Welcome, Fellow Monks.
Yes, we’re all monks. We don’t live in temples. We are everywhere—learning, building, striving. Some of us are in boardrooms, launching companies. Others are in classrooms, launching careers.
What unites us? A limitless hunger for wisdom. A constantly evolving sense of self. An endless pursuit of mastery we’ll never find.
Here below are the 9 principles (Mantras) for success, service, and serenity…
The Monk Mantras
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Success isn’t satisfying and failure isn’t fatal.
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The space between my internal chatter and silence is where best choices live.
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My success is the echo of the lives I improve.
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Tenacity trumps talent.
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Big wins come from doing fewer things better.
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When I play the victim, the only person I hurt is myself.
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Forgiveness is not about them—it’s about me.
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I’ll live only as long as the last person who remembers me dies.
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When desires approach zero, happiness goes to infinity.