Human behavior
How we think and feel
Human behavior
When you look back at the most fruitful moments of your life years from now, you’ll be surprised to discover how many of them unfolded amid a big loss or a crisis or in the face of a giant unknown.
Heather Havrilesky • Tolerating Unknowns Will Make You Stronger
Moderation in temper is always a virtue, but moderation in principle is always a vice.
– Thomas Paine
– Thomas Paine
"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men."-Frederick Douglass
Vince Allen
“Research shows that every time the size of a city doubles, innovation or productivity per resident increases by 15 percent. But when companies get bigger, innovation or productivity per employee generally goes down.”
Brian J. Robertson • Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World
It is the key to modern life. If you are immune to boredom, there is literally nothing you cannot accomplish.
David Foster Wallace • The Pale King: An Unfinished Novel
Murray says we are fragile creatures surrounded by a world of hostile facts. Facts threaten our happiness and security. The deeper we delve into the nature of things, the looser our structure may seem to become.
Don DeLillo • White Noise
gradually discovered that ninety-nine percent of the things I worried about never happened.