This podcast with one of the founders of the Missouri Star Quilt Co. was really good and informative. My biggest takeaway was his theory about the 3 Cs of building a modern business: Content, commerce and community. I think I’m pretty good at the first one and pretty terrible at the other two.

If my vision is, To be a healthy, holy, humble encourager and creator, and it is then I need to have those as inputs as well. It’s difficult to give away what you have not received.

Amazing quote from a founder on the MFM pod today: “Success is the sum of your attempts.”

OK, this is fascinating. I think I’m mostly into it?

I think most kids who become obsessed with video games (myself included) do so because they're completely powerless and creatively stifled IRL.

They're forced to study things they don't care about, perform in ways they don't care about, even "play" like soccer gets turned into… https://t.co/y7DKwat11D

— Nat Eliason (@nateliason) February 19, 2024

Stealing these because I want to remember them.

1. John. D Rockefeller took a 30 minute nap everyday at 12pm. No meeting was important enough to move this out of his calendar.
2. The person that is well rested might be able to work 16 hour days 6 days per week. The person who never works but scrolls TikTok all day can struggle to do 30 minutes of work without burning out.

From the George Mack newsletter.

I read this quote from Austin Kleon’s recent newsletter, and I kind of disagree with it.

“I tried to be empty here [taps temple] because it’s the best thing for creative process. If you don’t have any information you can make many things, you can go in all 360 degrees of direction.” RIP Damo Suzuki, former frontman of the German band Can.

I don’t think it’s about being empty. I think it’s about being the right amount of full.

Sam Parr told a great story in a recent MFM pod about his mother in law. The premise was that she started a business in her 50s that began thriving, and he was trying to get her to scale it up. She told him “no,” and that she was satisfied with the workload.

Shaan responded by saying something like, good for her for staying in the mix and not counting herself out, but what’s even more remarkable is that she has done something that’s harder than starting a business. When Sam asked what that was, he said, “It’s being content with the business that you start.”

That one hit me. Am I content with the business and work I’m doing or am I always chasing some elusive unicorn that does not exist?

I have found this from Praxis to be a helpful way to think about entrepreneurship from a Christian perspective.

This from my guy Dalton Mabery on who we are becoming is excellent.

Are you becoming the mean old man who yells at kids, reports people to your neighborhood watch, and refuses to leave your house to spend time with family because you’d rather stay home and go to bed early? Or are you becoming the type of person curious about the younger generation and glad to see your growing brood multiply (along with your commitments)? Are you becoming the over-protective snowplow parent, ensuring your sweet little baby never faces a problem or obstacle alone? Or are you becoming the parent who loves your kid and understands heartbreak, frustration, and mistakes are the only ways they’ll learn how the real world works?

Who are you becoming?

You’re becoming somebody. Change is inevitable; it happens to everyone. But becoming the person you want to be is not. Becoming who you desire takes effort, hard work, and consistency.

Dalton Mabery