Relaxed Focus: "Did you think I wouldn't find out?"

"In life, most people focus on what they don't want instead of what they do. If you resist your fear, have faith, and discipline your focus, your actions will naturally take you in the direction you want. Release your fear, and focus now on what you truly desire and deserve." - Anthony Robbins

News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make you happier | Media | The Guardian: "News is irrelevant. Out of the approximately 10,000 news stories you have read in the last 12 months, name one that – because you consumed it – allowed you to make a better decision about a serious matter affecting your life, your career or your business. The point is: the consumption of news is irrelevant to you. But people find it very difficult to recognise what's relevant. It's much easier to recognise what's new. The relevant versus the new is the fundamental battle of the current age. Media organisations want you to believe that news offers you some sort of a competitive advantage. Many fall for that. We get anxious when we're cut off from the flow of news. In reality, news consumption is a competitive disadvantage. The less news you consume, the bigger the advantage you have."

Morning links: "Small towns are discovering that it can be pretty expensive to maintain all that cool military gear they get from the Pentagon. This is usually when they also learn that if they start using it to serve drug warrants, they can generate revenue through federal grants and civil asset forfeiture." - McHenry County, police deal with hidden cost of government surplus of military supplies, vehicles | Northwest Herald