Kevin

Being More Persuasive, via Daniel Pink:

Here’s what decades of research reveal and how you can use it to influence anyone (ethically):

• First: Don’t be an extrovert. That loud, slick-talking stereotype of a great persuader? Totally wrong. In fact, strong extroverts are often bad at persuasion. They talk too much and listen too little. But

At Kids Making It, woodworking is how we help young people discover what they're capable of. When a teenager realizes they can take raw wood and create something beautiful and functional - something people actually want to buy - it changes how they see themselves and their future.

Some go on to pursue trades. Others discover they love design, or

People don't look for what they don't want to see, and when it's shown to them they will refuse it exists rather than acknowledge and inconvenient reality. The truth hurts more than the illusion.

1. Energy.
You can’t manage time if you don’t manage energy.
Sleep, movement, and breaks. That’s your real fuel.
Run out of energy, and no system or app can save you.

2. Focus.
Distraction is the enemy.
Every notification is a tax on your brain.
The best performers protect their attention like it’s gold… because it is.

3. Priorities.
Most of what we do

What does it mean to find balance in life?

poem about someone who was literally “tickled to death” and the cruel contrast of pain, suffering, and smiles and laughter

Analogous for something…

Strongly, wrongly held beliefs. - Dr. Tribie