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[chavíto @Chavito316]

her: “let’s get a table outside”

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[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

In September of 1992, Pearl Jam celebrated their seemingly overnight success by staging a free show in Seattle's Magnusson Park, drawing a crowd of over 70,000 people. During the show, Eddie Vedder, the lead singer, embarked on a death-defying feat. He climbed the stage scaffolding with 100 feet of microphone cable trailing behind him, looped it over the top, rappelled down, and swung out over the audience.

"I was channeling something different," Eddie once reflected on his onstage escapades. "I reached that place you hear about where a mother lifts a car off her two-year-old child. It was that kind of adventure. At that point in my life, finally having the opportunity to perform for larger crowds, I genuinely felt like I had nothing to lose. I wasn't thinking about what might await me in the future. It was all about the present moment. This mindset aligned with the message we, as a group, wanted to convey to the audience at that particular time. Risking my safety to evoke such emotions became part of the performance."

These photographs captured the intense rage and fury embodied by Eddie and the band during that period. In retrospect, it was a reckless act, as his career and life could have ended tragically. The anxiety of the 70,000 fans in attendance was palpable in the air. Nevertheless, it turned out to be a glorious rock and roll moment, contributing to their long and illustrious career.

[Daniel Tseng @itsheartqn]

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[Leila Hormozi @LeilaHormozi]

Instead of looking for a mentor, look for a job.

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

RFA Zach LaVine has agreed to a four-year, $80M offer sheet with the Sacramento Kings, league sources tell Yahoo. The Chicago Bulls have 48 hours to match.

[raider @nfmraider]

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[raider @nfmraider]

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[Logan Shaw • @JIGGY2FRESH]

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[Billy Oppenheimer @bpoppenheimer]

In 2016, Pharrell Williams visited an N.Y.U. music production class to critique student songs.

After he listened to a song called “Alaska” by a student named Maggie Rogers, Pharrell said, “Wow. I have zero, zero, zero notes for that.”

“And I'll tell you why” he said. Because...

“You're doing your own thing. It's singular. It's like when the Wu-Tang Clan came out—no one could really judge it. You either liked it or you didn't, but you couldn't compare it to anything else.

And that is such a special quality, and all of us possess that ability.”

Takeaway 1:

The source of your power, Robert Greene says, is your uniqueness.

We say of genius, as Pharrell said of Rogers' song:

"They're 1 of a kind."

"They're singular."

So are you, Robert likes to point out: No one has ever had your DNA, your experiences, your perspective.

Embrace your uniqueness. Express it in your work.

Takeaway 2:

The video with Pharrell went viral & Maggie Rogers, seemingly overnight, was a pop star.

But…

Rogers started playing music when she was 7. She started songwriting a few years later. In high school, she attended courses at the Berklee College of Music. During her senior year, she recorded her first album, which is what got her accepted to the N.Y.U. music school and the opportunity to play one of her songs in front of Pharrell.

As Rogers later said of the viral video, “My many, many years of focus and hard work got kind of packaged into a Cinderella story.”

Ryan Holiday's line is, "All success is a lagging indicator."

All success is a function of the previous work put in.

“When a day’s writing goes well,” Ryan writes, “it’s a lagging indicator of hours and hours spent researching and thinking…Hitting a personal record on the bench press is a lagging indicator of a lot of discipline and hard work. Receiving a promotion is a lagging indicator of a lot of quality work. Delivering a keynote with confidence is a lagging indicator of a lot of preparation.”

Getting packaged as a Cinderalla story is a lagging indicator of many, many years of focus and hard work.

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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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[raider @nfmraider]

bro if bron was 28 he’d have 60 rn on Dillon Brooks lmao

[KingsMuse @kings_muse]

Finding out we said Strength in Numbers and We Believe before that fraudulent franchise stole from us😭

[FIGS @alexxfigs]

🤞🏽 #sacramentokings

[ٰ @Infrared29]

@nfmraider We're on our way

[raider @nfmraider]

trading demarcus cousins was the best decision ever. happy 4th go fucking kings. nba champions 2023