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Robert C Slayton - Grief to Joy and Inspiration

Robert C Slayton - Follow me on my journey, daily inspirational quotes with occasional snippets on how I"m imperfectly living my life.

My personal Substack showing my journey from feeling hallow like something was missing, pain and grief to passion, purpose, and peace of mind. Short videos are uplifting quotes each day. Longer form videos are on my ruminations. I do include some voice overs of articles I write. rslayton.substack.com

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B - Breathe Deeply

Robert C Slayton - Grief to Joy and Inspiration ·

2025/11/16

Robert’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.We’re on the B of November, which is Breathe deeply.If you ever look at my Substack where I post nightly (through 2024), honestly, like a nightly blog of the crap in my head spews out on the page, I’ve had three or four posts talking about breath.Breath is incredibly important.When you get stressed, you breathe shallowly, so how do you stop doing that?If you can

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0:58

M - Make time to rest

Robert C Slayton - Grief to Joy and Inspiration ·

2025/11/15

Robert’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Okay, we’re on M of November, N-O-V-E-M, which is Make time to rest.You need to take time to actually get to sleep and have, your eight hours or however many you personally need to sleep and feel refreshed.You also need to make time to rest.I’m a big fan of naps, and maybe you are too.If at all possible, grab a 10- or 15-minute nap.It helps reset me so that I can

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0:48

“Let us so live that when we come to die, even the...

Robert C Slayton - Grief to Joy and Inspiration ·

2025/11/15

“Let us so live that when we come to die, even the undertaker will be sorry.” - Mark Twain.Love Mark Twain. I’m currently listening to Huckleberry Finn.If you look at what he did when he was a child, Tom Sawyer and everything, those are based on his life. What are the adventures that you’ve had in your life that people will be sorry to see you go because you’ve done some amazing things?If you haven’t done those amazing things, I want you to take the next week and do something amazing.It’s so much

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1:16

E - Enjoy each day

Robert C Slayton - Grief to Joy and Inspiration ·

2025/11/14

Thanks for reading Robert’s Substack! This post is public so feel free to share it.You need to be thankful, in my opinion.You can be thankful that you have food to eat, that you have a roof over your head, that you have people you can talk to.You can be thankful that you have cats.You can be thankful you have dogs.But enjoy each day.For me, when it’s really stressful, I sit back and I ease myself into the day and I just work at it and enjoy the little moments as much as possible.By the end of the

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0:35

“An object in possession seldom retains the same...

Robert C Slayton - Grief to Joy and Inspiration ·

2025/11/14

“An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.” - Gaius Planus. Born 61 to 112 AD.How many times have you gone after something and finally achieved it only to see that it’s just kind of normal.Let me know in the comments.Robert’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,

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V - Value Quiet Time

Robert C Slayton - Grief to Joy and Inspiration ·

2025/11/13

Robert’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.There is the hustle and bustle of every day.Fourth quarter is my busiest time of year. I work late in the evening. That’s the way it is, but I need that quiet time.I have a room in my house with no clocks or TV.It does have a fireplace, which is amazing.I sit there and it’s quiet and I might read a book or do something like that.Find some quiet time, even if it’s

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“That is what learning is. You suddenly understand...

Robert C Slayton - Grief to Joy and Inspiration ·

2025/11/13

“That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something. You’ve understood your whole life, but in a new way.”- Doris Lessing.How many times have you really understood something and then suddenly gotten a deeper insight?If you think about it, if you are religious and let’s say read the Bible or the Koran, there are a lot of times when you actually learn new things when you’ve read it again and again and again.Have you had that happen?Let me know.Robert’s Substack is a reader-supported

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O - Offer Kindness

Robert C Slayton - Grief to Joy and Inspiration ·

2025/11/12

Robert’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.O of November is to Offer kindness.I had an experience of this on Friday.I went out dancing.I learned country two-step.And then there’s an open dance afterwards where they do a bunch of different styles.Some I know.Most I don’t.And there was this person there.And...You know, we danced and we laughed, and we tried the two-step and we tried other dance moves.And

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0:42

“A man is hardly blind if his eyes have no sight....

Robert C Slayton - Grief to Joy and Inspiration ·

2025/11/12

“A man is hardly blind if his eyes have no sight. Blind is he who does not want to see. To such an ignorant troglodyte, life itself is a grave, if you ask me.”Vahaspzade Bhatiyar, who’s an Azerbaijan poet.And the poem is Two Blind Men.What are your thoughts on that?I kind of agree with him.Robert’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other

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N - Notice Small Things

Robert C Slayton - Grief to Joy and Inspiration ·

2025/11/11

Originally aired November 2024Robert’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Let’s talk about N of November, and that’s Notice small things.What that means is if you’re stressed, if you’re going out, notice the little things.Notice the sunlight hitting on me, right?Hitting the right side of my head, maybe left if it’s mirrored.And how great it is to have the sun.Could be a little thing, could be something in

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0:44

“If we did all the things we are capable of doing we...

Robert C Slayton - Grief to Joy and Inspiration ·

2025/11/11

“If we did all the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.” - Thomas A. EdisonI take issue with this. I think we try to do too much and we need to do less but higher quality things.Instead of focusing on 20 different things, we should focus on one or two or three, no more than three priorities, and really focus on accomplishing those.And if you have three things that you need to do, you finish one, then you move to the second, you finish the second, you move to the

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November is Men's Mental Health Month

Robert C Slayton - Grief to Joy and Inspiration ·

2025/11/10

Overview of the next set of videos.Each of the following videos will focus on a letter from November and it’s meaning.N - Notice small thingsO - Offer kindnessV - Value quiet timeE - Enjoy each dayM - Make time to restB - Breathe deeplyE - Embrace changeR - Relax and let go.From IG @jasonmensmentalhealth This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rslayton.substack.com/subscribe

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0:46

“A man has made at least a start on discovering the...

Robert C Slayton - Grief to Joy and Inspiration ·

2025/11/10

“A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.”- D. Elton TruebloodAs I get older and older, my reputation is more important than my financial state. my reputation, because that’s passed down to my children.What are the seeds that you plant today that you know you probably never see the fruition of, but is really important? Robert’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts

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0:46

“Be humble, for the worst thing in the world is of...

Robert C Slayton - Grief to Joy and Inspiration ·

2025/11/09

“Be humble, for the worst thing in the world is of the same stuff as you; be confident, for the stars are of the same stuff as you.”A quote by Nikolai VelimirovicThis is an interesting one.The way I think about it is, there are evil people and there are good people.They’re arrogant people.They’re humble people.We’re all made of the same stuff.The question is, how do you transform the same stuff into being that humble, amazing person you are?Let me know.Robert’s Substack is a reader-supported

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0:46

“The way you spend your time is the result of the way...

Robert C Slayton - Grief to Joy and Inspiration ·

2025/11/01

“The way you spend your time is the result of the way you see your time and the way you see your priorities.”-Stephen Covey.Priorities are really important. That’s why Stephen Covey always said at the beginning of the week, you put in your calendar your agenda, the pieces that really get you to where you want to be spiritually, physically, financially, and business related.Those are your priorities.They’re sacred time blocks.What do you do to block out those sacred times to make sure that your

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There is no man living who cannot do more than he or...

Robert C Slayton - Grief to Joy and Inspiration ·

2025/10/31

“There is no man living who cannot do more than he or she thinks they can.”-Henry Ford.We usually overestimate what we can do in the short term and underestimate what wecan do in the long term.What have you done that are the small, consistent actions every day that have yielded amazing results?Let me know in the comments.Robert’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like

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Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck leads...

Robert C Slayton - Grief to Joy and Inspiration ·

2025/10/30

“Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck leads the flock to fly and follow.”It’s not just the words; it’s the actions that really help people to move forward.Do you agree or do you think the words are first and people start following second?What are your thoughts?Robert’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to

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Be slow to judge and quick to understand.

Robert C Slayton - Grief to Joy and Inspiration ·

2025/10/29

“Be slow to judge and quick to understand.”-Stephen Covey.We don’t know what reality is when we talk to another person. We really don’t know their thoughts because we’re not inside their head.I 100% agree.How about you?What do you do to be slow at a judgment and quick to understand?Robert’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or

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Dancing the Night Away at Swing City Chicago

Robert C Slayton - Grief to Joy and Inspiration ·

2025/10/29

Written 10/28/2025.As we say in the dancing world, I was totally “swung over” from this past weekend. I attended the annual Swing City Chicago event at the Hyatt Regency Schaumburg. Dance events are unlike any other events I’ve been to as they actually SCHEDULE things to start at MIDNIGHT.Robert’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.As a guy in my 50s, this is not an easy thing for me to participate in. I

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Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll...

Robert C Slayton - Grief to Joy and Inspiration ·

2025/10/28

“Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.”-James DeanHow appropriate. I’ve been saying this a lot lately. It’s not the years of your life, but the life in your years. Eat healthy, exercise, live as fully as you can in the moment because you don’t know when your number is up.I firmly believe when your number’s up, it’s up and you’re gone.Whether you’re 20, 30, 50, 80, or 90.My objective is to live as fully as I can as healthy as I can.That’s what I’m looking for.How about

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