The Law of Triviality

People likely spend too little time on big decisions (like buying a house), and too much time on small decisions (like buying a pen). Big decisions require more time to be considered and there is more chance to stop early by mistake. Read More

Immersion in fictional worlds allows us to own our dark side

Do you have a dark side? If so, do you feel comfortable exploring it? Some research suggests that the answer might be a resounding ‘no’. We strive to see ourselves as ‘good’ – indeed, people generally feel that, deep down, they are fundamentally honest and moral. In line with this, we tend to avoid the […]

Healing Grid

This is a healing grid. If you stare at the center, the irregularities start to heal themselves because your brain strongly prefers to see regular patterns.

The Shape Of Stories

The rarest thing I know.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
Ernest Heningway

Non-telegraphic movement

Increasingly anti-social.

Play To Your Strengths.

Lessons from Dad.

A brief defence of Stoicism’s most controversial advice

deal with life. But it seems limited with its advice on relationships. Epictetus (50–135 CE), a prominent Stoic philosopher in Rome, argues that to be happy, you must detach from the things and the people you love: If you kiss your own child or wife, say to yourself that you are kissing a human being; […]

Pain Is Inevitable. Suffering Is A Choice.

Pain has mainly two forms. It can be either the driver of change and a reminder that our life isn’t exactly close to what we envisioned it to be. Or it can be a devastating force that leaves us powerless and reduces our ability to objectively evaluate our self-worth. The former is empowering. The latter […]

Primal Instinct

Did you know that Chimps will sometimes beat their resource-hoarding overlords to death in public and then eat the corpse in defiance? Read More

Feeling chills?

The sensation of feeling chills while listening to music was associated with the power of theta waves in the brain’s orbitofrontal cortex. The work builds on other studies suggesting that music can also trigger the brain’s reward system, even though it doesn’t provide a tangible survival benefit. Read More

Rolls-Royce Engineering

Searching for the “perfect” automotive sound idea is nothing new. Mercedes-Benz was bragging about its signature door “thunk” six years ago. Porsche has manufactured a particular sound piped into its cabin to augment the otherwise near-silent ride of the electric Taycan sedan. The deep rumble of the Lamborghini Aventador can be identified from blocks away. […]

Bring Your Mind Inside Your Heart and the World Will Not Trouble You

Drink the good wine on a bad day.

My life advice? Don’t save the good wine for a good day. Good wine is wasted on a good day. On a good day, all wine is good wine. Bad wine is good wine. Drink the good wine on a bad day. That’s what it’s for.
u/Boobglow

Shut Up

The first thing we do when we meet with clients is listen. We try to figure out what their problems are. Then we come back with questions, not solutions. We write these out and put them on the wall. And then we circle the ones that we think are interesting. More often than not, the questions hold the answer.
Wieden + Kennedy

The Difference Between Happiness and Pleasure

Ten Ideas That Have Shaped My Life

Taken from Ten Ideas That Have Shaped My Life 1. Reality is Malleable Steve Jobs, here in a 1994 interview with the Santa Clara Historical Society, presents one of the ideas that changed his life: Most of us will have far less impact than Jobs did. Yet in the smaller spheres of our […]

The Science of Spiritual Narcissism

Self-enhancement through spiritual practices can fool some of us into thinking we’re evolving and growing when all we’re growing is our ego. Walking the spiritual path properly is a very subtle process: it is not something to jump into naively. There are numerous sidetracks which lead to a distorted, ego-centered version of spirituality; we can […]

Place in the world

Rather than finding your place in the world. First find yourself, and there will be your place.
Doshin Roshi

Critical Thinking Pt. II

Clarity Could you elaborate further? Could you give me an example? Could you illustrate what you mean? Accuracy How could we check on that? How could we find out if that is true? How could we verify or test that? Precision Could you be more specific? Could you give me more details? Could you be […]

Critical Thinking Pt. I

Who… …benefits from this? …is this harmful to? …profits from my emotion? …makes decisions about this? …is most directly affected? …have you also heard discuss this? …would be the best person to consult? …will be the key people in this? …deserves recognition for this? What… …are the strengths / weaknesses? …is another perspective? …is […]

Everyone’s Judging

Make a difference

Yarak

How to run a business. Yarak.

A falconry term meaning when your falcon is superalert, hungry, but not weak, and ready to hunt.

Baizuo

Influencers

Two Huge Lies

Our culture has accepted two huge lies. The first is that if you disagree with someone’s lifestyle, you must fear or hate them. The second is that to love someone means you agree with everything they believe, say, or do. Both are nonsense. You don’t have to compromise convictions to be compassionate.

Rick Warren