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The Moth | The Art and Craft of Storytelling
Stories and Inspirational Bites for Daily Living
Want to get moved? This will.
- The Dunning-Kruger Effect The most ignorant are not those who know nothing, but those who know just a little. A slight knowledge can grant the illusion of competence. This kills curiosity and closes the mind. A test for "Mount Stupid": "What condition must be true?" https://t.co/24M6XVayPV
- “Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories.” ~ Roger Schank
- Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage. — C. S. Lewis, “On Stories” https://t.co/wGA8Ixcmye
A world where everyone strives for this. Just dreaming.
- My dads an incredibly smart man. •Great leader •Can fix anything •Socially strong & networks well •Read a book a week for 30 years He NEVER moved up in his company. I asked him WHY & the answer he gave me brought me to tears. Here’s THE BEST LESSON my dad ever taught me. https://t.co/71pId6dg4Y
Inspirational Bites for Daily Living and Parenting and family stuff
If you are lucky you have 18 summers with your kids at home.
Tenzin Palmo Jetsunma - The difference between Genuine Love and Attachment
- Spend less time focusing on "discipline," and more time in things that genuinely pull you forward... The person who requires internal force, will always get lapped by someone with genuine drive toward that thing. Obsession beats discipline all day long.
- still one of my favorite lines of all time: and when nobody wakes you up in the morning, and when nobody waits for you at night, and when you can do whatever you want. what do you call it, freedom or loneliness? - charles bukowski