Steven Schlafman
@schlaf
Steven Schlafman
Superhuman
Race car drivers downshift to maximize their car's acceleration capabilities, especially when exiting a corner after slowing down. Downshifting involves selecting the best gear for a given situation, such as a corner or track. It's usually not a way to slow down, as the brakes are better for that. However, downshifting is easiest to do while in the brake zone
- “In an information-rich world, the wealth of information means a dearth of something else: a scarcity of whatever it is that information consumes. What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention and a need to allocate that attention efficiently am... See more
from A quote by Herbert A. Simon
“Without great solitude, no serious work is possible.”
—Pablo Picasso
Solitude and
Stillness and
Zig Ziglar Self-talk Card - Daily Affirmations
These daily affirmations, inspired by Zig Ziglar, help develop qualities like integrity, motivation, and gratitude, shaping a mindset for success and a positive outlook on life.
by Zig Ziglar
To be aware means to be sensitive, alive to the things about one, to nature, to people, to colour, to trees, to the environment, to the social structure, the whole thing; to be aware outwardly of all that’s happening and to be aware of what is happening inside.
—Krishnamurti
quotes and
Nature is an incomparable guide if you know how to follow her.
She is like the needle of the compass pointing to the North, which is most useful...when you know how to navigate.
- C. G. JUNG
quotes and
... See moreThe refusal to feel takes a heavy toll. Not only is there an impoverishment of our emotional and sensory life, flowers are dimmer and less fragrant, our loves less ecstaticâ but this psychic numbing also impedes our capacity to process and respond to information. The energy expended in pushing down despair is diverted from more creative uses, deple
- “A purely disembodied human emotion is a nonentity,” William James
embodiment and
- “Some people keep their zest until the day they die. They keep a sense of curiosity. They care about things. They reach out. They enjoy. They risk failure.” — John W. Gardner