Sign in with Facebook
As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.
“The paperwork would make me CEO and grant me a salary, equity, and benefits. Between the money and the health insurance, I could cover all of my immediate needs. But I’d have to change everything I stood for.”
― The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
― The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
“People claim to want to do something that matters, yet they measure themselves against things that don’t, and track their progress not in years but in microseconds. They want to make something timeless, but they focus instead on immediate payoffs and instant gratification.”
― Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work that Lasts
― Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work that Lasts
“But deep down inside, I was no longer enamored with the life I’d created. The only purpose I was serving was self-interest. While I rarely showed it to outsiders, my happiness waned day after day. A restless voice kept me up at night, telling me that until I found meaning, the money wouldn’t matter.”
― The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
― The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
“Wanting to reform the world without discovering one’s true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.”
― Tao Te Ching
― Tao Te Ching
“When you align individually high-performing people around the idea that they are collectively underdogs, you tap into the cohesive gel that brings early adopters together. We created an enemy for us to rebel against (this belief that our approach was “impossible”), which is one of the fastest ways to unite people around a common goal. And with each new person who joined our volunteer army, we received both the validation and the skills necessary to prove that we could carve a different path from those who came before us.”
― The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
― The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
Christian Theological/Philosophical Book Club
— 1901 members
— last activity Dec 27, 2025 06:15PM
The primary guidelines for this group are a sincere love for the true God of the Bible and a commitment to relying on the Word of God (the Bible) as t ...more
Philosophy
— 5811 members
— last activity Jan 22, 2026 12:10PM
What is Philosophy? Why is it important? How do you use it? This group looks at these questions and others: ethics, government, economics, skepticism, ...more
Kierkegaard
— 58 members
— last activity Jul 24, 2023 11:58PM
A group to discuss the works of the Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard. "That single individual" welcome. ...more
David Calhoun’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at David Calhoun’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
2,062 books
|
35 friends
6,209 books
|
1,839 friends
84 books
|
47 friends
417 books
|
115 friends
147 books
|
3,116 friends
285 books
|
113 friends
4,066 books
|
127 friends
73 books
|
94 friends
More friends…
Polls voted on by David Calhoun
Lists liked by David Calhoun
