Meaningful Mondays - Arrows Out

The Elevator The Spoon and 2 Thank You's

"You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."
- Marcus Aurelius

"Conflict may visit us without permission... but contention only stays when we invite it."
- Lee Brower

Conflict is inevitable. Contention is a choice.

Walking Straight

“When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.”
— Viktor Frankl

“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.”
— Helen Keller

"A grateful heart looks for light — and light is what keeps you walking straight." "Your Enduring Vision isn't a destination. It's the sun. Always there. Even when you can't see it." "Most people don't drift because they want to. They drift because the clouds rolled in — and they forgot to look up."
— Lee Brower

I Stopped Watching. "Planet Earth, you are a crew" — Christina Koch, Artemis

Where there is love, there is life. — Mahatma Gandhi "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched — they must be felt with the heart." — Helen Keller

Watch the full press conference on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HacpRDfCbnw

Remember the Key - Story Thinking

“We do not learn from experience… we learn from reflecting on experience.”
— John Dewey

"Naming a moment radically improves the flow of wisdom across generations."
— Lee Brower

"A moment named is a moment that never stops living."
— Lee Brower

"Your most valuable assets have never appeared on a balance sheet."
— Lee Brower

Two Things My Son Had on His Phone

"Go B.I.G. Begin In Gratitude. Not because life is easy, but because life is the gift."
— Lee Brower

"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live."
— Marcus Aurelius

"Memento Mori"
"Amor Fati"

The Porch Moment - How your Family's Stories Shape your Children's Self-esteem and Resilience

Dr. Marshall Duke, Emory University psychologist, found that adolescents who knew their family's stories — especially stories of resilience and moral choice — showed significantly greater self-esteem and lower anxiety. Science is validating what Larry's family proved in one conversation.

"An experience becomes Enduring Wealth only when it is shared — and unnamed, unshared assets die with you."
— Lee Brower

"What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others."
— Pericles

Are You Committed to the Next Moment

Take it to the Limit, one more time.

We don't build a meaningful life in the big moments. We build it in the quiet, often unseen choices to go "one more time"... when it would be easier not to.

"One more time..." is not about a destination.

There's no finish line. It's a commitment to the next moment."

It's about doing your best again -- not because the circumstances are easy, but because you've been given one more day.

A grateful heart doesn't ask, "When will it get easier?" It asks: "Since I've been given one more day -- who can I bless one more time?

The Brain You're Building

The Brain You're Building

Are some of our most prominent leaders unknowingly diminishing the very capacities we most need from them?

"You don't have to wait for the rainbow to enjoy the rain."
-- Dieter F. Uchtdorf

"Gratitude doesn't deny the storm; it changes the mind we bring into the storm."
-- Lee Brower

This week's RIPPLE: "Knowing what you know now, if you had the chance (or opportunity) to do this over, what might you do differently to make it even better?"*

Twenty Dollar Bill Moment

“Legacy isn’t built in the moments when it’s easy. It’s built in the moments when you’re the only one in the room who still believes.”
 —  Lee Brower

“Courage always looks desperate until it works.”
— Lee Brower

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

“It’s easy to stand in a crowd. It takes courage to stand alone.”
— Mahatma Ghandi

“You don’t need permission from the majority to do what’s right. You just need the courage to go first.”
— Lee Brower

The Most Dangerous Word

The Most Dangerous Word...

"If you don't choose your focus, something else will."

"We rarely lose what matters through crisis -- we lose it through drift."

"Drift happens by default. Meaningfulness happens by design."

NIX one drift so you can proactively focus your FIX on what matters most.