A hump day full of inspiration, a story we put together from what we call the mortal feed, a combination of books, algorithms, and the recommendations we thought of based on some of what we read today.  A story about problem-solving and how to turn that into your job.  A spotlight on Nandi Bushell, who turns 13 this week; she is the face of Joy today.  A fun way to look at cocktails to finish the day.

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Three stories hit the mortal feed today that all track to similar conclusions.  Mortal feed meaning, one story came from a book, one story came from an email newsletter, and one story came as a result of the newsletter that hit my mental recommendation engine and reminded me of a similar story.  All of these stories are about overcoming problems with less emotion, allowing more energy to solve the problem.

The story from a book I pick up every day and read a section from talks about seeing problems as a ladder, and as you solve the problem, you are climbing the ladder, sometimes out of self-pity and into a higher perspective.  Another way to look at this is when you find that you've dug yourself into a hole, stop searching…  Start solving one problem at a time and climb the ladder out.

In his book Total Recall, Arnold Schwarzenegger tells a story about how to focus.  Tell yourself, "one thing at a time.”  We were reminded of this principle in the daily 8am newsletter tips.  Goes with our “simple, not easy” philosophy of life. 

All this gets us to our favorite part of Ridley Scott's movie The Martian – the final scene, Matt Damon's character (Mark Watney) is talking to a group of astronaut candidates, and he summarizes the whole experience of being stranded on Mars.  In it, he says at some point in space, everything can go south, and you can tell yourself this is it; this is the end, and you can either accept that or get to work.

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Nandi Bushell, the drumming kid many of us met during the pandemic.  Consequence Online Pub does a write on Ms. Bushell, who will turn 13 this week.  Her fame has come fast, and she has earned every minute.  Her natural talent on the kit is overshadowed by the one thing she shares in common with another famous drummer, who Nandi considers a friend and fan, Dave Grohl. 

Rarely have we seen anyone look like they are having as much fun doing anything as Nandi plays the drums for people like Bushell and Grohl, the blessing of finding the thing you enjoy doing as much as breathing is an honor for the rest of us to witness.  Happy Birthday Nandi!

Moss And Fog do it again and make cocktails look better in photos than on the bar.  Cheers!

Bouncing Souls.

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