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"Cry on the inside ... Like a winner." - The Other Woman

When helpful pragmatism comes across as cold and uncaring. Perfectly summarised by Kate’s response, "Done? It wasn't even a conversation; you mostly just yelled at me the whole time."

Only People Who Believe in Luck Have It

Nir Eyal medium.com

“Several academic studies have found that the question isn’t whether luck exists. It’s whether you think it does.”

“So, while it may seem counterintuitive, the study shows that believing in luck boosts your confidence in your ability to control future outcomes. If you had a winning streak in the past and you believe in luck, you’ll likely try, try again.”

Music — with all the mysterious power by which it “enters one’s ears and dives straight into one’s soul, one’s emotional center” — is made not of notes of sound but of atoms of time. And if music is made of time, and if time is the substance we ourselves are made of, then in some profound sense, we are made of music.

Maria Popova • We Are Made of Music, We Are Made of Time: Violinist Natalie Hodges on the Poetic Science of Sound and Feeling

A publication isn't content. A publication is the exploration

of an idea.

People naturally remember musical language, and I would encourage writers to inject their prose with a bit of music. When you’re writing, think about repetition and variety. Crescendos and rests. Pace and punctuation. Read your work out loud, and feel the rhythm of the words in your voice.

Derek Thompson • Why Simple Is Smart

Summary: Researchers find that intense focus on music triggers powerful emotional responses with therapeutic benefits.

Neuroscience News • Music's Deep Dive: The Emotional Elixir We've Overlooked - Neuroscience News

I find explaining any actually interesting idea usually requires explaining like 5 subsidiary ideas. If you’re lucky. If you’re unlucky it’s like 25 and either they’re ready for a three hour lecture or you’re not going to succeed.

Emmett Shear • Tweet

Steve Jobs energy transference was so strong it was labelled a Reality Distortion Field. He could bend other people's perception of reality with one interaction. I don't think this is some mystical woo-woo energy. It's a combination of intensity, frame, belief, body language, optimism and vocal tonality.