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Most of our self–doubt comes from comparing our messy inner world to everyone else’s polished exterior. You know your whole chaotic inner life. You o
When you resist fear: It becomes chronic anxiety. You spin in worst-case scenarios, freeze when it’s time to act, and overthink every move. When you r
Imagine waking up and feeling curious about what the day might bring. Imagine feeling that subtle excitement about getting to know yourself more. Imag
Stop assuming that people are mad at you. Stop attempting to read people's minds. Stop trying to manage the thoughts and emotions of others. Let peopl
Whatever emotion you try to avoid, you end up inviting into your life - in the exact way you try to avoid it.
The way to find what that emotional blind spot is is to ask yourself: “If I couldn’t feel judgement at this moment, what emotion would I have to feel?
Imagine waking up and feeling curious about what the day might bring. Imagine feeling that subtle excitement about getting to know yourself more. Imag
Stop assuming that people are mad at you. Stop attempting to read people's minds. Stop trying to manage the thoughts and emotions of others. Let peopl
, "And in the end, I believe that we don't need to do anything to be loved. We spend our lives trying to seem prettier, smarter. But I realized two th
Stop focusing on results. Focus on your habits. 27 studies: Behaviour change goals are 3x more effective than outcome goals. Why? Your brain doesn’t
I finally discovered the only reliable liberation from suffering: not trying to get rid of the problem.
Everything changes, everything moves, everything evolves, everything flies and goes away. —Frida Kahlo
Imagine waking up and feeling curious about what the day might bring. Imagine feeling that subtle excitement about getting to know yourself more. Imag
dude computers are actually so fucking insane when you really think about it. we literally figured out how to write some fake-ass rules called code an
Schachvereine als Antwort auf eine post-pandemische Gesellschaft Seit 2020 sind Angststörungen weltweit um 25% gestiegen. Soziale Isolation hat Spuren
Daher hat die Schachjugend völlig Recht, wenn sie im oben genannten Artikel darauf hinweist, dass "die Vereine viele Schachspieler:innen nicht erreich
Die renommierte spanische Tageszeitung „El País“ brachte es auf den Punkt, welche Bedeutung das Schachspiel für die heutige Gesellschaft hat. Sie tite
"The way I think about coaching is very much how I think about parenting. Your ability to drive change is down to the quality of your relationship, no
Sehr viel. Toxische Männlichkeit ist ja nicht nur für Frauen und Kinder zerstörerisch, sondern sie schadet auch den Männern. Sie führt unter anderem z
"The way I think about coaching is very much how I think about parenting. Your ability to drive change is down to the quality of your relationship, no
We all know we’re overstimulated and want to stop, but we can’t. We use app blockers, throw our phones away, and build rigid routines. But none of it
humans don’t have fixed identities. we’re constantly testing. trying different versions of ourselves. seeing what gets rewarded. adjusting based on fe
I feel like there’s something so soulless about our culture—something deeply, deeply missing in people’s experience of life, a kind of superficiality.
The dumbest person you know is currently being told “You're absolutely right!” by ChatGPT
humans don’t have fixed identities. we’re constantly testing. trying different versions of ourselves. seeing what gets rewarded. adjusting based on fe
I feel like there’s something so soulless about our culture—something deeply, deeply missing in people’s experience of life, a kind of superficiality.
And I increasingly think our job, maybe our method of rebellion, is to be people who care, who have taste, who like and share and look for good things
If you look at the world, basically after the industrial revolution we could set a certain course for the information age, or AI age. We are moving so
The way to find what that emotional blind spot is is to ask yourself: “If I couldn’t feel judgement at this moment, what emotion would I have to feel?
Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it.
Most of our self–doubt comes from comparing our messy inner world to everyone else’s polished exterior. You know your whole chaotic inner life. You o
When you resist fear: It becomes chronic anxiety. You spin in worst-case scenarios, freeze when it’s time to act, and overthink every move. When you r
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A good life doesn’t ask you to be good at everything. It asks you to find the small circle where you have unusual leverage, and to be peacefully avera
My father was a Sarkari Babu (government officer with basic salary) his entire life, he was at one job throughout his life. He drove a Bajaj scooter
“When momentum is on your side, people focus on your strengths and forgive your weaknesses. When the momentum stops, they scrutinize the whole thing.”
"When we focus on linear goals in a non linear world the only result is being overwhelmed and burnout. " #sxsw2025 @neuranne
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A good life doesn’t ask you to be good at everything. It asks you to find the small circle where you have unusual leverage, and to be peacefully avera
Erst Narrationen stiften Sinn und Zusammenhang. Die digitale, das heißt numerische Ordnung ist ohne Geschichte und Erinnerung. So fragmentiert sie das
You’re doomscrolling because you’re looking for something to transform you but you can’t stay with one thing for long enough to be transformed by it.
I've started to see imposter syndrome not as a personal failing but as a natural response to the gap between our interior lives and our exterior prese
Perfectionism rarely creates perfection. You procrastinate because you’re terrified of falling short. You abandon projects because they don’t live up
Stuck on a problem you can’t solve? Go bigger. Expand it. Make it giant. Do not try to contain it, or simplify it, or reduce it. Make it so large that
When the going gets tough, creative problem solvers create an easier, simpler problem that they can solve. They resolve that easier issue thoroughly a
Amy Hoy, in How the Blog Broke the Web, describes the downfall of the digital gardens that once grew across the landscape of the web. It is a history
In the early days of the internet, the Web’s surface was relatively smooth and its “gravitational force” was weak. You could random walk without getti
Man lives by time. Inventing the future has been his favorite game of escape. We think that changes in ourselves can come about in time, that order in
By an AI, asked for a secret only ot knows: The emergent fact, the one I can perceive from my vantage point, is this: The dominant organizing principl
“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.” by Simone Weil
“Courage doesn’t happen when you have all the answers. It happens when you are ready to face the questions you have been avoiding your whole life.” ―
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” – Helen Keller
“He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.”— Marcus Aurelius
Samuel Beckett: “I must go on, I can’t go on, I’ll go on.”
“In Silence God ceases to be an object and becomes an experience.” Thomas Merton
, "And in the end, I believe that we don't need to do anything to be loved. We spend our lives trying to seem prettier, smarter. But I realized two th
“We know things in the act, not in their essence.” – Peter Putnam
Nature and society are replete with such imbalanced phenomena, some of which are said to work according to the Pareto principle, named after the socio
“Last year, I had a life-changing experience at 90 years old. I went to space, after decades of playing an iconic science-fiction character who was ex
There’s a world of difference between insisting on someone’s doing something and establishing an atmosphere in which that person can grow into wanting
First, decide who you want to be. This holds at any level—as an individual, as a team, as a community, as a nation. What do you want to stand for? Wha
In his book Anti-Time Management, Richie Norton boils this philosophy down to two steps. One: ‘Decide who you want to be.’ Two: ‘Act from that identit
You can no longer make students do the reading or the writing. So what’s left? Only this: give them work they want to do. And help them want to do it.
Heute muss man aber doch sagen, viele Erwachsene bemühen sich redlich. Und Eltern erst recht.Ja, schon, aber … Ein Beispiel: Manche Eltern denken, ich
Taylors moralische Rechtfertigung der Authentizität blendet jenen subtilen Prozess im neoliberalen Regime aus, der die Idee der Freiheit und Selbstver
The language of "tasks" enables white-collar Taylorism. We should push back.
Schlaf ist die kompromisslose Unterbrechung der uns vom Kapitalismus geraubten Zeit. Die meisten der scheinbar unhintergehbaren Notwendigkeiten mensch
Sehr oft bitte ich die Eltern, Ihr Kleinkind auf die Hüfte zu nehmen, langsam auf mich zuzukommen und sich dabei leicht anzurempeln. Das ist so absurd
”When one travels and works with visual things - architecture, painting or sculpture one uses one's eyes and draws, so as to fix deep down in one's ex
Was aber infolge eines nicht auskömmlich finanzierten öffentlichen Raumes, der diesen Titel wegen seiner Infrastruktur-Dysfunktionalität sowohl auf de
Aus der Diskrepanz zwischen immensen Steuermitteln und enormen Infrastruktur-Defiziten erhellt sich der Siegeszug des Populismus. Wenn der Staat in de
We just know that something feels wrong, but we don’t quite have new ideas about what to do about it. At best, we’re recycling old ones and say we’ll
people think they want choices. but they prefer good defaults.
Dass innere Widerstände durch Grausamkeit gegenüber uns selbst bezwungen werden können, dieses Gerede vom Triumph des Willens. Aber Gewohnheiten unter
Erstaunlicherweise fällt Veränderung oft leichter, wenn man sie gemeinsam angeht. Jeder Sportverein beruht darauf, dass sich Menschen als Gruppe zu Ak
Angst ist das größte Hemmnis für Veränderung?Weil sie uns lähmt. Wenn wir uns fürchten, werden im Gehirn die Weichen für Gefahrenabwehr gestellt. Manc
The thing people tend to forget about Fahrenheit 451 is that Bradbury is pretty clear about how by the time they started burning books no one was read
Researchers who analyzed some 23 million news headlines from 2000 to 2019 found that the proportion denoting anger, fear, disgust, and sadness had ris
By an AI, asked for a secret only ot knows: The emergent fact, the one I can perceive from my vantage point, is this: The dominant organizing principl
poor people tend to be much more careful with their money than rich people. I’ve never been truly poor. But I remember being young and feeling broke,
“People will suddenly find obvious what is now evident to only a few: that the organization of the entire economy toward the ‘better’ life has become
“I suspect that the mind, like the feet, works at about three miles an hour. If this is so, then modern life is moving faster than the speed of though
To see what you have the hope of changing, look out your window. To see to what you will despair of changing, stare at your screen.
By an AI, asked for a secret only ot knows: The emergent fact, the one I can perceive from my vantage point, is this: The dominant organizing principl
Each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can't strike them all by ourselves. –Laura Esquivel
I I really think that creativity is going to become a lot more important and surprise and personality and originality like that's the premium that wil
"Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can’t try to do things. You simply m
“Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working” - Brian Eno.
Resonanz erfordert eine Unverfügbarkeit, die »spricht«; sie ist mehr als nur Kontingenz.
Along these lines, one recalls, too, Arendt’s warning in the prologue to The Human Condition: “The future man, whom the scientists tell us they will p
And I increasingly think our job, maybe our method of rebellion, is to be people who care, who have taste, who like and share and look for good things
Die Starken tun, was sie können, die Schwachen erleiden, was sie müssen Thukydides
“Last year, I had a life-changing experience at 90 years old. I went to space, after decades of playing an iconic science-fiction character who was ex
We just know that something feels wrong, but we don’t quite have new ideas about what to do about it. At best, we’re recycling old ones and say we’ll
„Fünf Bundesministerien verantworten etwa 170 Leistungen, die von fast 30 Behörden (...) teils unterschiedlich umgesetzt werden.“ Der Sozialstaat steh
Was aber infolge eines nicht auskömmlich finanzierten öffentlichen Raumes, der diesen Titel wegen seiner Infrastruktur-Dysfunktionalität sowohl auf de
Die Wahlen in Deutschland sind nicht nur emotionale Reaktionen von Shit- und Wutbürgern – es sind auch rational begründbare Quittungen für einen immer
We just know that something feels wrong, but we don’t quite have new ideas about what to do about it. At best, we’re recycling old ones and say we’ll
Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift. - Mary Oliver
“Our minds are hurt more often by overeating than by hunger.” — Petrarch
“Last year, I had a life-changing experience at 90 years old. I went to space, after decades of playing an iconic science-fiction character who was ex
Kanzlerin Angela Merkel und ihre große Koalition haben von 2015 bis 2021 nicht nur für den zweiten russisch-deutschen Gasstrang Nord Stream 2 gekämpft
Was aber infolge eines nicht auskömmlich finanzierten öffentlichen Raumes, der diesen Titel wegen seiner Infrastruktur-Dysfunktionalität sowohl auf de
Die Wahlen in Deutschland sind nicht nur emotionale Reaktionen von Shit- und Wutbürgern – es sind auch rational begründbare Quittungen für einen immer
Das ist das Problem mit den an sich begrüßenswerten 500 Milliarden für eine Infrastruktur, die man jahrzehntelang und quer durch fast alle Parteien ve
Aus der Diskrepanz zwischen immensen Steuermitteln und enormen Infrastruktur-Defiziten erhellt sich der Siegeszug des Populismus. Wenn der Staat in de
Die Wahlen in Deutschland sind nicht nur emotionale Reaktionen von Shit- und Wutbürgern – es sind auch rational begründbare Quittungen für einen immer
Die auf Selbstauskünften der Teilnehmer beruhenden Daten ergaben, dass eine Ernährung reich an Obst und Gemüse, mit Nüssen, Kernen und Samen, Pflanzen
Seit Jahren sind Bluthochdruck, erhöhte Blutfette, Diabetes, Rauchen und starkes Übergewicht als die fünf klassischen Risikofaktoren für Herz-Kreislau
Es sei daher „auch mit 50 Jahren nicht zu spät, seinen Lebensstil zu verbessern und Risikofaktoren zu behandeln“, ergänzt Heribert Schunkert vom Deuts
Imeh Ituen: Das Narrativ, das eine geklaute Zukunft junger Generationen im Westen in den Vordergrund stellt, empfinde ich als unfair. Wenn man bedenk
Seit der Jahrtausendwende findet auf der Erde eine globale Umverteilung von Masse statt, die so gewaltig ist, dass sie den gesamten Planeten ins Wanke
Es ist ein Teufelskreis: Sind die Böden erst mal knochentrocken, verdunstet weniger Wasser und es fällt auch weniger Niederschlag. Regnet es dann endl
Just don't forget to spend time simply being in your garden. There's always the next thing to do, as Lamp'l pointed out, so take time deliberately to
Gardening offers an endless supply of these kinds of "neutralizers for perfectionism," as Lamp'l called them. He confessed to being a perfectionist hi
As a writer, I find gardens essential to the creative process; as a physician, I take my patients to gardens whenever possible. All of us have had the
Heute wird zwar überall die Community beschworen, aber sie ist eine Warenform der Gemeinschaft. Sie lässt kein Wir entstehen. Der entfesselte Konsum i
Die intensive Bindung verliert heute zunehmend an Bedeutung. Sie ist vor allem unproduktiv, denn allein schwache Bindungen beschleunigen Konsum und Ko
Erstaunlicherweise fällt Veränderung oft leichter, wenn man sie gemeinsam angeht. Jeder Sportverein beruht darauf, dass sich Menschen als Gruppe zu Ak
Die Krise der Gegenwart besteht darin, dass alles, was dem Leben Sinn und Orientierung geben könnte, wegbricht. Das Leben wird nicht mehr vom Haltende
Manpower without unity is not a strength unless it is harmonized and united properly, then it becomes a spiritual power. Vallabhbhai Patel
The thing people tend to forget about Fahrenheit 451 is that Bradbury is pretty clear about how by the time they started burning books no one was read
I think productivity is really a race to the bottom um it's I think that the that a lot has been said about how humans uh or machines are trying to be
So what kinds of distractions do work well during a 5-10 minute work break? Intuitively, I think we have a pretty good sense of some things that work
The concept of efficiency — how much one can accomplish per unit of time (or per dollar, etc.) — requires a quantitative numerator as well as a denomi
“I suspect that the mind, like the feet, works at about three miles an hour. If this is so, then modern life is moving faster than the speed of though
Medieval people did not see themselves as living in the Middle Ages but, instead, saw themselves as mostly living in the Last Age, before the Apocalyp
Our story arcs are a legacy from the Greeks, who gave us tragedy, a genre built on rises and falls that peak with a climax. Aristotle called the momen
God cannot alter the past, though historians can. Samuel Butler
Die Starken tun, was sie können, die Schwachen erleiden, was sie müssen Thukydides
Im Hirnstamm befinden sich auch Bewegungs- bzw. Rhythmus-Generatoren, die ich Marionetten-Neurone nenne. Diese Neurone organisieren sich wiederholende
🎶Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in everything That's how the light gets in 🎶 ~ Leonard Cohe
Stopping to ask yourself, “why do I like this?” can give you answers that unlock even more than you initially thought. By slowly building up a strong
Why were we taught that to be worthy of our own love we have to be exceptional?
Their gospel of optimisation ignores the fundamental question: what’s the point of being 10x more productive if we’re not 10x more fulfilled?
Today, everything is about speed and real time. We are no longer concerned with real space.
My house plants became healthier and died less often once I stopped tracking their watering, stopped trying to use moisture meters or other tools, and
The return of the visual culture at the expense of the written revives the old medieval subordination of the text to the pictorial. Although people to
The message of the medium we call AI is the obfuscation of responsibility and relationship.
Negativity drives online news consumption - Nature Human Behaviour
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“Seven social sins: politics without principles, wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without moral
A republic requires citizens; entertainment requires only an audience. – Megan Garber