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“The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.” -William James If it’s not aligned, overlook it. See you tomorrow and keep pursuing, JC
connect spirit, mind, body, and money w/ Justin Castelli
I'm on a mission to help more people find and live their authentic life. Check out my Daily Notes where I write a short note each day about the connection of spirit, mind, body and money on the Pursuit of your authentic life.
“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” -Pablo Picasso Once you discover your unique gifts and talents, you have a choice. You can give them away, as Picasso suggests, or you can build your professional life (or part of your professional life) around them. There is no “right” decision, other than to share those unique gifts and talents with the world—whether you do so for free or to provide for your family is up to you and what feels authentic to...
“Money is a good thing. You need money. Especially to, you know, if you’ve got friends and family to be able to help people, there’s nothing wrong with money. I think people put a stigma on money. For the Bible says that it is the love of money that is the root of all kinds of evil, not the money itself–it’s how much you love it. What are you willing to do for it? What won’t you do for it…do you lose all your principles and your morals? So, I don’t think we can demonize money.” - Malice We’ve...
This morning, as I was walking out of the gym, I had a thought cross my mind that I wanted to explore further in today’s Note. Today was my first morning working out with my friend, who is now also my trainer, Franqlin. I’ve been working out sporadically at home and still doing yoga when the summer mornings allow it; I wouldn’t say I’ve lost my discipline, but I’m not getting the physical workouts I want in, and I know it’s because working out alone by my Self is not the way for me. I need to...
I hope you had a great weekend---ours was busy with an AAU tournament, which is why you're getting this Monday morning. Usually, I can get work done between games, but this weekend I didn't have a strong enough signal in the gym to work online. I'll keep the intro short since I know you've already kicked off your week and are in your daily routine. Keep Pursuing Series "mind control" The sixth talk in the Keep Pursuing Series, "mind control," is now on YouTube and your favorite podcast...
“I’ve realized for some reason, God placed the most beautiful things in life on the other side of our worst terrors…you must make a conscious effort to attack all the things you are scared of…that is how you get to experience the best things life has to offer.” - Will Smith It’s counterintuitive, but follow fear. And not just fear, but discomfort, nervousness, and doubt. When you do this enough, you will become excited when these emotions show up—it may not make it any easier to take the...
“Concerning all acts of initiative or creation, there is one elementary truth…that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too…A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of incidents and meetings and material assistance which no man would have believed would have come his way.” - W.H. Murray This phenomenon is exactly what a client experience, as I shared in this voice note in an Omen. Once you have a vision of what you want,...
“Do you know what it means to learn? When you are really learning, you are learning throughout your life and there is no one special teacher to learn from. Then everything teaches you–a dead leaf, a bird in flight, a smell, a tear, the rich and the poor, those who are crying, the smile of a woman, the haughtiness of a man. You learn from everything, therefore there is no guide, no philosopher, no guru. Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning.” -J. Krishnamurti...
“Here’s the thing. Throughout most of my youth and early adulthood, I believed the external achievements would alleviate my inner turmoils. If I wasn’t at peace, I figured that there was some ambition I needed to actualize, or some milestone I had to reach to justify a period of ease. In my mind, peace was not a given. It had to be earned, over and over again. This, of course, is a false belief, but it’s one thing to know it and a whole other thing to understand it.” -Lawrence Yeo, The Inner...
A couple of weeks ago, I gave the sixth talk in the Keep Pursuing Series called “mind control.” It was a last-minute decision to host it in person. After May’s talk, I decided to still write the Keep Pursuing talks, but I’d perform them in my podcast studio and share the talks on YouTube and the AlignedLife podcast. At the last minute, I received some signs from the Universe that I should still give the talk in person, so I pivoted and got ready to talk in front of a group of people. The...