In-Spire
Random stuff I come across
In-Spire
“You write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can't, but also knowing that literature is indispensable to the world.
The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even but a millimeter the way people look at reality, then you can change it.”
Dylano • Writing in the 21st Century: Redux
23. “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
parade.com
i.e. not cognitive dissonance
One day, the farmer’s one and only horse runs away. The farmer’s neighbors come by to say they can’t believe it, “What bad luck!” The farmer shrugs, “Good luck? Bad luck? It’s impossible to know.” A few days later, the horse returns with a herd of wild horses, and the neighbors swing by again, “What good luck!” The farmer shrugs, “Good luck? Bad... See more
A story I’d heard before and I love
Rooms
mail.google.comgreat newsletter with really cool websites
After chatting with a fellow commuter, people were in a much better mood. But when asked to predict what it would be like to talk to someone on their train ride, people expected that it would be better to sit in silence rather than talk.
Gillian Sandstrom • Why you should talk to strangers | BPS
When Mr. Soros was actively managing his fund, he would suffer from backaches, and said that he “used the onset of acute pain as a signal that there was something wrong in my portfolio.”
David Gelles • ‘Trust Your Gut’ Might Actually Be Profitable Advice on Wall Street, Study Says (Published 2016)
traders who follower their intuition and “are in tune with their heartbeat” make more money
“In the most glorious deeds there is not always an indication of virtue or vice, indeed a small thing like a phrase or a jest often makes a greater revelation of a character than battles where thousands die, or the greatest armaments, or sieges of cities.
SIX at 6: The Seemingly Frivolous, Reading A Tongue, Experiencing A Spoon, Authenticating Paintings, The Systematic Choices, and Great Revelations
How you do one thing is how you do everything
Great article translating Maslows hierarchy of needs to design. 1) Functionality - does it work 2) Reliability: does it work consistently? 3) Usability: Is it easy to use? 4) Proficiency: is it empowering to use? 5) Creativity: aesthetic, creative flourishes, innovation(!)