Chris Carlock
Extraordinary in the Ordinary
"Sometimes, it can be the most ordinary moment that creates an extraordinary piece of art." -- Rick Rubin We're all guilty of chasing...
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Unlimited Lives
My kids have been playing Super Mario Brothers lately. Yesterday, my wife taught them the cheat code that gets them unlimited lives in...
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The Ability to Be Disliked
"You must develop the ability to be disliked in order to free yourself from the prison of other peoples' opinions." -- Mark Manson I...
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Goldfish
I play softball in a men's league on Friday nights. Last week, we gave up four runs in the top half of the last inning to eventually lose...
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Make Every Day Saturday
"Weekends shouldn't be time to recover. They should be time to rejoice. Burnout cultures exhaust us through the week and force us to...
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Feel More
"Was I a better doctor then, when I knew less and felt more?" -- Anna Lembke As we get older, and we gain more experience and knowledge,...
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The More You Know
"The more you know, the more you realize how much you don't know. The less you know, the more you think you know everything. Knowledge is...
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People in the Game
"People in the game always get criticized by people in the stands." -- Jon Acuff When you decide to become a teacher, or a coach, or a...
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How You React
"Your first reaction is your past. Your intentional response is your present." -- yung pueblo Raise your hand if you've ever reacted to...
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Be Impressed
"Don't try to impress anyone today -- just be impressed by everyone else! " -- Denise Bissonnette We carry around a lot of pressure...
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I Would Do Anything
I stumbled upon the following picture on Instagram yesterday: The note reads: "Hope someone can use some of these baseballs in the...
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The Privilege of Being Busy
Being busy is a privilege. It means we have responsibilities, which means someone or some people are counting on us. We all feel too busy...
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The Way You Make Me Feel
My friend and I were talking recently about our favorite coaches growing up. I mentioned my first soccer coach for how much he cared...
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Champions
I've been sending out Daily Dispatch emails for almost three years now. And over that time, I've had many people reach out with words of...
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Maturity is When...
"Maturity is when you can finally ride the ups and downs of life without getting tossed around by them. You don't expect everything to be...
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Loneliness Crisis
According to the Surgeon General, every measure of population-wide friendship, companionship, and social fitness is worse than it was 20...
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Small Acts of Kindness
After getting into my car Saturday morning, I noticed a hand-written note on my windshield. It had a quote on either side. One side read,...
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Stay in There
When one of my Little League hitters is intimidated by the pitcher, they'll step toward third base as the pitch approaches. It's next to...
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I opened up my laptop last night after dinner with the intention of writing today's Daily Dispatch (Full disclosure, I write them the day...
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Be Here Now
"There is no past and no future; no one has ever entered those two imaginary kingdoms. There is only the present." -- Leo Tolstoy The...
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