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Random Recordings #30

This is part of a series I call random recordings. You can learn more here: https://anthonymontalbano.com/random-recordings-1/

The following recordings are for June 2019:

  1. If you put happiness in the future, that is where it’ll stay. When you feel a moment of happiness, appreciate that moment.
  2. It’s better to be at the bottom of a ladder that you want to climb, instead of the middle of a ladder of one you do not.

Random Recordings #29

This is part of a series I call random recordings. You can learn more here: https://anthonymontalbano.com/random-recordings-1/

The following recordings are for May 2019:

  1. Before you speak, ask yourself, is it true? is it necessary? is it kind?
  2. Do the simple thing first.
  3. Read “Lessons in History”.
  4. It’s not about loving what you do, it’s about loving what you’re shooting for.
  5. Respond out of wisdom and kindness, not out of habit and reactivity.
  6. First you must understand, then be understood.
  7. One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.

Random Recordings #28

This is part of a series I call random recordings. You can learn more here: https://anthonymontalbano.com/random-recordings-1/

The following recordings are for April 2019:

  1. We have two lives and the second one begins when you realize you one have one.
  2. The denial of death is the avoidance of life.
  3. Practice makes progress.
  4. When we are no longer able to change the situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.

Random Recordings #27

This is part of a series I call random recordings. You can learn more here: https://anthonymontalbano.com/random-recordings-1/

The following recordings are for March 2019:

  1. When you say yes to others, make sure you’re not saying no to yourself.
  2. Life is made up of a collection of moments that are not ours to keep.
  3. Good artists borrow, great artists steal.
  4. Don’t ask, “If I build it, will you buy it?”, ask, “Buy it, and I will built it”.
  5. Saying yes to something is often saying no to something else.
  6. Don’t give up what you want most for what you want now.
  7. If you’re going to accept praise, you must also accept criticism.

Random Recordings #26

This is part of a series I call random recordings. You can learn more here: https://anthonymontalbano.com/random-recordings-1/

The following recordings are for February 2019:

  1. The bad news is nothing lasts forever, the good new is nothing lasts forever.
  2. Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed that is not faced.
  3. It takes a lot of courage to fight biases and oppressive regimes, but it takes greater courage to admit ignorance and venture into the unknown.
  4. Discovering that you’re wrong is an educational moment.

Random Recordings #25

This is part of a series I call random recordings. You can learn more here: https://anthonymontalbano.com/random-recordings-1/

The following recordings are for January 2019:

  1. Returning to your breath from a lost thought in meditation is like flexing your bicep when working out.
  2. Meditation is like the “Magic Eye” posters; it takes a little bit of practice to learn how to focus, but once you’re able to see, you’re able to see things much more clearly.
  3. Unconsciously Incompetent, consciously incompetent, consciously competent, unconsciously competent.
  4. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results.

Random Recordings #23

This is part of a series I call random recordings. You can learn more here: https://anthonymontalbano.com/random-recordings-1/

The following recordings are for November 2018:

  1. Protect workers, not jobs.
  2. The real problem with robots is not their own artificial intelligence, rather their natural stupidity and cruelty of their human masters.
  3. Intelligence is the ability to solve problems, consciousness is the ability to feel things such as pain, joy, love and anger.
  4. If you don’t feel at home in your body, you’ll never feel at home in the world.

Random Recordings #22

This is part of a series I call random recordings. You can learn more here: https://anthonymontalbano.com/random-recordings-1/

The following recordings are for October 2018:

  1. Let the other person feel the idea is his or hers.
  2. Don’t use the word “but” between a compliment and a criticism.
  3. There’s nothing wrong in saying “I don’t know”.
  4. The most important insights to life are not quantitative.
  5. It’s not what you don’t know that gets you in trouble, it’s what you know for certain ain’t true.
  6. When talking about people, praise by name, criticize by category.
  7. History does not repeat, but it does rhyme.
  8. The right decision at the wrong time is the wrong decision.
  9. Comparison is the death of joy.
  10. The best companies are not families, they’re supporters of families.