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- 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?"
- The Gift of Patience Instant relief is always at your fingertips. Want a boost? Here's some food / drugs / porn / attention. There's an app for that. There's a million apps for that. How many industries would collapse if everyone understood that you can just be with the feeling? You can just be sad or scared or angry or lonely or uncertain. Step ... See more
- As corporations drape themselves in rainbow colors for Pride month, remember that they only engage in such activism in the West where it's fashionable, and not in the East where it's actually needed, because their activism is motivated not by principles but by PR. https://t.co/jV1VCCRCxZ
- the real competitive advantage in life is internal approval. you cannot compete with someone who is secure with who they are, what they want, and what they bring
- Can’t ever get this image out of my head… Great writers write musically. https://t.co/J8wDku8r62
- 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
- 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
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
Interwoven conversations among four friends explore the complexities and nuances of love, ranging from its beauty and joy to its darker and destructive manifestations.
Inspirational Bites for Daily Living and Parenting and family stuff
If you are lucky you have 18 summers with your kids at home.
- 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.