Brian Cloutier
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Brian Cloutier
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. […]
This ability to begin again has ethical force as well. It's actually the foundation of forgi
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
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The Trouble with Passion
Good judgment comes from silence and rest and time to think.
Ideological Abuse, Busyness, and the Importance of Rest
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. HENRY FORD
Matt Ridley • How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom
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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Too many people think the grass is greener somewhere else but grass is green where you water it, remember that.
To love someone to the point of creation
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?