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13 Life-Learnings from 13 Years of Brain Pickings
- Supply creates its own demand. Only by consistently supplying it can we hope to increase the demand for the substantive over the superficial — in our individual lives and in the collective dream called culture.
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sari added 3y ago
- When people tell you who they are, Maya Angelou famously advised, believe them. Just as important, however, when people try to tell you who you are, don’t believe them. You are the only custodian of your own integrity, and the assumptions made by those that misunderstand who you are and what you stand for reveal a great deal about them and absolute... See more
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To understand and be understood, those are among life’s greatest gifts, and every interaction is an opportunity to exchange them.
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Shagun Tyagi added 2y ago
- The richest relationships are lifeboats, but they are also submarines that descend to the darkest and most disquieting places, to the unfathomed trenches of the soul where our deepest shames and foibles and vulnerabilities live, where we are less than we would like to be. Forgiveness is the alchemy by which the shame transforms into the honor and p... See more
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- Don’t just resist cynicism — fight it actively. Fight it in yourself, for this ungainly beast lays dormant in each of us, and counter it in those you love and engage with, by modeling its opposite
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Allow yourself the uncomfortable luxury of changing your mind.
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Shagun Tyagi added 2y ago
- When people tell you who they are, Maya Angelou famously advised, believe them. Just as important, however, when people try to tell you who you are, don’t believe them. You are the only custodian of your own integrity, and the assumptions made by those that misunderstand who you are and what you stand for reveal a great deal a
from 13 Life-Learnings from 13 Years of Brain Pickings by Maria Popova
Shagun Tyagi added 2y ago
- Do nothing for prestige or status or money or approval alone. As Paul Graham observed, “prestige is like a powerful magnet that warps even your beliefs about what you enjoy. It causes you to work not on what you like, but what you’d like to like.” Those extrinsic motivators are fine and can feel life-affirming in the moment, but they ultimately don... See more
from 13 Life-Learnings from 13 Years of Brain Pickings by Maria Popova
sari added 3y ago
Do nothing for prestige or status or money or approval alone. As Paul Graham observed , “prestige is like a powerful magnet that warps even your beliefs about what you enjoy.
from 13 Life-Learnings from 13 Years of Brain Pickings by Maria Popova
Shagun Tyagi added 2y ago