Kechi Ladapo
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Kechi Ladapo
How To Research Niche Ideas in Literature and Philosophy
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You build discipline by keeping the promises you make to yourself. Each time you keep these promises, your discipline strengthens. Each time you break them, your discipline atrophies.
These promises don't have to be monumental.
You don't need to practice the same serve 300 times a day. You don't need to sleep in a dorm room. You don't need to wake up
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Loved this philosophy
Instead, we should pursue “five kingdom habits that build trust.’ These are the five habits that they suggest cultivating.
- Pray. Pray for our own hearts to be soft but also pray for their whole lives.
- Learn. We can learn what causes their distrust. Practice asking good questions.
- Bond. Make space in your life for people. They write “The best
Be a trustworthy human
On a platform that caters to short attention spans, the more outrageous the content, the more attention it will get.
Why Evangelicalism Is Built for TikTok
Where the children’s story is simply the right form for what the author has to say, then of course readers who want to hear that, will read the story or re-read it, at any age... I am almost inclined to set it up as a canon that a children’s story which is enjoyed only by children is a bad children’s story. The good ones last. A waltz which you can... See more
C.S. Lewis on the Three Ways of Writing for Children and the Key to Authenticity in All Writing
When I'm talking to students who want to write professionally, I try to draw from simple analogies: the carpenter who is going to make a perfect chair has to know about wood, trees, the body and how it looks when it is in a sitting position. He should know something about the industry first of all. And then he should pick the right wood for color,... See more