Andrei Stoica
- Motivation requires that you fulfill three basic psychological needs:
- Autonomy: the feeling that you have control over your day, and that your actions are important
- Competence: the feeling that you are good at what you do
- Relatedness: the feeling of connection to other people
Notice, scientists did not find "matching work to pre-existing ability,... See morefrom So Good They Can't Ignore You - by Cal Newport | Derek Sivers by Derek Sivers
- In this new book, Han describes the deleterious effects of that degeneration on storytelling. Storytelling used to bind us communally over the campfire; it connected us to our pasts and helped us imagine hopeful futures. The digital screen has replaced that fire, making us individuals performing factitious versions of ourselves to unseen peers, tai... See more
from The Crisis of Narration by Byung-Chul Han Review – How Big Tech Altered the Narrative by Stuart Jeffries
- I have been inadvertenly gathering people and putting on community events for about fifteen years. I say “inadvertently” because I've never sat down and thought “I want to be a community organiser.” What happens is I have a craving for certain kinds of experiences.
from Gathering Structures
- "Meaning is not something you stumble across, like the answer to a riddle or the prize in a treasure hunt. Meaning is something you build into your life. You build it out of your own past, out of your affections and loyalties, out of the experience of humankind as it is passed on to you, out of your own talent and understanding, out of the things y... See more
from Personal Renewal
- The things you learn in maturity aren't simple things such as acquiring information and skills. You learn not to engage in self-destructive behavior. You leant not to burn up energy in anxiety. You discover how to manage your tensions, if you have any, which you do. You learn that self-pity and resentment are among the most toxic of drugs. You find... See more
from Personal Renewal
- Over the last decade, we've seen "complex" design patterns evolve. The infinite canvas, chatbot interface, and even the command line have become omnipresent in today’s tools. Compared to bullet points, these patterns are more appealing: sleek, and playful to use. Interacting with an interface through the act of drawing, or chatting might be more sa... See more
from #4 Roam Research — What comes after a renaissance? by Itay Dreyfus
- We have to try to cure our faults by attention and not by will.
from Attention and Will by Simone Weil
- Figure 5: Comparison of liking, based on cluster membership.
from Beyond Freshness: How Packaging Color Influences Consumer Behavior | 25, Issue 20 — Specialty Coffee Association by Specialty Coffee Association
- Figure 4: Plot of flavor profile association, which shows that both perception and expectation were impacted by bag color. Pink (P) and Brown (P) indicate the consumers' perception of the coffee they consumed, while Pink (E) and Brown (E) indicate their expectations.
from Beyond Freshness: How Packaging Color Influences Consumer Behavior | 25, Issue 20 — Specialty Coffee Association by Specialty Coffee Association