𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐤

I’m just a 24 year kid, battling my inner demons, working 60+ hours a week & swing trading. I have tons of heart with huge dreams. I will (prosper), adversity, I will not fold.

30th book down. "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” ~Shakespeare “A podium and a prison is each a place, one high and the other low, but in either place your freedom of choice can be maintained if you so wish.”~Epictetus Where the head goes, the body follows. Perception precedes action. Right action follows the right perspective. “What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better.”~Wendell Phillips “If thy faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.” ~Proverbs 24:10 “The Fates guide the person who accepts them and hinder the person who resists them.”~Cleanthes

29th book down. “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself— and you are the easiest person to fool.” ~Richard Feynman “If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.” ~Marina Abramovic “You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.” ~Henry Ford “Fac, si facis”(Do it if you're going to do it.) “If I am not for myself who will be for me? If I am only for myself, who am I?” ~Hillel “The height of cultivation runs to simplicity.” ~Bruce Lee

28th book down. Faith is the beginning of all great achievement. Happiness comes only from rendering useful service to others. Every adversity brings with it the seed of an equivalent advantage. Be careful what you set your heart upon, for it surely shall be yours. Poverty is a natural material reflection of the negative habit of drifting. Time is the enemy of immorality and injustice. It is the friend of justice and morality. No one can change the law of hypnotic rhythm any more than one can change the law of gravity, but everyone can change himself.

27th book down. “Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness.” MATTHEW 6:33 “I came so that they may have life and have it more abundantly.” JOHN 10:10 “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God-what is good and acceptable and perfect.” ROMANS 12:2 “Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus.” PHILIPPIANS 2:5 “Live simply so that others may simply live.” ~Mother Teresa “Rejoice always, pray constantly, give thanks in all circumstances.” 1 THESSALONIANS 5:16-18 “A joyful heart is life itself, and rejoicing lengthens one's life span.” SIRACH 30:22 “The righteous hate what is false.” PROVERBS 13:5 (Will that help you become the-best-version-of-yourself?)

26th book down. We seem to forget the true foundation stone of science: the belief that the world makes sense. To question what you know—what you think is true—is how the world advances. We tend to experience the world in a linear, incremental way: inch by inch, ounce by ounce. Let your work be so correct that in no way can it be construed as improper. If you just go forward, learn more, understand better, you can make something truly useful and new. “The prize is the pleasure of finding the thing out.”~Richard P. Feynman

25th book down. “Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.” ~Gloria Steinem The conscious mind deals in facts, the unconscious deals in truth. “The soul never thinks without an image.” ~Aristotle “Whatever a man does in the day, his soul testifies against him at night.” ~Zohar 92A “I think, therefore I am.” ~Descartes “God wills man to be a creator-his first job is to create himself as a complete being.” ~Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik “We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” ~Einstein “For God prepared the remedy before He brought on the disease.” ~Megillah 13B

24th book down. Doing the will of God, therefore, transforms FOMO-the fear of missing out into JOMO-the Joy of Missing Out. Listening to God is an act of hopeful expectation. Listening to God requires an open heart. Listening to God requires us to set aside our personal preferences and agendas. Listening to God involves letting go of our stubborn and prideful desire to do whatever we want. Listening to God requires humility. Listening to God is an act of surrender. Will you listen? “Preach the Gospel at all times, and only when necessary use words.” ~Saint Francis of Assisi “But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”~Albert Einstein “Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.” ~W. Clement Stone “God would never inspire me with desires which cannot be realized.” ~Thérèse of Lisieux “Find your delight in the LORD who will give you your hearts desire?” ~Psalm 37:4

23rd book down. “Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.” ~Seneca “What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.” ~Plutarch “Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light.” ~Thales “He who hesitates is lost.” ~Cato “A single day among the learned lasts longer than the longest life of the ignorant.” ~Posidonius “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.” ~Plato “Virtue is the health of the soul.” ~Aristo Of Chio “The willing are led by fate, the reluctant dragged.” ~Cleanthes “Cowards die many times before their death.” ~Julius Caesar “The only thing I know is that I know nothing.” ~Socrates “Death smiles at us all, but all a man can do is smile back.” ~Marcus Aurelius “Nothing exists except atoms and free space, everything else is opinion.” ~Democritus “If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.” ~Seneca “He who sweats more in training bleeds less in war.” ~Greek Proverb

22nd book down. “The Rifleman fights without promise of either reward or relief. Behind every river there is another hill - and behind that hill, another river. After weeks or months in the line, only a wound can offer him the comfort of safety, shelter, and a bed. Those who are left to fight, fight on, evading death but knowing that with each day of evasion, they have exhausted one more chance for survival. Sooner or later, unless victory comes this chase must end on the litter or in the grave.”~General Omar Bradley

21st book down. Your mind is like a computer it only knows what you tell it. Be gracious in victory or defeat. In sports there are winners and losers, but winning in life is so much more important. We all experience setbacks either in life or on the golf course, but we can't let them define us. It's important to value and respect your name. You carry it forever. If we truly want to love each other as we love ourselves, we need to start by seeing the best in other people. We are here for only a short period, and it's important to make the most of our time. Show Faith through actions not just words. “It is true that integrity alone won’t make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one” ~Zig Ziglar “The legacy you leave here on earth is measured by the hearts you touch.”~Barbara Nicklaus

20th book down. If you don’t control reality, reality will control you. In order to free yourself from the snare, you have to shift your attention. Whatever you do, always initiate your own game. This is the secret of success. Whatever thoughts you send out into the world, they will return to you like a boomerang. When you live true to your own credo, the heart and mind come into union. The world is a mirror that reflects your relationship to it. All conflict is based on comparison and opposition. Draw your own conclusions. Your soul did not come into the material world in order to suffer. “Why do I exist?” “To be.” “What can I do?” “Anything.”

Griddy to the cramp 🎬 #SKOL

19th book down. Fears are nothing more than states of mind. Mind control is the result of self-discipline and habit. You either control your mind or it controls you. There is no half-way compromise. If you do not see great riches in your imagination, you will never see them in your bank balance. Open-mindedness is essential for belief. Closed minds do not inspire faith, courage, and belief. Faith and fear make poor bedfellows. Where one is found, the other cannot exist.

18th book down. Discipline equals freedom. The leader is truly and ultimately responsible for everything. It’s not what you preach, it's what you tolerate. There are only two types of leaders: effective and ineffective. We must never get complacent. Ego clouds and disrupts everything, this is where controlling the ego is most important. A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove. Prioritize and execute, Relax, look around, make a call.“Simple, not easy” ~Dean Lister

17th book down. The world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best. Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it. Life's meaning is an unconditional one, for it even includes the potential meaning of unavoidable suffering. To suffer unnecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.

16th book down. The real-world deals in facts, not feelings. Your routines = Who you are, being alive means being uncomfortable. If you want to be Mentally Tough, seek out and endure discomfort. “Mediocre people don't like high-achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people.”~Nick Saban

@LegerDouzable Jake Browning I think because he beat out Trevor Siemian this off-season. Obviously then today for security they signed AJ McCarron to practice squad. Will have my eyes all over this game tonight!

Can anyone name the Bengals back up right know if Joe Burrow misses tonight? I can because I know most of the players on every team but since people are saying Jets should have signed a veteran back up. Whose the Bengals back up without googling it?

There is a natural progression that permeates everything. Small to big. Slow to fast. Losing to winning. Don't feel bad about where you are. You are exactly where you need to be.