1. Judge less.At least half the people doing things with money that you disagree with are playing a different game than you are. You probably look just as crazy in their eyes.2. Figure out what game you're playing, then play it (and only it).So few investors do this. Maybe they have a vague idea of … Continue reading Play Your Own Game
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70 Over 70 Podcast
"You know those 30 under 30 lists that make you feel kinda inadequate and terrible? 70 Over 70 is the opposite of that. Max Linsky talks to 70 remarkable people all over the age of 70 about their lives — what they’ve learned, what they’re still trying to figure out and how they’re thinking about what … Continue reading 70 Over 70 Podcast
Julien Baker
Come for the music. Stay for the wonderful writing. "Even the most minute acts of acknowledgment communicate to another person that they are seen, that they matter; to care for another person is to affirm their worth. In our simplest gestures we find ways to pierce the superficial exterior of an often callous and isolated … Continue reading Julien Baker
Instructions For Living a Life
Instructions for living a life:Pay attention.Be astonished.Tell about it. –Mary Oliver, “Sometimes”
The Burrito Test
"The anti-psychiatric-abuse community has invented the 'Burrito Test' - if a place won't let you microwave a burrito without asking permission, it's an institution. Doesn't matter if the name is "Center For Flourishing" or whatever and the aides are social workers in street clothes instead of nurses in scrubs - if it doesn't pass the … Continue reading The Burrito Test
World Wisdom Map
"The World Wisdom Map is a unique project to document the life lessons and stories of people from each of the 195 countries in the world. This consciousness project combines visual, and wisdom anthropology that exists in the world and further sparks awareness about the diversity of lifestyles, as well as the coping mechanism that … Continue reading World Wisdom Map
Minorities vs. Majorities
"Today, as then, public opinion is the omnipresent tyrant; today, as then, the majority represents a mass of cowards, willing to accept him who mirrors its own soul and mind poverty. That accounts for the unprecedented rise of a man like [Teddy] Roosevelt. He embodies the very worst element of mob psychology. A politician, he … Continue reading Minorities vs. Majorities
Zuihitsu: 2020-08-08 to 2020-12-31
A great meeting has three key elements: the options, desired outcome, and the roles of the participants are clear.Solitude is freedom from inputs from other minds.Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.—Ray BradburyLife is a game that is played on a five-inch field — the distance between your ears. … Continue reading Zuihitsu: 2020-08-08 to 2020-12-31
Decide to K.I.S.S.
"...irrelevant information or unavailable options often cause people to make bad choices. When both elements are present, the probability of a poor decision is even greater."—Chadd, I., Filiz-Ozbay, E. & Ozbay, E.Y. "The relevance of irrelevant information." Experimental Economics. November 11, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-020-09687-3 Determining what is possible and the relevant information between choices is key … Continue reading Decide to K.I.S.S.
The Space Between the Notes
"Brouk in 2017, the year she died, on how she started making music: "I found one note that I loved and I played that note again and again and again. And I just listened. Put the sustain pedal down and just listened to the overtones. And I just played that note til I heard the … Continue reading The Space Between the Notes
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