learn about different personalities

Alison: You've played on many teams. How has your approach to leadership evolved with each move? 

Chris: It continually changes. In New Orleans I was crazy in my intensity on the court, wanting everyone to approach the game like I did and trying to make sure I got the best out of them. Later, in Houston, maybe my 13th year in the league, a coach told me that the biggest challenge I have is playing with guys who don’t care as much as I do. Going from team to team, you learn about different personalities and understand that while maybe you can get on this guy, you can’t get on that one. I haven’t always been perfect. Sometimes you don’t have a lot of time to figure out how to communicate with a teammate. But I always at least try with the right intention.

Alison Beard

Life's Work: An Interview with Chris Paul. Harvard Business Review. September-October 2023.

his own field of vision

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. This is an error of the intellect.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Unfu*k Yourself 2023 Day-to-Day Calendar: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life, by Gary John Bishop. September 13

your capacity for forgiveness is infinite

Your capacity for forgiveness is infinite. Your willingness for it is where you get stuck.

Gary John Bishop

Unfu*k Yourself 2023 Day-to-Day Calendar: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life. September 12

stop searching for certainty

When you stop searching for certainty, when you quit trying to make sense of everything, a lot of your stress will simply melt away.

Gary John Bishop

Unfu*k Yourself 2023 Day-to-Day Calendar: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life. August 18

life is not a treadmill, it's a garden

Life is not a treadmill. It's a garden. One to be created and nurtured and enjoyed, and, like all gardens, it's sometimes work and effort, too, but if you cannot bring yourself to love the work, you'll never truly love the garden.

Gary John Bishop

Unfu*k Yourself 2023 Day-to-Day Calendar: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life. August 11