Keith Guin

[Dr Jordan B Peterson @jordanbpeterson]

To the Americans:

I've travelled all over the world. I've familiarized myself with many places, and met many people. And I'm a Canadian, although I’m privileged to reside once again in the States.

And here's something I've noticed, and it’s a key element of America's continuing greatness:

You bloody Americans value success, and you believe in its existence.

This is something that doesn't really happen anywhere else in the world. Even in other free democracies—the United Kingdom; Finland, Sweden, and Norway; Australia, New Zealand and Canada; Germany, France, and the Netherlands (great countries all)—a counterproductive cynicism too often reigns.

Success is equated with exploitation.
Ambition is looked upon with contempt.

This happens sometimes in the United States too—particularly among the miserable progressives, who confuse their resentment, ingratitude and unearned skepticism with wisdom.

But in your great country, by and large, striving is admired and success celebrated.

This means that more people strive and succeed in the US than anywhere else. And it's increasingly obvious. You remain stunningly more innovative and productive than any people anywhere else on the planet.

And so I say, as all should who are fortunate enough to live in the western world, let alone America:

Thank God for the United States.

Thank God for the wisdom of its founders.
Thank God for its faith in the free market and in the natural rights of man.
Happy birthday, you damn Yankees and Southerners.

Long may your admirable country dominate the world.

Long may your freedom and hope provide an example to those suffering everywhere at the hands of their malevolent states.

May your two and a half centuries of unparallelled success be just the beginning.

Your country is the light of the world, and the city on the hill.

Thank God for the USA.

Happy 250th.

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson

[Marie Isabella @MarieIsabellaB]

‘Murica!!🗽🇺🇸

[Jaynit @jaynitx]

Jordan Peterson says humans are operating at about 51% of their capacity.

That missing 49% could be costing you $50,000+ a year:

1. If for 10 years you did not avoid doing what you knew you needed to do, by your own definitions, within your own value structure, what would you be like. Peterson says we do not know the upper limits of what a person can become if they stop retreating from their own life. Remarkable people come into the world from time to time, and they are mostly just people who found out over decades what they could be if they actually showed up.

2. Humans are probably running at about 51% of their capacity. Peterson asks undergraduates how many hours a day they waste. The classic answer is 4 to 6 hours. That is 20 to 25 hours a week. 100 hours a month. Two and a half full work weeks every month. half a year of work weeks every year. If your time is worth $50 an hour in deferred wages, wasting 20 hours a week means you are wasting $50,000 a year. And you are doing it right now.

3. Wasting time is a bigger catastrophe when you are young than when you are old. Peterson makes this explicit. Because you are young, wasting $50,000 a year in time is far more damaging than it would be for someone older. The compounding runs longer. The opportunities foregone accumulate. The person you could have become keeps getting further away.

4. You have a conscience. You know what it is. It is the voice just before you do something stupid telling you not to do the stupid thing. You do not have to listen to it. Most people don't. and then exactly what the conscience predicted would happen, happens. And you feel even worse about it than you would if it had happened by accident because you knew. You were warned. You went ahead anyway.

5. What would happen if you listened to your conscience for 5 years. or 10. What position might you be in? What relationships might you be able to build? Peterson says a relationship forged on the basis of who you actually are will be stronger and more real than one forged on the basis of who you are pretending to be. At minimum you have somewhere solid to stand. At minimum you have a real life.

6. Nihilism is not a belief system that collapsed on you. It is a strategy. The advantage of believing nothing matters is that you have no responsibility. the price is meaningless suffering, but you can whine about that, and people will feel sorry for you, and you can take the path of the martyr. Peterson says that is actually a pretty good deal compared to the alternative, which is bearing your burden properly and living forthrightly in the world. A lot of people are choosing nihilism on purpose, even if they will not admit it.

7. You are not a dust mote among 7 billion people. You are a node in a network. You will know at least a thousand people over the course of your life. Each of them knows a thousand people. That puts you one person away from a million and two people away from a billion. The things you do and do not do ripple outward in ways you cannot fully comprehend. The terror of realizing this is that it actually starts to matter what you do.

8. If you live a pathological life you pathologize your society. Solzhenitsyn figured this out. If enough people do it the result is not just personal dysfunction. It is hell. actual hell. Peterson says you can read The Gulag Archipelago if you have the fortitude and see exactly what that looks like. and then decide if that is somewhere you would like to take your family and friends, because that is what happened in the 20th century when enough people chose the pathological path.

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

We Asked AI To Simulate If The U.S. Had A Second Civil War

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

This collision 😮

[Carolina Hurricanes @Canes]

Jim Valvano taught us to enjoy life and to cherish every moment.

As we continue this journey, we’re reminded that the Stanley Cup Final is about more than hockey. It’s about people, purpose, sacrifice, and appreciating the moments that bring us together.

[Linda Cohn @lindacohn]

This is how it’s done by doing it all. The big hit. The big goal.
Jordan Staal now has goals in all five Stanley Cup Final games. #stanleycup

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

THE CAPTAIN JORDAN STAAL DOES IT AGAIN

THIS SERIES IS NUTS

[ConquerMindsetMoney | Self Mastery @TheConquerMM]

Matthew McConaughey reveals the difference between a nice guy and a good man

"A nice guy gets along. They don't necessarily have discernment or judgment, not sure what they stand for or stand against. It's like yes, yes, yes, sure"

"A good man has ideals that they stand for and they stand against. And when they're tested, a good man is not a nice guy"

"Being a good man is a lot harder for good reason. Not going to be the most popular. Not going to be always the most affable"

"It also doesn't mean you got to be a dick. It just means sometimes you got to go, I believe in this, this is for me, and that is not for me"

"A good man's not looking for trouble. But if it comes, and if something he cares about was trespassed on, a good man does what he can to stop that"

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Bill Cowher shares the 3 things he told his 3 daughters - and his 53 players.

"Number one - choices and consequences."

"You can control your choice. But once you make a choice, it controls you...Just understand - with every decision you make, there's a consequence that goes with that."

Your choices and actions matter.

"Number two - it's about the people you surround yourself with."

"Are they people that are purpose-driven? Or are they people that are just trying to feed off of who you are?"

"I want people around me that are purpose-driven. People focused on doing something impactful and meaningful."

"And the third thing - nothing good happens after midnight. Nothing."

Three rules. A lifetime of wisdom.

Your choices control you. Your circle defines you. Your habits protect you.
(🎥Ray Lewis Show: @raylewis)

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

We Asked AI To Simulate The First Woman President And The Results Are Exactly What You Expect

[Josh Graham @JoshGrahamShow]

For the first time since 2006, the Carolina Hurricanes are going to the Stanley Cup Finals.

I'm about to play this song on a loop for the next four hours.

#SoundTheSiren

[Larry Conger 🇺🇸 @eMTBrides]

Conversation with Tony Danza @TonyDanza went deep very quickly with a thoughtful existential moment. Tony reflected on how he was influenced as an actor by his admiration for and eventual friendship with the great Robert Duvall.

Tony went on to quote one of his favorite moments from Duvall’s monologue in Tender Mercies: “I never did trust happiness…”

More fantastic stories of the films, music and moments that define us, only on The Tom & Mickey Show. ✨🎙️

I understand exactly what he means. RIP Robert Duvall, he was one of my favorite actors too. Now I got to checkout this movie 💯
#tonydanza #robertduvall #tendermercies #moviequote #classicfilm

[꧁Bobbi꧂ @SaltyBitch_52]

These guys are funny.
Deer Blind Dad Jokes.

[Joe Bruno @JoeBrunoWSOC9]

You know you’re in North Carolina when…

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Josh Brolin nailed sobriety in one powerful line.

He loved drinking — called it gasoline in his veins. But he made it his mission to make sobriety more fun than his wildest nights. He was even willing to lose his wife Kathryn to put sobriety first.

No more Jekyll and Hyde. No more getting banned from every bar. That version of him is gone.

This one hit me hard. Most people see sobriety as losing something. Brolin treated it like upgrading his entire life.

Real change happens when the new path feels more alive than the old one.

Have you found sobriety (or quitting any bad habit) can actually become more rewarding than before?

[Keith Guin @KeithGuin3]

@wilmingtonstan Just an opinion. Definitely has an agenda. Thanks

[J.P. Hovey @jhovey34]

Honestly was not expecting Eric Church to give one of the best commencement speeches of all time.

Chief CRUSHED this 🫡