NOW

If you look on life carefully it seems to be an awful lot of waiting. But what for? In general the only thing which becomes better while you become older are your possibilites of consumption. Your mind and body fitness and regeneration decreases, responibilites increase…. but don’t be depressed.

You never will be as young as you are NOW. There will never be so much time to life left as NOW. And the one time chance to live your life is always NOW. So don’t wait for your 5-year plan to complete, don’t wait for summer, don’t wait till tommorow.

Live now…

/robin

You are an explorer

You are an explorer! Your mission is to document and observe the world around you as if you’ve never seen it before. Take notes. Collect things you find on your travels. Document your findings. Notice patterns. Copy. Trace. Focus on one thing at a time. Record what you are drawn to.

Every now and then you should check if you can still amaze yourself by taking a close look at the world around you…

/robin

How to live

I have always lived violently, drunk hugely, eaten too much or not at all, slept around the clock or missed two nights of sleeping, worked too hard and too long in glory, or slobbed for a time in utter laziness. I’ve lifted, pulled, chopped, climbed, made love with joy and taken my hangovers as a consequence, not as a punishment.

John Steinbeck

Live! Honestly, live life to the fullest!

Don’t try to be perfect, don’t waste your time thinking about what if. Things come and go, Times change and there are times to rest and times to wort. Don’t worry too much, just be true to yourself and happy.

/phil

Become legendary! [video]

Michael Jordan is a truly inspirational person, no matter if you like basketball or not.

/phil

Will smith talks about live, greatness and talent vs. skill

 

/phil

Get up early!

There will be sleeping enough in the Grave.

Benjamin Franklin

Yep, we need sleep.

But ask yourself this: Do you need to sleep in again on 11 AM? Do you need to sleep in instead of getting out of your bed and getting stuff done?

I know it takes disciplin to get up early not only occasional but frequently, but it is damn worth it. Work on your skill to get up early, it will save you much truble in life!

/phil

So you say you are flawless

If you don’t make mistakes, you’re not working on hard enough problems.

Frank Wilczek

It is NOT good not to make mistakes.

Why? Because progress requires making mistakes and learning from them. If you don’t make mistakes, you are doing it wrong!

/phil

Are you lucky?

Even luck needs practice.

Have you ever asked yourself why some people have so much more luck than others when luck itself has the trait to be totally random?

Luck is random indeed but most people have a lifestyle which prevents them from being lucky.  When your follow a strict overstuffed schedule every day it leaves luck no time to hit you. When you are a very withdrawn person who spends never goes to meet (new) people you don’t even have the possibility to have the luck to meet future friends, love, inspiration… And another reason why social relations help you being lucky is that most opportunities you get in life are give by or are related to the people you know.

So be open-minded, be communicative and leave room and time for the unexpected…

/robin

Let’s talk about fear

Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.

Ambrose Redmoon

You know the drill. EVERYONE has fears. Everyone is scared and everyone is limited in his own way.

That is why you have to learn how to work with your fear instead of trying to get rid of it. You will always experience fear, no matter what. Important is that you know this: Fear is just your brain telling you to be cautious. When you approach new areas of life, when you tackle different situations, it is new to you, you have to get used to it.

Use your fear as a motivator, as a stimulator. Embrace it and be happy about it, because it makes you human and it shows you that what you are doing at that moment is real!

Don’t ever whish for a life without fear for that would probably be the most boring life ever. Life is what happens OUT of your damn comfort zone so get your head out of your ass, go out there and have some goddamn fun!

Enjoy the weekend,

/phil