Melissa
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Melissa
Rich Hickey • Simple Made Easy
Integrity comes from the Latin word integritas, meaning “one” or “whole.” People who are one way on the inside and another way on the outside—i.e., not “whole”—lack integrity;
Ray Dalio • Principles: Life and Work
you ought to give yourself permission to follow your own path and take bold chances where your intuition tells you to do so. There’s also no merit in trying to be a contrarian if you disposition favours stability and certainty. There is no right or wrong path, only varying degrees of compatibility based upon your unique set of circumstances and... See more
Rest: A Revolutionary Act in Modern Society
Accurate self-knowledge is critical to getting what you want out of life and to building meaningful relationships with others in both life and work. This assessment is available to everyone so they can benefit from the journey of understanding not only themselves, but their coworkers, families, friends and communities better.
Adam Grant • PrinciplesYou From Ray Dalio
“I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked. One fig was a husband and a happy home and children, and another fig was a famous poet and another fig was a brilliant professor, and another fig was Ee Gee, the amazing editor,
... See moreThe practice of assertiveness means acting. Act as if you are already the healthiest person you can be. Do not wait until you feel better about yourself or until you believe you have what it takes. Act as if you are self-actualized and your beliefs will follow suit. Act while you fear rather than waiting until you feel unafraid.
David Richo • How to Be an Adult: A Handbook on Psychological and Spiritual Integration
What's beautiful depends on who we are, what we've encountered, where we live, and when. Likewise, the art that opens us to the chaotic stream of reality-the art we find beautiful-changes with time and with us, as we evolve. Beauty, I'd come to think, doesn't have to have a physical form, and it certainly doesn't have to be something we agree on.
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They’ll tell you, you need to be kind and forthright and aggressive and meditative and a free spirit and dependable and cautious and not be pushed around and live free or die and be helpful and put your own gas mask on first and be spiritual and religious and empirical and scientific and hate this and vault that and play to your talents and always
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