Personal Development
Musings on living a better life + becoming a better human. Plus tools, projects and communities that help you do that.
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Personal Development
Traumatisation is most usually presented as an unassailable, concrete fact, and this is where I need to be respectful. If someone brings a firm conviction of their religion, politics or the genesis of their suffering, it is not for me to deny it. But it is for me to offer the possibility to open up the conviction in order to transform it from a... See more
Niklas Serning • Trauma - the search for a poisoned chalice?
the nervous system is not only a biological entity but also a complex network highly responsive to personal interests. This concept suggests that when individuals engage in activities they are genuinely interested in, their nervous system is more likely to respond positively, leading to increased focus, creativity, and overall well-being.
Neurodiversity Education Academy • Understanding Interest-Based Nervous System (Part 1)
What the smartest people do on the weekend is what everyone else will do during the week in ten years
Chris Dixoncdixon.orgAdam Gopnik: In my lexicon – which may be idiosyncratic but I think is also illuminating – “achievement”represents all the outer-directed, institutionally compelled things we do to advance our lives or those of our children. Getting grades, passing classes, pushing forward into select colleges. All of that. “Accomplishment” on the other hand, means... See more
Accomplishment vs. Achievement
accomplishment = inner-directed
achievement = outer-directed