Rob Chapman

Father. Husband. Fisherman. Hunter. Artist. Storyteller. Digital & Social Media Junkie. Web guy. Photographer. Beard model.

[Tim Tebow @TimTebow]

Attitude is a choice.
Gratitude is a discipline.
Bitterness is expensive.

Nobody accidentally has a great attitude.
Nobody stumbles into gratitude.
And nobody means to end up bitter, it just quietly moves in when you stop choosing something better.
Guard your peace like it cost you something.
Because it did.

[Big Brain Business @BigBrainBizness]

Jerry Seinfeld on why chasing your "passion" is embarrassing, and what to do instead:

Seinfeld pushes back against the popular advice to find your one great passion in life.

In his view, it's not just unnecessary, it's a little ridiculous.

"Let go of this idea that you have to find this one great thing that is my passion. My great passion with your shirt torn open and your heaving pec muscles. It's embarrassing."

Instead of chasing something dramatic, he offers a quieter alternative:

"Find fascination. Fascination is way better than passion. It's not so sweaty."

He explains why the heavy-breathing version of passion is actually counterproductive:

"Just be willing to do your work as hard as you can with the ability you have. We don't need the heavy breathing and the outstretched arm from your passion. It makes co-workers uncomfortable in the cubicle next to you."

Then Seinfeld offers what he calls his three real keys to life, no jokes:

"Number one, bust your ass. Number two, pay attention. Number three, fall in love."

@JerrySeinfeld elaborates on the first one:

"You obviously already know whatever you're doing, I don't care if it's your job, your hobby, a relationship, getting a reservation at M Sushi, make an effort. Just pure stupid… effort."

And here's the part worth sitting with:

"Effort always yields a positive value even if the outcome of the effort is absolute failure of the desired result. This is a rule of life. Just swing the bat and pray is not a bad approach to a lot of things."

[Catherine @catherine_6907]

When little man says he caught a monster and dad had to check!

[Undiscovered History @HistoryUnd]

Tom Brown, a retired engineer, dedicated 25 years to preserving approximately 1,200 apple varieties from extinction.

[Fandom Pulse @fandompulse]

Project Hail Mary writer Andy Weir on social commentary in books:

"I dislike social commentary. Like… I really hate it. When I’m reading a book, I just want to be entertained, not preached at by the author. Plus, it ruins the wonder of the story if I know the author has a political or social axe to grind. I no longer speculate about all possible outcomes of the story because I know for a fact that the universe of that book will conspire to ensure that the author’s political agenda is validated. I hate that."

"I put no politics or social commentary into my stories at all. Anyone who thinks they see something like that is reading it in on their own. I have no point to make, and I’m not trying to affect the reader’s opinion on anything. My sole job is to entertain, and I stick to that."

"To that end, I also don’t talk about my personal political opinions publicly. I don’t want readers to even know, honestly. I don’t want that in the back of their minds as they read my stuff."

Is this why he has the #1 sci-fi movie in decades?

[Scott Van Pelt @notthefakeSVP]

Time marches on. Years roll past. The feeling here never changes.

Grateful to be back. Masters week is here.

[Peter H. Diamandis, MD @PeterDiamandis]

The human brain processes visual information 60,000x faster than text. Humans are visual processors, not text processors. Images hit the brain instantly. Words take work. That's why a single SpaceX launch video communicates more than a thousand-word essay—and why your slide decks hit harder than paragraphs. We're wired for pictures, not prose.

[Steve Harvey @IAmSteveHarvey]

Personal best. 8.9 lbs.

I already know somebody about to say they caught bigger…

That’s cool.

But was yours on camera with Kevin VanDam, Luke Bryan, Johnny Morris and Bill Dance?

I got receipts.

What’s your biggest catch?

[Rob Chapman @robchapmanfish]

@danorlovsky7 Grew up there, and going there with my teens next week for Spring Break. Perfect beaches, incredible fishing, beautiful water, ok restaurants, and not a lot of places to get in trouble 😜 Very slow pace and relaxing! 🏝️

[Rob Chapman @robchapmanfish]

@nickysmokess Man knows ball and fishing! 💯💯

[Smokes @nickysmokess]

The Florida Gators haven’t lost a game since Thomas Haugh showed off his fishing rods

[Rob Chapman @robchapmanfish]

@FGCollege @StasiKamoutsas @EducationFL @FLCollegeSystem Congrats FGC! My daughter is a proud DE student!

[Rob Chapman @robchapmanfish]

@FGCollege @FLCollegeSystem @RonDeSantis @EducationFL WTG @FGCollege ! My daughter is a proud FGC DE student!!! Thank you 💯

[Alexi Lalas @AlexiLalas]

Perfection. 🇺🇸

[Jeff Darlington @JeffDarlington]

I am so impressed by this response. For any young journalists… look no further than this advice. Side note: For a college basketball coach to have this perspective on journalism is really neat.

[Matt Shumer @mattshumer_]

https://t.co/ivXRKXJvQg

[Bill Simmons @BillSimmons]

They should have just played this 308 seconds for the 50 HOF voters.

[Josh Pate @JoshPateCFB]

When the CFB HOF realized their criteria prevented Mike Leach from being eligible they rightly changed the criteria

When the Pro Football HOF realized their voters were stupid enough to prevent a 6x Super Bowl winner from being first-ballot...they pressed send anyway

[Stats @redsoxstats]

This shot from NFL Films is unbelievable