Mike "Bagel"
@bagelpuc
Small Business Counselor, Podcaster, Writer, Connector
Mike "Bagel"
liveyourvalues.co
But finally, I’d like to argue that following the news isn’t just a waste of time, it’s actively unhealthy. Edward Tufte notes that when he used to read the New York Times in the morning, it scrambled his brain with so many different topics that he couldn’t get any real intellectual work done the rest of the day.
Aaron Swartz • I Hate the News (Aaron Swartz's Raw Thought)
I think of my parents and all the people who over-consume the news
I’ve always had this sense that if you build a container for something, you will make things to fill it. What I frequently do is try to figure out different containers. A website is a container.
The Forbidden Zone
Baseball offers perhaps the world’s richest data set: pretty much everything that has happened on a major-league playing field in the past 140 years has been dutifully and accurately recorded, and hundreds of players play in the big leagues every year.
Nate Silver • The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't
Remember, every setback is a setup for a comeback, providing valuable lessons and strengthening your resolve.
Veronica Joce • What Drives You Towards Your Desired Reality?
"Your calendar is the most honest autobiography you'll ever write.
It doesn't matter what you say your priorities are; your calendar reveals the truth. Each block is a decision about what matters, stripped of pretense and rationalization.
Your calendar isn't just recording your time—it's... See more
Ben Greenfieldx.com
Date a man who reads. The one who actually sits with books. Who underlines passages. Who closes a novel and sits there for ten minutes just feeling it.
He’ll have empathy that didn’t come from experience alone but from living a thousand lives through other people’s words. He’s been in the mind of a nineteenth-century... See more
Vidyasubstack.com
Some of the books from my personal toolbox that have elevated my skills as a writer. 📝
Tirrea Billingssubstack.com