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Beverley added 1mo ago
“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.”
- 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.
Beverley added 2mo ago
- A publication isn't content. A publication is the exploration
of an idea.Beverley added 2mo ago
- 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.
from Tweet by Emmett Shear
Beverley added 3mo ago
- 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.
from We Are Made of Music, We Are Made of Time: Violinist Natalie Hodges on the Poetic Science of Sound and Feeling by Maria Popova
Beverley added 3mo ago
"Cry on the inside ... Like a winner." - The Other Woman
Beverley added 3mo ago
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."
- 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.
from Why Simple Is Smart by Derek Thompson
Beverley added 3mo ago
- Summary: Researchers find that intense focus on music triggers powerful emotional responses with therapeutic benefits.
from Music's Deep Dive: The Emotional Elixir We've Overlooked - Neuroscience News by Neuroscience News
Beverley added 3mo ago
15 Year Old Emma Kok Sings Voilà – André Rieu, Maastricht 2023 (official video)
Beverley added 3mo ago
A song about the universal human experience of being understood, loved, and accepted and the courage it takes to show one's true self.
