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Lessons from Dad.

in Images, One Line Wonders | August 2, 2021

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; […]

in Ramblings | July 17, 2021 | 85 Words

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 […]

in Long Reads | July 12, 2021 | 79 Words

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

in Food for Thought | July 5, 2021 | 24 Words

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

in Long Reads, Psychology | July 3, 2021 | 49 Words

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. […]

in Long Reads | June 25, 2021 | 297 Words

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

 

in Food for Thought, Videos | June 2, 2021

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

in One Line Wonders | May 24, 2021

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

in Food for Thought | May 20, 2021

The Difference Between Happiness and Pleasure

in Videos | March 3, 2021

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 […]

in Lists, Long Reads | February 4, 2021 | 1,520 Words

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 […]

in Food for Thought | February 4, 2021 | 80 Words

Place in the world

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

in Food for Thought | August 27, 2020

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 […]

in Food for Thought, Lists | July 14, 2020 | 204 Words

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 […]

in Food for Thought, Lists | July 14, 2020 | 283 Words

Everyone’s Judging

in Food for Thought, Images | July 9, 2020

Make a difference

in Food for Thought | July 8, 2020

Yarak

How to run a business. Yarak.

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

in Business | July 8, 2020

Baizuo

in Food for Thought, Images | July 7, 2020

Influencers

in Celebrity Culture, Images | July 6, 2020

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

in Food for Thought | July 5, 2020

Pull the damn door open…

in Food for Thought | July 4, 2020

Water Your Seeds

You wouldn’t plant a seed and then dig it up every few minutes to see if it has grown.

So why do you keep questioning yourself, your hard work and your decisions?

Have patience, stop overthinking and keep watering your seeds.

@stevebartlettsc

in Food for Thought | July 3, 2020

Career Advice

Don’t ever attach yourself to a person, a place, a company, an organisation or a project. Attach yourself to a mission, a calling, a purpose ONLY. That’s how you keep your power & your peace. It’s worked pretty well for me thus far.

@missewill

in Food for Thought | July 2, 2020

Don’t say “be careful”…

Help your child foster awareness by saying: Notice how… these rocks are slippery, that branch is strong. Do you see… the poison ivy, your friends nearby? Try moving… your feet carefully, quickly, strongly. Try using your… hands, feet, arms, legs. Can you hear… the rushing water, the singing birds, the wind? Do you feel… stable […]

in Food for Thought | July 1, 2020 | 130 Words

The News

It used to be that the news would tell you what happened and you had to make an opinion on the subject. Now the news tells you their opinion and you have to decide if it happened.

in Food for Thought | June 30, 2020

Yogi’s Perspective

in Food for Thought | June 28, 2020

History

in Food for Thought | June 27, 2020

Pseudo-moralistic Stances

I think generally people have things that are more within their personal purview that are more difficult to deal with and they are avoiding… and that generally, the way they avoid them is by adopting pseudo-moralistic stances on large scale social issues so they look good to friends and neighbours.
Dr Jordan B Peterson

 

You know who you are.

in Food for Thought | June 26, 2020

The True Toxicity of Social Media

 

in Food for Thought, Videos | June 25, 2020

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