Prashant Patel
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Prashant Patel
Writers and artists of all kinds share a pervasive trope with scientists: creative work is immensely satisfying, but the moment to moment experience of producing it can be extraordinarily unpleasant.
“People are always trying to add more stuff to life. Reduce it to simpler, pure moments.” — Jerry Seinfeld
Behavioral Inevitability : “History never repeats itself; man always does.” – Voltaire
Morgan Housel • 100 Little Ideas
An informed world view, or personal orientation, can be derived from the neurological, linguistic and behavioral consequences of acknowledging the inevitable limitations of both differences and similarities
Take Notes as your memory recording may not be accurate and subsequently review notes as your memory recall may not be great.
Who becomes a good sailor without knowledge of storms?
Martin Shaw • Navigating the Mysteries
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
... See moreDaniel Kahneman • Thinking, Fast and Slow
Flow State and Book
In the cosmos of time, we are nothing but a fart in the wind
Preference Falsification: People lie about their true opinions and conform to socially acceptable preferences instead. In private they’ll say one thing. In public, they’ll say another.