Heather M

animal lover, fitness professional

[Heather M @hmazeika]

@Matt_Pinner Golf.

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@LeadingReport Once again something that is going to disproportionately affect low income people.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

Adolf Hitler, a CONVICTED FELON, rose to power as Chancellor of Germany in 1933. He cleverly positioned himself as the voice of the “common man,” railing against the elites and the establishment.

To solidify his base, Hitler masterfully scapegoated minorities for the nation’s problems, exploiting societal divisions with an “us vs. them” narrative. It’s almost as if dividing people and stoking anger can serve a political agenda—who would’ve guessed?

Once in power, he wasted no time dismantling democratic institutions. Loyalty wasn’t just encouraged; it was demanded. Opponents? Silenced. Media that dared to question him? Vilified as “the enemy,” naturally.

But hey, history is just history, right? It’s not like anyone would fall for something like that again.

[Heather M @hmazeika]

@elonmusk Wanting independence from Denmark IS NOT the same as wanting to join America.

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@12OnYourSide Considering he’s promised to pardon all those convicted of the Jan 6 attacks, he has no room to talk.

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@Talkin215 Go Birds!!!

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@notcapnamerica Sounds like a bunch of people pissed off they can’t get away with half-assing their jobs.

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@iliza Richmond, VA

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@wcbuecker Who the heck needs to mail printed holiday cards anyway?!?! It’s expensive to print and mail, it’s a waste of paper, and we all know what’s going on in each other’s lives with social media. Pointless.

[Heather M @hmazeika]

Driving through the south…. I have seen more billboards for Jesus and Guns/Ammo than I thought possible. But, PLEASE tell me how the LGBTQ community is shoving their lifestyle down your throats. 😡

[Heather M @hmazeika]

@adhdlibrary She’s been vocal against Trump and his allies. She’s pro choice. She’s unmarried. She doesn’t have kids. She’s independent. She doesn’t want or need to conform to traditional female expectations. Literally has a line in a song “no deal the 1950’s sh*t they want from me”

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@Eagles @brandongraham55 Go Birds!!! 💚🦅🏈

[Heather M @hmazeika]

@Eagles after almost 49 years of being a fan, I was finally able to get to the Linc to see a home game. It was honestly one of the best days of my life. I was stupid giddy, and genuinely crying happy tears! The energy was absolutely electric! Hopefully I can do it again.

[Heather M @hmazeika]

@MonicaLewinsky Happy Birthday 🎉🎂

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@buitengebieden

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@iliza Damn!

[RealHousewifeOfMichigan @RealHousewifeMi]

My son is 15

I never bought him a pride onesie when he was a baby.

I never read him a book that had two moms as part of the storyline.

When he was little stores and businesses didn’t have LGBTQ+ displays and we didn’t celebrate pride month.

He was raised Catholic, and went to church.

Guess what? He is gay.

The rainbow won’t make your kids gay. They are born that way. A display in a store won’t make your kid trans, they are born that way.

If you don’t love and accept them for who they are, YOU are a shitty parent.

They haven’t failed, you have.

[Billy Oppenheimer @bpoppenheimer]

Josh Waitzkin was a chess prodigy.

He won the U.S. Junior Chess Championship at age 11. He became an International Master at age 16. And his life was made into a movie (“Searching for Bobby Fischer”) at 17.

But then, around the age of 18, Waitzkin quit playing chess because…

He got a new coach.

“I was a naturally creative, aggressive chess player,” Waitzkin explained.

But the new coach forced Waitzkin to play like the great chess players Anatoly Karpov and Tigran Petrosian—“the most positional, conservative chess players.”

When he was forced to play in a way that didn’t align with his natural proclivities, Waitzkin said, “I lost my love for the game.”

So he quit.

He later took up martial arts, and after just 2 years of training, he won his first national championship in martial arts.

Asked if he took anything from chess into the martial arts, Waitzkin said he leaned into his unique physical and mental traits:

“And in my observation of competitors in any discipline, this a really fundamental idea. Those who succeed at the highest level, I think, basically manifest their unique character through their discipline.”

Takeaway 1:

Waitzkin said he was at his best (as a chess player then a martial artist) when his style aligned with his personality.

This is known in economics as “match quality”—the degree of alignment between the traits of a profession and the traits of a person.

The NBA executive turned venture capitalist, Sam Hinkie, was asked how he thought about shaping his career path.

Essentially, Hinkie said he tried to optimize for match quality.

“By nature,” Hinkie explained, “I think in decades, and I have a steady temperament.”

So, Hinkie thought, “Can you get to a place where there is leverage on that kind of thinking, where that kind of steady temperament is rewarded?”

Takeaway 2:

Waitzkin writes in his book, “The Art of Learning,” that “one of the most critical factors in becoming a high performer is the degree to which your relationship to your pursuit stays in harmony with your unique disposition.”

The music producer Rick Rubin is a good example of this.

Rubin is a voracious consumer of art. He’s constantly listening to music, reading a book, watching a movie, at a museum, or driving around just to look at beautiful architecture.

“It’s all I do,” Rubin told screenwriter Brian Koppelman. “But not because it’s my job. It’s like, my job is my job because the person that I am loves to do those things.”

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“It seems to me that each of us expressing our own originality is the essence of our art and professionalism.” — Jim Henson

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@JoJoFromJerz Preach!

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@missindepodcast @KellyClarksonTV @kellyclarkson Phenomenal break-up song! Amazing voice!!!!