Welcome back to Rising Tide, the weekly digest of things I’ve discovered or been into this past week and consider worth sharing. Enjoy!
1. This quote has been one of my favorite finds so far this year:
Interests are what you do when no one’s pushing.
Values are what you do when no one’s watching.
Strengths are what you do that no one’s emulating.
– Adam Grant
This quote is so good that I printed it out and put it on my desk! If you feel so inclined, I made you one too!
3. I always love a good “…for _____ days straight” story. Greg Heil of Singletrack‘s Outside 365 does not disappoint! Start with the Manifesto, then read the rest of the story.
4. Watching the US Open last weekend, I found myself reflecting on one of my all time favorite quotes:
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
– Theodore Roosevelt
The whole speech is amazing: Citizenship in a Republic – The Man in the Arena Speech
5. Here is this week’s playlist:
That’s it for this week! Until next time…