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Sherlock Holmes on consciously curating your inputs:
“I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful to him gets crowded out, or at best is jumbled up with
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purpose and this hit hard
finding your purpose is a trap
What makes a successful businesswoman? Is it talent? Well, perhaps, although I've known many enormously successful people who were not-gifted in any outstanding way, not blessed with particular talent. Is it, then, intelligence? Certainly, intelligence helps, but it's not necessarily education or the kind of intellectual reasoning needed to
... See moreThere's a common misperception that since lots of intellectuals hold beliefs like “sex is a spectrum”, therefore these beliefs must have some validity. But intellectuals are not immune to delusion; they are in fact particularly vulnerable to it. I explain here (sound on): https://t.co/eIsO4bfofR
Gurwinderx.com"when the underlying message behind a photo isn’t just “I’m still alive and I want you to pay attention to me right now please,” but “this thing I’m sharing is making me feel really alive, and I’m excited to share it with you because I think it’s worth your attention.” (Nozlee Samadzadeh)