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35 entries for November 2024

Friday, November 29, 2024

Top five business lessons

[Clients don't value your effort or service as much as how it makes them feel or the possibilities it opens for them, so charge who's willing to pay for that.]

Monday, November 25, 2024

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does it need to be said?

Does this need to be said? Right now? By me? If I can't yes all three, I don't say it.
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capoeira as language

Physical dialogue of questions, answers, statements, and rebuttals.
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dictionary breath

Put a big book on your stomach, then watch it go up and down; you might feel calmer.
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don't quit the game

If your video game character dies in the first 30 seconds, do you switch off your machine and walk away?
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farmer strength and computers

A farmer can't work so hard on Monday that he's sore on Tuesday, and neither can your computer.

Sunday, November 24, 2024

mocking your opposition without reducing their power is not a flex.

Saturday, November 23, 2024

[Bring some cookies to your neighbour for no reason other than they might need to smile today.]

[I didn't give her a tip or make her famous, just told her I loved her voice.]

[The point of leaving the flock to go after the lost sheep isn't to bring them back, but to let them know they're loved.]

Part of Carlos Whittaker: How to Human.

learn to teach so others can learn

254: Language Transfer with Mihalis Eleftheriou

[We tend to teach by showing but that's not always what's most effective; dogs and cats do that too. Sometimes it's better to explain with words what is helpful for the learner.]

[We're already translating thoughts into language.]

[Xenophobia that occurs naturally as a brain resonse needs help and solutions more than ostracizing, and learning the foreign language can be super helpful there.]

Friday, November 22, 2024

Dynamicland FAQ

A book cannot do something for you. Instead, reading a book can change you into someone who can do something for yourself. The role of a great medium is not to help people get things done, but to help people become deeper people — by providing a context in which they grow their skills and knowledge, broaden their context and perspective, and deepen their awareness and discernment.

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"etude op. 8 no. 5" by alexander scriabin

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

whichever side you take, someone profits from the merch

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Men & Grief

[All grief is one: like touching the ocean at any of the imaginary lines we've drawn, it's all one body of water.]

[When my partner senses that I'm holding back grief and invites me with a simple gesture like a hand on the shoulder, it's hard to meet them there but I try to anyway, because to say "no worries, everything's fine" would be to negate their good instincts for how I'm feeling.]

[I appreciate things that make me cry because they give me the chance to shed a few more of the tears repressed during childhood, when I had learned that doing so was dangerous.]

Monday, November 18, 2024

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less objects as love

Having less things means less work for your friends.
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your oxygen first

Take better care of yourself to take better care of others.
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digital detox

Ten minutes of screenless silence, then free writing your thoughts in a notebook.
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working for the algorithm

Platforms reward you for doing what they want, even evenings and weekends.

Friday, November 15, 2024

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Lapinha

If music was the only contribution to this world from capoeira, we'd still be quite rich for it.

Thursday, November 14, 2024

When does it make sense to focus on not liking someone's approach versus accepting and appreciating diverse ways?