Perspective: Embrace the Slower Pace

May 28, 2024 |G. Derek Henderson

“The harder we try with the conscious will to do something, the less we shall succeed. Proficiency and results come only to those who have learned the paradoxical art of doing and not doing, or combining relaxation with activity.” - Aldous Huxley

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Perspective: Ingredients of Happiness

April 22, 2024 |G. Derek Henderson

“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” - Aristotle

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Perspective: Embrace the Detours

February 08, 2024 |G. Derek Henderson

“A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it isn’t open” - Frank Zappa

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Perspective: Invincible Summer

February 08, 2024 |G. Derek Henderson

“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.”

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Perspective: Energy & Procrastination

September 26, 2023 |G. Derek Henderson

“You need to remember that your excuses are seducers, your fears are liars, and your doubts are thieves.” - Robin Sharma

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Perspective: Awareness & Growth

September 25, 2023 |G. Derek Henderson

“My identity shifted when I got into recovery. That’s who I am now, and it actually gives me greater pleasure to have that identity than to be a musician or anything else, because it keeps me in a manageable size.” Eric Clapton

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Morning musings

Perspective: Lessons from Tony Bennett

July 24, 2023 |G. Derek Henderson

“I've never worked a day in my life.” - Tony Bennett

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Perspective: Active Patience

July 14, 2023 |G. Derek Henderson

“Patience is not passive, on the contrary, it is concentrated strength” - Bruce Lee

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Perspective: Your Next Chapter

July 14, 2023 |G. Derek Henderson

“Think in decades. Plan in months. Execute daily - Simon Alexander Ong

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Perspective: Life & Legacy

June 05, 2023 |G. Derek Henderson

"I am my ancestors' wildest dreams." - Brandan Odums

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