Perzen Patel
@perzen
I want to take you beyond butter chicken. Indian food advocate, small biz owner and story-teller by passion. Communications professional and writer by trade. Mom to two boys with 1,000,000 questions daily 24/7.
Perzen Patel
perzen.substack.com
what if public libraries were open late every night and we could engage in public life there instead of having to choose between drinking at the bar and domestic isolation
It’s not enough to tell one good story; you have to create an entire world that people can step into, familiarize themselves with, and spend time getting to know. Initially you’ll have to walk them around and show them what’s in your world, but your goal is to familiarize them with your world sufficiently, and motivate them to participate, to the p... See more
Alex Danco • World Building
Recover quickly. After every point you lose, recover quickly. After every game you lose, recovery quickly. Don’t wallow in loss. After brain surgery, recover quickly.
In his words: “It’s okay to cry. It’s okay to feel lonely. It’s okay to be sad. It’s okay to feel that you are disappointed in yourself or in someone else. It’s okay. But what’s import... See more
In his words: “It’s okay to cry. It’s okay to feel lonely. It’s okay to be sad. It’s okay to feel that you are disappointed in yourself or in someone else. It’s okay. But what’s import... See more
Your success here will depend entirely on how successfully you can tell stories, and how successfully other people can repeat those stories, both to themselves and others.Your North Star here has to be: are other people retelling this story successfully?Port cities around the world are more similar to each other than they are to their inland counte... See more
Alex Danco • World Building
“Change happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change.”
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Tony Robbins
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Tony Robbins
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Why Screen Time Can Lower Kids' Frustration Tolerance
Key takeaways:
- Taking deep breaths can help prepare kids for transitions
- Transitioning from screen time to physical play can be difficult for young children
- Negotiating and disagreements during play can be challenging for kids to navigate emotionally
Transcript:
Speaker 1
Ooh, let's get our body ready
Good Inside with Dr. Becky • How Do I Handle Screen Time With My Kids?
.screen_time .parenting
"The shortest answer is doing the thing." - Ernest Hemingway
Stop talking about the thing. Stop asking about the thing. Stop gathering more information about the thing.
Just do the thing.
Stop talking about the thing. Stop asking about the thing. Stop gathering more information about the thing.
Just do the thing.
When it comes to dominant and submissive postures, the research participants were more likely to adopt a complementary posture rather than mirror the same posture. Dominance triggered submission, and submission triggered dominance.
Daniel Z. Lieberman • The Molecule of More
On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
Harold McGee • 2 highlights
