Pranay
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Pranay
I have learned 3 lessons this year: to leave people where they at, accept situations for what they are, and not every action needs a reaction.
Stoic Journalsubstack.com"When you receive a physical injury, such as a cut on the face your body forms scar tissue that is both tougher and thicker than the original flesh. The purpose of the Scar tissue is to form a protective cover or shell, nature's way of insuring against another injury in the same place. If an ill-fitting shoe rubs foot, the first result is pain and
... See moreA technology is introduced — say, the car — and an existing sector is made irrelevant overnight (e.g., horse and carriage). In the short term, we’re fixated on how many horses will be out of a job. Harder to imagine, however, is how many jobs the car will create — as well as the different kinds of jobs it will create. It’s hard to envision radios, ... See more
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New Technologies impact is hard to envision in terms of what it brings while it is easier to envision what will be lost.
I once read (in the Times) that a chronically late person (such as myself) tends to structure their day based on the belief that everything can be accomplished according to a prior "perfect day" wherein each task was completed either on time or early.
Always Late? Blame Your Time Personality.
Far more complicated than this I think. Many other factors at play but most common is executive functioning issues that make it hard to gauge time for tasks and plan departure times accordingly. Personality types in terms of people pleasing or self focus also make time more or less important.
Always Late? Blame Your Time Personality.
People who easily shift between tasks are also at an advantage when it comes to handling life’s messiness. “One of the benefits is that you have a realistic view of life, and so you won’t be distressed when things don’t fit into your time,” Dr. Ballard said.
Always Late? Blame Your Time Personality.
In the 1950s, the anthropologist Edward T. Hall coined the terms “monochronic” and “polychronic” to describe different cultural attitudes to time management.
In northern Europe and the United States, which Dr. Hall labeled “monochronic” societies, he wrote that people tended to emphasize deadlines and work sequentially, completing one task before mo... See more
In northern Europe and the United States, which Dr. Hall labeled “monochronic” societies, he wrote that people tended to emphasize deadlines and work sequentially, completing one task before mo... See more
Always Late? Blame Your Time Personality.
One of these days, you'll wake up and see that 90% of stuff on the internet really never mattered.
All the clickbait, all the rage bait...all of it.
Your health, your kids, your family, your spouse, your parents - all that deserved far more of your attention.
Dr. Julie Gurnersubstack.com