Duane Rollins

Moving Goalposts

Why does what we want most always seem just out of reach? I was talking with a friend recently and they mentioned how it feels that the goalposts keep moving on them. After they explained what's been happening to them, I pointed out a hard truth from their

Monday Motivation: 6.13.22

I woke up stressed. The list of tasks I wanted to accomplish was longer than the time I had to do them. I was telling my wife about my dilemma and she gave me some wise advice, "You need to ask for help." My default mode when my

Meet 988, the New 911 for Mental Health Issues

From my friends at Nice News: A new alternative for 911 — 988 — is set to roll out in the U.S. next month in an effort to better address mental health emergencies. “When you get on the line with someone who is trained as a professional counselor, they are able

Monday Motivation: 6.6.22

Here's a list of 20 logical fallacies to avoid today: Logical Fallacies are errors in reasoning that destroy the quality of an argument. 20 dangerous Logical Fallacies to identify and avoid: — Sahil Bloom (@SahilBloom) June 4, 2022

(Tuesday) Motivation: 5.31.22

"Make glorious, amazing mistakes." - Neil Gaiman You will fall short. It is inevitable. Mistakes can be glorious or amazing though when you're trying something new in an attempt to better yourself. Glorious mistakes aren't missteps in a process you've done before.

Limited Time

This year has felt like a never-ending series of tasks. This thing needs to be done, and after that we gotta finish this. Oh, and the thing that was blocked we can move forward with but we have to do it right now because we'll be blocked again

Friday's Too Good Not to Share: 5.20.22

B-day weekend loading... Every Friday(ish), I share other great content (with some added context) to dive into over the weekend. These could be articles, podcasts, videos, Twitter threads, or other great newsletters. In short, these are the most interesting of the interesting stuff I've come across. Like

The Business of Life

"The business of life is the acquisition of memories. In the end, that’s all there is." -- Carson, Downton Abby, S4E4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Even if you have multiple lives, you only get to do this one once. When you're sitting around in your golden years, the

Monday Motivation: May 16, 2022

Today, I hope for a series of matches for you. 1. May your execution match your strategy. 2. May your actions match your intentions. 3. May your habits match your desires. In short, I hope who you want to be matches what you do and leads to the outcomes you

On the Eve of Kendrick

It's Christmas in May. Kendrick Lamar is set to drop his new album, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, tomorrow. It's been five long years since we've gotten a new body of work from him. Kendrick's last offering DAMN., was beautiful and