Quotes

Elvis Was Wise

Roger Sramkoski

09 Jul 2024 — 1 min read

I've been listening to the Audible version of "Embrace the Suck: The Navy SEAL Way to an Extraordinary Life" by Brent Gleeson while walking and rucking in the morning. Yesterday I heard this quote yesterday at the beginning of a section:

“Values are like fingerprints. Nobody’s are the same, but you leave 'em all over everything you do.” -Elvis Presley

In addition to just plain loving the quote, it also made me realize how little I really know about Elvis. Will have to learn more about him.

The Story We Tell Ourselves

Years ago I subscribed to Harvard Business Review's "Management Tip of the Day" newsletter (you can sign up here if you want it too). Inside the newsletter from yesterday, titled "Understand Why You Feel Underappreciated at Work," was this section: 📚What story am I

Radical Acceptance

Thanks to a great friend, Aaron, for sharing this one with me this week. My favorite definition of radical acceptance thus far is (from here): ❤️‍🩹Radical acceptance means practicing a conscious effort to acknowledge and honor difficult situations and emotions. Why do I love this one? Because it calls out

Two TTRPG nights in one weekend!

When I was a kid, I loved every opportunity I could get to play Advanced Dungeons and Dragons. Most of the time I was the Dungeon Master and I loved drawing world maps in the finest detail I could manage, thinking about who lived in the different regions, what the

So....It's Been Awhile...

It has been over two years since I last wrote any blog entries here or at the Wordpress site I never really shut down. Last week I started getting the urge to write again so with the idea of starting small, here it is, my first post after a long

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The Story We Tell Ourselves

Radical Acceptance

Two TTRPG nights in one weekend!

So....It's Been Awhile...