I hereby renounce the right to complacency and vow lifelong to take only what minimum of leisure is necessary to my productivity, viewing health, happiness, rest and play as means, not ends, and that, while Utopia provides my needs, I will commit the full produce of my labors to our collective effort to redirect the path of human life away from dea... See more

I hereby renounce the right to complacency and vow lifelong to take only what minimum of leisure is necessary to my productivity, viewing health, happiness, rest and play as means, not ends, and that, while Utopia provides my needs, I will commit the full produce of my labors to our collective effort to redirect the path of human life away from dea... See more

I hereby renounce the right to complacency and vow lifelong to take only what minimum of leisure is necessary to my productivity, viewing health, happiness, rest and play as means, not ends, and that, while Utopia provides my needs, I will commit the full produce of my labors to our collective effort to redirect the path of human life away from dea... See more

The brilliant physicist and Nobel Prize winner, Richard Feynman, on dealing with the expectations of others:

“You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish.

I have no responsibility to be like they expect me to be. It's their mistake, not my failing.”

External displays are often too high and laptops are too low — especially when they’re on your lap. To be in the right zone, make sure the top of your screen is at eye level.

The way to change people’s minds is to become friends with them, to integrate them into your tribe, to bring them into your circle. Now, they can change their beliefs without the risk of being abandoned socially.

Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

How do we keep the audience’s attention? Certainly not by giving them more information but, on the contrary, by withholding information—by withholding all information except that information in the absence of which would make the progress of the story incomprehensible.”

I think that’s exactly what’s going on in a scientific talk. As Nancy Duarte says, in a presentation, your audience is the hero. You are Obi Wan, presenting the call to adventure (an exciting new idea). And, almost immediately afterward, your audience (the hero) is going to refuse the call, meaning they are going to challenge your premise. In the c... See more