Forest Linden
@forestlinden
Eternal learner, rabbit holer, curator, and synthesizer. Father, husband, my dog's human, and wilderness wanderer. I write only when I have something worth saying and try to help people through my writing.
Forest Linden
To make your mind more innovative, you have to place it inside environments that share that same network signature:
networks of ideas or people that mimic the neural networks of a mind exploring the adjacent possible.
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Steven Johnson, Where Good Ideas Come From
“Confidence is belief in yourself. Certainty is belief in your beliefs. Confidence is a bridge. Certainty is a barricade.”
-Kevin Ashton
You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” ~ Zig Ziglar.
Which of my strongest beliefs are formed on second-hand information vs. first-hand experience?
If I could not compare myself to anyone else, how would I define a good life?
Whose views do I criticize that I would actually agree with if I lived in their shoes?
Who do I envy that is actually less happy than I am?
Looking back, am I any good at... See more
If I could not compare myself to anyone else, how would I define a good life?
Whose views do I criticize that I would actually agree with if I lived in their shoes?
Who do I envy that is actually less happy than I am?
Looking back, am I any good at... See more
Collab Fund • A Few Questions
“I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it's not the answer.”
Jim Carrey • A quote by Jim Carrey
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Additional new bits of advice I wished I had known earlier (not in my book), as my gift on my 73 birthday:
• The best way to criticize something is to make something better.
• Admitting that “I don’t know” at least once a day will make you a better... See more
Kevin Kellyx.comthe depth of a conversation depends on how deeply seen you feel, not on the topic of conversation
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