An Excellent Wknd [25.21]
Some thoughts on competitive individualism, liminal space, & analog friendships
Hello, hi, 👋
Happy Memorial Day Weekend, my friends. Here’s wishing everyone hitting “Murph” over the next few days strength & speed.
Let’s get into what we put out this week, some new thoughts for you to ponder, & a new community survey.
🗓️ THIS WEEK
3 Distractions Keeping You From Health (The Supplement Trap, Your Social Circle, & The Perfect Plan)
Exploring three major distractions that derail health goals & offering practical strategies to overcome them.
May’s Recommendation Round-Up
A curated collection of recommendations including books, mindset exercises, & practical tools for personal development.
The Daily Chase
Brief, focused essays delivered each weekday to Chase Club members. (🔓 indicates the post is free for the weekend.)
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🤔 3 THOUGHTS
“Whether we notice it in ourselves or not, competitive individualism has become our religion. How many of us actually identify the public good with our own good?
For most of us, the outside world exists for our income and our enjoyment. We have a using-based relationship with the world, not a caring one.”
- Omar F. Najjarine“There’s a difference between ‘rich’ and ‘richer’. And ‘fit’ and ‘fitter’.
The problem with a pre-amp that goes all the way to 11 isn’t that it’s louder. The problem is that very soon, the person who bought one of these will want one that goes to 12.
Living in the liminal space is unstable.
When we get hooked on what we get next instead of focusing on what actually matters in the now, we sign up for a crash.”
- Seth Godin“Everything about predictive technologies is basically giving us a form of assisted living. You get it all served in uncomplicated, lack of friction, no obstacles and you no longer know how to deal with people. Because people are complex systems.
Relationships, friendships are complex systems.
They often demand that they hold two sides of an equation, and not that you solve little problems with technical solutions.
And that is intrinsic to modern loneliness.”
- Esther Perel
🦉 SHARED WISDOM
A weekly community survey exploring what matters most. Results & a new question shared in next week's edition.
Last week’s question:
How often do you intentionally make time for deep connection with others?
41% of us said, “one time a week or less,” while 29% said, “a few times per week.”
This week's question:
Ben & I are continuing our conversation about distractions on Tuesday - this time we’re talking about three that too often keep us from happiness.
Until then!
🤙🏼 Patrick