Sell yourself

Loaded down touring bicycle
Notice there is no tent. Only a sleeping bag and thin foam ground mat. October 1982. Left Philadelphia with eyes set on Washington State. Had $75 cash, and no credit card.

Please sell yourself on your mental potential.

dad

Sell yourself on what’s possible by focusing on what’s unacceptable or intolerable. For example, regret is unacceptable.

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New Years Eve eve

13-second video: The glorious sound of rain, when it’s drier than normal. Conversely, during the wettest of seasons, the sound of rain is unwelcome.

Always take calculated risks. Never take careless risks.

dad

Easy to forget, taking risks and being careless are not synonymous.

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Mental vibrancy fanatic

Red tshirt with a hippie hiker saying
Why do you hike so much? The answer is easy. The passion behind the answer is the vision. The answer is simply played out in lifetime habits.

A vision must answer this, “Why are we working so hard?”

dad

Being obsessed with your vision is the only way you will succeed.

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Limits, what limits?

Book cover, for there’s gonna be a revolution
What’s your revolution? If your goal isn’t impossible, you’re not reaching high enough.

The only limitations you have are those you impose upon yourself.

dad

This quote came to me as the key takeaway from a 1980 North Carolina Outward Bound experience.

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National Student Exchange 1980

College national student exchange program brochure cover
Two things. 1. Enrolled in the National Student Exchange Program Spring 1980, and attended University of Idaho (U of I) Fall 1980. 2. Also attended U of I Spring 1983.

Never let your memories be bigger than your dreams.

dad

Microsoft’s One Drive sends a daily email for photo memories “on this day”. Normally delete the email immediately, for months at a time. However, the past few days i’ve opened the email and taken a trip down memory lane. You can see it in the blog photos. Today is a perfect example.

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