey), The Usual Suspects
thinking
A collection of 41 issues
The Dichotomy of Control
"No matter where you go, there you are" - Buckaroo Banzai (Peter Weller) in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.
Espresso Shots 1-17-25
"I learned that just beneath the surface there's another world, and still different worlds as you dig deeper. I knew it as a kid, but I couldn't find the proof. It was just a kind of feeling." - David Lynch
Holes
"I don't make changes to confuse anyone. I'm just searching. That's what causes me to change. I'm just searching for myself." - David Bowie
Espresso Shots 12-8-24
"I'm staying. I'm finishing my coffee. Enjoying my coffee." - John Goodman as Walter Sobchak in The Big Lebowski
Espresso Shots 11-25-24
"I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time." - Steven Wright
The Overwhelming Noise
"External things are not the problem. It’s your assessment of them. Which you can erase right now." - Marcus Aurelius
Espresso Shots 11-10-24
"I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell." - Christopher Walken (as fictional music producer Bruce Dickinson on SNL)
Espresso Shots 11-3-24
"If it wasn’t for the coffee, I’d have no identifiable personality whatsoever." - David Letterman
Espresso Shots 10-20-24
"As long as there was coffee in the world, how bad could things be?" ― Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes
Your Goal Broke the System
"Because I've done a lot of television, I'm sort of a generalist. I'm not a pastry cook, but I've had to learn a certain amount about it. I'm not a baker, though I've had to learn how to do it. I'm sort of a general cook." - Julia Child
Espresso Shots 10-6-24
"Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind - even if your voice shakes." — Maggie Kuhn, The Socratic Method
Espresso Shots 9-22-24
"I am not an optimist. I’m a very serious possibilist." - Hans Rosling
Espresso Shots 9-14-24
"Mornings are for coffee and contemplation." - Jim Hopper, Stranger Things
Rethinking Reading
"I say never be complete. Stop being perfect. I say let's evolve, let the chips fall where they may." —Tyler Durden
Espresso Shots 8-25-24
"It means setting small reasonable goals for yourself one day at a time. One tiny step at a time. Baby steps." - Dr. Leo Marvin, What About Bob?
Ignore All Previous Instructions
"I say never be complete. Stop being perfect. I say let's evolve, let the chips fall where they may." —Tyler Durden
Fixed Growth
“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.” - Oogway, Kung Pu Panda
Less
"It's important to think. It's what separates us from lentils." - Jack Fisher, The Fisher King
Firestarters
"A blazing fire makes flame and brightness out of everything that is thrown into it." - Marcus Aurelius.
The Curse of Meh
"Beware the lollipop of mediocrity; lick it once and you’ll suck forever." - Brian Wilson, Beach Boys
The Person You Needed
"Be the person you needed when you were younger". -Ayesha Siddiqi
A Little Kindness
“Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for kindness.” - Seneca
Broken Pieces
"There this idea that we all have our broken pieces. What frightens and exhilarates and inspires us, are close together. Those feelings are what drives us to risk, in life and in love. Everybody’s broken in some way. " - Bruce Springsteen, Western Stars
All Those Empty Calories
"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti." – Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins)
Inefficiency Multipliers
“It's easy to confuse 'what is' with 'what ought to be,' especially when 'what is' has worked out in your favor." - Tyrion Lannister, Game of Thrones
Owning The Narrative
"Buy the ticket, take the ride" – Hunter S. Thompson
The Arena
"Strength and honor." - Maximus, Gladiator
Nesting Dolls
"A grownup is a child with layers on" - Woody Harrelson
Forty Three Percent
"That rug really tied the room together, did it not?" — Walter Sobchak, The Big Lebowski
Token Reminders
"That way when you look at your totem, you know beyond a doubt you're not in someone else's dream." - Arthur, Inception
You Aren't Listening
"The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply." - Stephen R. Covey
Leaving Things Better
"You’ll have bad times, but it’ll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren’t paying attention to." – Robin Williams, Good Will Hunting
Surface v Depth
"I learned that just beneath the surface there's another world, and still different worlds as you dig deeper. I knew it as a kid, but I couldn't find the proof. It was just a kind of feeling." - David Lynch
The Good Gets Better
"We are in the habit of exaggerating, or imagining, or anticipating, sorrow." - Seneca
Mental Laziness
"All those moments will be lost in time... Like tears in rain." - Roy Batty, Blade Runner
Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable
"I'm not a psychopath, Anderson. I'm a high functioning sociopath. Do your research." - Sherlock
You Got This!
"You can’t have everything. Where would you put it?" - Steven Wright
Skewed Perspective
"You guys playing cards?" - Flounder, Animal House
Time Flies
"Time is what we want most, but what we use worst." - William Penn
Forget What You Know
"The Problem Is Not The Problem. The Problem Is Your Attitude About The Problem." - Ann Brashares, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants