Michelle Benhamu
@michellebch
Michelle Benhamu
I feel such intense gratitude when I read a book by someone who, for a brief moment, makes me feel less alone in the world and makes these complicated things in my brain feel a little easier to understand.
Kevin Wilson • On What Makes a Good Writer with Kevin Wilson
About reading. Power
Simja
In New York, people speak fast. In the American South, they speak slowly. Both of them are a form of politeness, understood in a different way. In New York, you speak quickly because you respect the value of the other person’s time and you don’t want to take up too much of it. In the South, you speak slowly because you want to respect the person by... See more
Adam Grant • Are We Too Impatient to Be Intelligent?
Don’t feel you are taking part of their time, you are gifting them yours
Too many people think the grass is greener somewhere else but grass is green where you water it, remember that.
If it was hard work that counted, the donkey would own the farm.
