ChaseTheKangaroo

Chase the Kangaroo is a little out of the way diner for your spirit, soul and body on the world wide internet.

[ChaseTheKangaroo @ChaseElKangaroo]

Modern life is very good at removing friction.
But what if some of that friction is exactly what forms us?
The CTK review of Dr. Paul Taylor’s The Hardiness Effect explores stress, comfort, hardiness, and the harder road that still leads toward strength. https://t.co/1K5NXfmNDu

[Ryan Holiday @RyanHoliday]

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[Matthew McConaughey @McConaughey]

no curfew. @Complex

[ChaseTheKangaroo @ChaseElKangaroo]

Sunday Evening Dispatch ~ April 12th Edition https://t.co/nVnF0kneRq
Clarity over assumption.
Strength over comfort.
Most people aren’t lost from lack of effort.
They’re scattered from lack of aim.

Return to what shapes you.

[ChaseTheKangaroo @ChaseElKangaroo]

Benjamin
3Franklin didn’t just write about #virtue. He practiced it.
https://t.co/PdN2yha8Wm
His system:
13 virtues.
1 focus each week.
Daily self-examination.

A simple discipline for building #character that still works today.

Download the tracker and try the experiment.

[ChaseTheKangaroo @ChaseElKangaroo]

Recovery Is Not Optional https://t.co/mKx15KDpID Sleep is often treated as the space between effort. The hours when nothing is happening. The pause between training sessions, workdays, and responsibilities.
That framing misses the point.
#sleep #AgingWell #Habit #Recovery

[ChaseTheKangaroo @ChaseElKangaroo]

A Manly Character https://t.co/TTNDSt8aAn Character is often described as a list of traits. #Integrity. #Courage. #Discipline. #Patience. Useful words, but incomplete. They describe what a man values without explaining how he holds those values under pressure.

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A Manly Character https://t.co/TTNDSt8aAn A man doesn’t drift into character.
He drifts away from it.
What holds the line isn’t intensity.
It’s discipline.
#Manhood #Character #SelfGovernance #Discipline

[Ryan Holiday @RyanHoliday]

You know what’s better than building things up in your imagination? Building things up in real life.

[Shane Parrish @shaneparrish]

The best are always learning.

Read like crazy. 
Think alone. 
Keep a journal. 
Write stuff down the moment you see it. 
Review regularly. 
Memorize the big ideas to fluency. 
Attack your best ideas. 
And never get high on your own supply.

You don't have to be gifted. You do have to be deliberate.

[ChaseTheKangaroo @ChaseElKangaroo]

Virtue Series | Week 13 – Humility https://t.co/qNFQmNAvL4 #BenjaminFranklin #Virtue #DoHardThings

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Quote to Ponder ~ W. H. Auden https://t.co/4vDKxXZpF3 Routine vs distraction, procrastination, and laziness

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Virtue Series | Week 12 – Chastity https://t.co/pyy0XIaaaE Chastity isn’t repression. It is dominion, the governance of desire. Franklin understood that unchecked appetite weakens resolve and erodes integrity. #Virtue #BenjaminFranklin #chastity

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Virtue Series | Week 8 – Justice https://t.co/wv4uGifrwC Fairness seeks equality. Justice seeks truth. One levels, the other restores. Freedom depends on those who know the difference. Justice #Fairness #VirtueEthics #BenjaminFranklin #CSLewis #MoralPhilosophy #GKChesterton

[Daily Stoic @dailystoic]

5 life lessons from Epictetus:

1. Focus on what’s in your control, let go of the rest
2. Take a minute before you respond
3. Know that you know nothing
4. Keep good company
5. Stop taking things personally

[ChaseTheKangaroo @ChaseElKangaroo]

Quote to Ponder ~ T.S. Elliot https://t.co/IqZO55Mhku “We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.”
#adventure #ExploreMore #Curiosity

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Quote to Ponder ~ Roger Federer https://t.co/05pYlnR3uw Federer on talent: “Yes, talent matters. I’m not going to stand here and tell you it doesn’t. But talent has a broad definition. Most of the time, it’s not about having a gift. It’s about having grit…” #grit #agency

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Quote to Ponder ~ Socrates https://t.co/Vtd3QsEFxn
”Justice is the virtue that makes us useful to ourselves as well as to others.” #Socrates #Virtue #Justice #leadership

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Quote To Ponder ~Benjamin Franklin https://t.co/9Ov7ESBDR7 “Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.” #BenjaminFranklin #Resolve #Focus #Virtue

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Virtue Series: https://t.co/s9qCHXZSSp Week 1 of my 13-week virtue challenge starts with #Temperance. In a world of overconsumption, this lost virtue is surprisingly relevant. Clarity starts with restraint. #ChaseTheKangaroo #VirtueChallenge #SelfControl #BenjaminFranklin