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Truth Telling
Keep it simple. Be kind to yourself and others.
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Truth Telling is a newsletter that commits to uncovering the bare truths of life for all to see. It is our attempt to live inside the mental landscapes of the world’s elite thinkers.
“In playing ball, and in life, a person occasionally gets the opportunity to do something great. When that time comes, only two things matter: being prepared to seize the moment and having the courage to take your best swing.”
― Hank Aaron, In Loving Memory (Feb. 5, 1934 - Jan. 22, 2021)
“Sometimes your insecurities and your inexperience may lead you to embrace other people’s expectations, standards, or values, but you can harness that inexperience to carve out your own path — one that is free of the burden of knowing how things are supposed to be, a path that is defined by its own particular set of reasons.”
― Natalie Portman, Harvard University Commencement Speech (2015)
“When we trade the effort of doubt and debate for the ease of blind faith, we become gullible and exposed, passive and irresponsible observers of our own lives. Worse still, we leave ourselves wide open to those who profit by influencing our behavior, our thinking, and our choices. At that moment, our agency in our own lives is in jeopardy.”
― Margaret Heffernan, Uncharted: How to Navigate the Future
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P.S. Searching for a book recommendation? Our team at The Daily Coach highly recommends I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story by Hank Aaron with Lonnie Wheeler. The man who shattered Babe Ruth's lifetime home run record, Henry "Hammering Hank" Aaron left his indelible mark on professional baseball and the world. But the world also left its mark on him. I Had a Hammer is much more than the intimate autobiography of one of the greatest names in pro sports—it is a fascinating social history of twentieth-century America. With courage and candor, Aaron recalls his struggles and triumphs in an atmosphere of virulent racism. This book offers an eye-opening and unforgettable portrait of an incomparable athlete, his sport, his epoch, and his world.
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