Thought provoking
A Reason To Go To Therapy
The classic therapist-produced view of mental health sees it as inside you — in your psyche, in your mind. However, mental health is not inside you. Mental health is the harmony of your existence in relationship to other people and to the future. The sense of wellbeing that infuses you (if you get the balance right) is not... See more
The classic therapist-produced view of mental health sees it as inside you — in your psyche, in your mind. However, mental health is not inside you. Mental health is the harmony of your existence in relationship to other people and to the future. The sense of wellbeing that infuses you (if you get the balance right) is not... See more
Mondays of Meaning
Too Much Of A Good Thing
This is known as an inverted-U curve:
In their paper, Too Much of a Good Thing, the psychologists Adam Grant and Barry Schwartz reveal the inverted-U-shaped relationship between nearly everything of consequence. Rooted in the ancient philosopher Aristotle’s famous concept of “the golden mean”—“happiness and success are a... See more
This is known as an inverted-U curve:
In their paper, Too Much of a Good Thing, the psychologists Adam Grant and Barry Schwartz reveal the inverted-U-shaped relationship between nearly everything of consequence. Rooted in the ancient philosopher Aristotle’s famous concept of “the golden mean”—“happiness and success are a... See more
SIX at 6: The Inverted-U, Killing Pleasure, The Goldilocks Zone, Too Much Cake, Immigrants To Wealth, and Enough
Billy Oppenheimer
Live music is a ritual that evokes a common emotional response to which we attach our singular experiences.
The Red Hand Files Issue #306
You need a very strong container to hold the contents and contradictions that arrive later in life. You ironically need a very strong ego structure to let go of your ego.
Richard Rohr • Falling Upward
Art and morals are... one. Their essence is the same. The essence of both of them is love. Love is the perception of individuals. Love is the extremely difficult realisation that something other than oneself is real. Love, and so art and morals, is the discovery of reality.
Maria Popova • What Love Really Means: Iris Murdoch on Unselfing, the Symmetry Between Art and Morality, and How We Unblind Ourselves to Each Other’s Realities
who taught me | sara hendren
sarahendren.combecause of their propensity to hop domains, generalists tend to possess a wide set of shallow skills. But measuring them against their rudimentary coding abilities or their working knowledge of French baking technique misses their true advantage: the ability to adapt to new situations, and the desire to do so.
Why Generalists Own the Future
“When I get up in the morning and look in the mirror, I reach the same conclusion every time: that there is only one Morten looking back at me, despite my many different titles. We live only one life, in one time.”
I was struck by what Morten says about us having one ‘indivisible’ life, and the dangers of segmenting our life - and our time - into... See more
I was struck by what Morten says about us having one ‘indivisible’ life, and the dangers of segmenting our life - and our time - into... See more
Living one life, in one time.
from the book One Life, Martin Albaek
1 Question For You
The common narrative is that kids learn faster than adults, but if you watch any toddler they spend a large portion of the day attempting things that are on the edge of their ability.
How much time have you spent on the edge of your ability today?
The common narrative is that kids learn faster than adults, but if you watch any toddler they spend a large portion of the day attempting things that are on the edge of their ability.
How much time have you spent on the edge of your ability today?