Darren Downing @Darendo2

Son, father, husband, brother, and friend - happily busy being all of that. And still find time every week to fly our 1961 Beechcraft Debonair with my dad. HighwayTransport.com 35.910962,-84.088434 Joined April 2010

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Darren Downing @Darendo2

7 years ago

"Your vision is only actionable if you say it out loud. If you keep it to yourself, it will remain a figment of your imagination." -- Simon Sinek, author

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7 years ago

“Life foists roles on us all; the challenge is to accept these costumes without letting the private core of you become pure quicksilver. Just pay attention, and strive to embody whatever virtue your phase of life demands.”, M. M. Owen, author

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7 years ago

"It’s that feeling of realizing that your consciousness, what appears to be your individuality, is actually resting on old, possibly decrepit structures." - Rachel Cusk, author

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7 years ago

“Design trumps willpower.” — B.J. Fogg, Stanford psychologist

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7 years ago

“I’ve always believed that when the rate of change inside an institution becomes slower than the rate of change outside, the end is in sight. The only question is when.” - Jack Welch, CEO, General Electric

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Darren Downing @Darendo2

7 years ago

“In the past, jobs were about muscles, now they’re about brains, but in the future they’ll be about the heart.” — Brené Brown

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7 years ago

“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” - Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic theologian #solitude

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7 years ago

"If your everyday life seems poor, don't blame it; blame yourself; admit to yourself that you are not enough of a poet to call forth its riches." - Rainer Maria Rilke, poet and novelist

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7 years ago

"The more I pushed myself to get over my fears, I realized that my imagination was the thing that stopped me." - Amy Vitale, Photojournalist

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Darren Downing @Darendo2

8 years ago

Quintessential truth: “What is the real key to powerful leadership presence? It is the capacity to be fully present. True leaders are present for a task, for a conversation, for the moment, for an opportunity. Present for their larger purpose in the world.” - Marshall Goldsmith

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Darren Downing @Darendo2

8 years ago

"When you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask which seat. Just get on!" — Sheryl Sandberg, CEO, Facebook

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8 years ago

Found this beautiful quote about relationships, "Nobody is perfect alone, but sometimes people are perfect together," from an article on The Ringer reminiscing "Good Will Hunting" on its 20th anniversary. Oh, how I miss Robin Williams! ow.ly/Dsac30h6zCF