Jake
@jake
writer, creative programmer, running Printernet and trying to make the internet more interesting.
Jake
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What's a small change you've made that's led to big results in your life?
S.J. Scott 📈 Introvert Millionaire Habitsx.comI think “And what else?” is the best coaching question in the world. It does two things: It extends the period of curiosity, and it tames your advice monster.
To Read: Dorothea Brande’s Becoming A Writer
Wandering the web stacks to improve your information diet « the jsomers.net blog
What I Ought To Be Doing: Planting and Growing
readpolymathematics.substack.com
Demotions rarely work out long-term. More often, they’re a slower, more awkward way for someone to leave a company.
Molly Graham • Layering and Being Layered
Don’t do any task in order to get it over with. Resolve to do each job in a relaxed way, with all your attention. Enjoy and be one with your work.
—Thích Nhất Hạnh, The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
I sometimes visualize meeting one person as the equivalent of meeting the Ocean’s 11 crew together at once, wrapped up in one human envelope—we each have distinct parts, and we tell a story to ourselves and the world that they are a coherent whole, but depending on the context different parts step forward into the light on the stage.
Graham Duncan Blog • What’s going on here, with this human?
In a recent series of studies at Cornell University, psychologists Thomas Gilovich and Clayton Critcher asked participants to think about what they'd be doing if they weren't in the lab: Some were asked to think about leisure, others about obligations. Then, all participants completed a jigsaw puzzle. Afterward, they were asked if their minds had... See more