a healthy way of living
Nicholas Winton helped 669 Jewish children escape the Nazis. His efforts went unrecognized for 50 years. Then in 1988, while sitting as a member of a TV audience, he suddenly found himself surrounded by the kids he’d rescued, now adults.
I like to remember this every Jan 27th.
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lesswrong.com • 100 Tips for a Better Life - LessWrong
"Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”
― William Morris
― William Morris
How we think about design · Resend
Hmm…
Rule #5: Stretch and warm up
To me, challenging doesn’t look like the person who just grinds through a project to get it done, sacrificing sleep, family, or any semblance of balance. While brute force may be effective short -term, I’m convinced it doesn’t lend itself to sustainable creativity, joy, or meaning (and sustainability is everything – from a biological and... See more
Unknown • Challenging * Mattering = Meaningful
What is challenging then?
Not sure if anything changed my approach to work and engineering in the past five years more than this passage from @Lethain, written in the context of staff engineering but much more broadly applicable.
Works for both work and life overall. The power of a good metaphor.