Brian Cloutier
@lithp
Brian Cloutier
Good judgment comes from silence and rest and time to think.
Ideological Abuse, Busyness, and the Importance of Rest
simplicity is about avoiding too much so you can focus on what matters . Spend less money, so you have money to spare. Do fewer things, so you have time for what you need to do. Be silent, so that your words matter. Take your time, so you can be sure to do it right. Set yourself three goals for the day and do them well; don’t set sixteen that you h... See more
Ideological Abuse, Busyness, and the Importance of Rest
The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.
E.O. Wilson
This quote implies an obvious question: what would it mean to invent a modern, godlike, institution?
Nothing is built on stone; All is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.
- Jorge Luis Borges
To love someone to the point of creation
We're practicing a willingness to simply return to the present moment without judgment, without disappointment, without contraction with a mind that is standing truly free of the past. It's always possible to recover this freedom, no matter what happens. […]
here's no real reason why the next 10 minutes in the gym can't be the best you've had in yea
... See moreWe're practicing a willingness to simply return to the present moment without judgment, without disappointment, without contraction with a mind that is standing truly free of the past. It's always possible to recover this freedom, no matter what happens. […]
This ability to begin again has ethical force as well. It's actually the foundation of forgi
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. HENRY FORD
Matt Ridley • How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom
While it’s probably one of the corniest things I’ll ever write in this column, I’ve come to believe that developing taste is not so unlike going to therapy; it’s an inefficient, time-consuming process that mostly entails looking inward and identifying whatever already moves you. It’s the product of devouring ideas, images and pieces of culture not ... See more
Elizabeth Goodspeed on the Importance of Taste – And How to Acquire It
People who experience flow describe it as “a state of effortless concentration so deep that they lose their sense of time, of themselves, of their problems,” and their descriptions of the joy of that state are so compelling that Csikszentmihalyi has called it an “optimal experience.” Many activities can induce a sense of flow, from painting to raci
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