woman28 - The Monday Morning Memo

“I have fond memories of Oklahoma and I cherish all the valuable lessons I learned there. For real.

Never deal with an idiot. Escape while you can. Keep an eye on them until they become a tiny speck disappearing in your rear-view mirror.
Fall in love with an actual person. Do not fall in love with falling in love.
Commitment does not flow from passion. Passion flows from commitment.
Patience will make you wealthy much more quickly than luck.
Business is nothing more than a search for purpose and adventure, and failures are footlights along the dark pathway to success.
Everyone has a superpower. When you have figured out their superpower, that’s when you know a person.
Never lose sight of your closest friends and always be there for them.
Every conflict is an auction. The winner will be the one who is willing to pay a higher price than anyone else.
There is a time for incremental escalation and there is a time for overwhelming force. Take no action until you know what time it is.
What you are currently thinking and feeling is a product of where you have turned your attention. Be careful where you turn your attention.
Learn to speak in color and to write poetically.
Poetry is any communication that changes what you think, and how you feel, in a brief, tight economy of words.

Those are some of the things I learned as an Okie, and now I have shared them with you. That makes you a little bit Okie, too.”

- Roy H. Williams, Monday Morning Memo for August 2, 2024