#2 Sunday Summary

Mar 27, 2022

3 Quick Lessons:

1. Consume different to think different:

2. Document your journey:

3. 3 ways to hedge yourself against inflation:

“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” - Blaise Pascal

Why are we so embarrassed by silence? What comfort do we find in all the noise?

“Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.” - Epictetus

Stop giving away the remote control to your emotions.

I’d like to say I’m a pretty decent public speaker. I had just finished a speech the week before and I got a standing ovation.

Pretty cool.

As I was preparing to give another speech: “how to shoot a basketball”, I thought,

“I don’t need to practice that much, I know a lot about shooting a basketball and I can just wing it.”

Besides, I had 2 upcoming tests that I had to study for anyway.

What’s the worst that could happen?

Well it turns out, I really did need to rehearse that speech.

There I was, in front of the whole class…

Basketball in one hand…

notecard in the other…

…my whole body felt frozen yet I was sweating profusely.

I had forgotten what I was going to say next.

That’s when I remembered a quote that I read before,

“Humble yourself, or life will do it for you.”

I ended up recovering, making up a few lines and ending my speech.

But I’ll never forget that terrifying feeling of being frozen in front of the whole class.

How many people can you positively impact this week?

(Every smile, every compliment, every friendly wave)

I drove on the highway for the first time.

I started reading “On Writing Well” by William Zinsser.

I reached 5,000 followers on Instagram.

See you next week!

- Jay Yang

P.S. don’t forget to drink some water