Some ideas to keep coming often
Dogma says - “this is so”
Fiction says - “this isn’t so, but let’s pretend that it is”
Hypothesis says - “perhaps this is so; let’s see if it is”
Scientific thinking is about hypothesis ...
- Do fewer things. 2. Work at a natural pace. 3. Obsess over quality.
Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
There are the two convictions: one that focuses on the numbers and one that feels.
Depressive Realism : Depressed people have a more accurate view of the world because they’re more realistic about how risky and fragile life is. The opposite of “blissfully unaware.”
Morgan Housel • 100 Little Ideas
The Never-Ending Now - The structure of our social media feeds blinds us to history, as it causes us to live in an endless cycle of ephemeral content consumption. The structure of the Internet pulls people away from age-old wisdom
Embed future in today. Action bias in here and now. And weave time to unleash compounding. Small steady steps in right direction
Creativity is the opposite of anxiety. While anxiety stems from uncertainty and lack of control, creativity channels that uncertainty into optimism.
Your mind is for getting ideas not holding ideas
Berkson’s Paradox : Strong correlations can fall apart when combined with a larger population. Among hospital patients, motorcycle crash victims wearing helmets are more likely to be seriously injured than those not wearing helmets. But that’s because most crash victims saved by helmets did not need to become hospital patients, and those without
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