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Dive deep into the world of literature, reading habits, and the art of reading done right in this illuminating podcast episode. Join us for an exploration of the common mistakes made while reading and the solutions to overcome them, guided by the visionary Amrut Deshmukh. Amrut is not only the founder of the Booklet App but also the driving force behind the "Make India Read" movement. Discover the keys to becoming a masterful reader and enrich your literary journey. Don't miss this literary adventure!
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Welcome to the enlightening world of "Chakra Voyage," a podcast that delves deep into the mystical realms of Chakras, Kundalini energy, and Reiki. Join us on a transformative journey as we explore these ancient practices and unlock the secrets to holistic well-being. Our discussions are based on a profound understanding of Chakras, Kundalini, and Reiki, providing you with valuable insights and practical tools to enhance your physical, emotional, and spiritual health.
In this captivating podcast, we aim to demystify the concepts of Chakras, Kundalini, and Reiki, and shed light on their profound effects on our lives. These age-old practices have gained popularity in recent years, as more individuals seek a holistic approach to health and self-discovery. By understanding the intricate energy systems within our bodies and how to harmonize them, we can unlock our true potential and achieve a state of balance and vitality.
The podcast begins by unraveling the mysteries of Chakras. We explain that Chakras are subtle energy centers located along the spine, each corresponding to different aspects of our being. From the foundational Root Chakra to the ethereal Crown Chakra, we delve into the significance and qualities of each Chakra. By exploring their unique characteristics, listeners gain a comprehensive understanding of how these energy centers influence their physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
Next, we dive into the fascinating realm of Kundalini energy. Kundalini represents the dormant spiritual energy residing within each individual. Through various practices and techniques, such as breathwork, meditation, and yoga, we explore how one can awaken and harness this powerful force. By activating Kundalini, listeners embark on a journey of self-realization and inner transformation, experiencing heightened states of consciousness and expanded awareness.
In our podcast, we also illuminate the wonders of Reiki, a Japanese healing modality that complements the principles of Chakras and Kundalini energy. We discuss the origins of Reiki and how its gentle, hands-on approach helps restore balance and promote healing on all levels. By integrating Reiki into their lives, individuals can enhance the flow of energy through their Chakras and facilitate deep healing, both for themselves and others.
As you tune in to "Chakra Voyage," you will be treated to captivating discussions that captivate your mind and nourish your soul. In select episodes, we delve into the intricacies of energy healing, guiding you through step-by-step processes to awaken your Chakras and unleash your Kundalini energy. Our expert guests offer practical tips, techniques, and personal anecdotes that inspire and empower you on your spiritual journey.
By listening to our podcast, you gain a multitude of benefits. Understanding Chakras, Kundalini, and Reiki opens up new avenues for personal growth, self-discovery, and healing. As you align and balance your energy centers, you may experience enhanced physical health, emotional well-being, and spiritual connection. The podcast serves as a valuable resource for anyone seeking to lead a more conscious, harmonious, and fulfilling life.
In conclusion, "Chakra" is your gateway to unraveling the profound mysteries of Chakras, Kundalini, and Reiki. Through engaging discussions, expert insights, and practical techniques, we empower you to embark on a transformative journey toward self-realization and holistic well-being. Join us on this enlightening expedition, and discover the transformative power that lies within you.
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Episode Highlights:
- Demystifying the Paranormal: A Scientific Approach - In this segment, we take a scientific perspective on the paranormal. Discover how researchers from various disciplines have dedicated their efforts to understanding and explaining the supernatural.
- Defining the Paranormal: Supernatural or Natural? - What does it mean for something to be "paranormal"? We explore different interpretations and discuss the ongoing debate between supernatural and naturalistic explanations.
- Theories and Explanations: Science Unraveling the Paranormal - Join us as we delve into the intriguing theories proposed by scientists to explain paranormal phenomena. From quantum mechanics to the role of perception and psychology, we explore cutting-edge ideas shaping our understanding of the unexplained.
- Investigating Ghosts and Apparitions - Ghostly apparitions have long captivated our imagination. In this segment, we explore the enigma of ghost sightings, haunted locations, and the scientific tools used to investigate these otherworldly encounters.
- Unearthing the Secrets of UFOs and Alien Encounters - Prepare for a mind-bending exploration of UFO sightings and alien encounters. We examine the evidence, ponder the possibility of extraterrestrial life, and discuss the scientific efforts dedicated to unraveling the mysteries of the cosmos.
- Analyzing Psychic Abilities and ESP - Dive into the realm of psychic phenomena, where minds seem to possess extraordinary abilities. We explore telepathy, precognition, and scientific studies on extrasensory perception, pushing the boundaries of what we understand about the power of the human mind.
- Exploring Near-Death Experiences and Reincarnation - Beyond the threshold of life and death lies a realm of profound experiences. Join us as we explore near-death experiences, the tunnel of light, and the concept of reincarnation, questioning the nature of consciousness and the mysteries of the afterlife.
Tune in to The VIP Show as we venture beyond the known, unraveling the secrets of the paranormal through scientific inquiry. Prepare to be captivated, enlightened, and challenged as we navigate the blurred lines between the natural and the supernatural.
Are you ready to embark on this extraordinary journey? Join us on The VIP Show as we dive headfirst into the science behind paranormal phenomena. Get ready to have your mind expanded and your perceptions challenged. Don't miss out on this gripping episode!
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Namaste! I am on a journey to learn "The Rich Vedic-Sanatan Knowledge". This podcast episode is a free-flowing conversation with Jairaj Sharma, to the point, concise, and deep at the very time. I hope you will get much noteworthy information from this episode. We're planning to do a series; you can comment with your Questions and be part of our conversation. Playing with Mathematical Operations (Jai's Book)https://amzn.eu/d/emHsjZxDo you want to add some value to others' lives?DM me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vipmishra_/Jairaj's Handles:YT: - https://www.youtube.com/@vedscienceandmathsInstagram: - https://www.instagram.com/ved_science_and_maths/#VedicPhilosophy#SanatanaDharma#VedicAstrology#VedicScience#VedicMathematics#VedicHistory#HinduTradition#VedicTexts#VedicLiterature#AncientWisdom#VedicKnowledge#Sanskrit#Vedanta#Brahman#Atman#KarmaYoga#Rishi#aryavarta #VedicCultureAndHeritage#HinduPhilosophy#AncientIndiaHistory#Maharishi#Sages#VedicSociety#VedicValues#KarmaTheory#DharmaPhilosophy#VedicTraditions#VedicCivilization#VedicSpirituality#VedicTeachings#hindumythology #vedicknowledge #VedicPeriod#YugaCycle#VedicCosmology#VedicMetaphysics#VedicRituals
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Looking for an insightful and informative podcast on Sanskrit? Look no further than the debut episode of Knowing Sanskrit, the podcast that delves into the history, culture, and meaning behind this ancient language. Join our host, Vipul Mishra, as we explore the fascinating origins of Sanskrit, its role in ancient Indian society, and its enduring relevance in today's world. From the Vedas to modern literature, we'll examine the rich tapestry of the Sanskrit language and its enduring impact on human culture. So, whether you're a seasoned Sanskrit scholar or a curious beginner, tune in to Deep for an unforgettable journey into the heart of this timeless language.
"Discover the rich history and enduring significance of Sanskrit in the first episode of the Sanskrit Podcast. Join our expert host, Nidhi Tiwari, as we explore the ancient language's origins, cultural influence, and spiritual impact. Gain a deeper understanding of Sanskrit's profound role in shaping philosophy, religion, and literature, and uncover the timeless wisdom that still resonates today. Tune in to this fascinating introduction to the world of Sanskrit and uncover the secrets of this ancient language that continue to inspire and enlighten."
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It is the dream of every Hip Hop fan to see everyone love it, but while on this journey we need to know the correct and pure form the same. In this Podcast, "Vipul and Daanav" have discussed Indian Hip Hop and many parts which people tend to miss sometimes. Hope you will enjoy and learn something.
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This podcast will surely help listeners to get fresh perspectives on different things. Our ulterior motive is to ignite the habit of research, asking questions, and being curious all the time.
India is the world's 5th largest economy and its culture had impacted the whole world, but India is also suffering from western learning. But now is the time we get back to our roots and know the real meaning behind our traditions.
Welcome friends let's be more aware and say NO to illogical stuff.
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THESE PODCAST ARE FOR US. WE HAVE TO, HAVE TO, KEEP LEARNING IN TODAY'S PACED WORLD... 00:00 - 01:00 Before You watch 01:01- 01:20 Intro 01:22-13:23 stories n' disscussion begins 13:41- 25:05 Content, Offense, etc. 25:07-52:26 New Minds, Generation, attention span n' more 52:35-59:09 Criticism, Subtitiles & Fun 59:35-1:05:32 JOKE Battle, Who is the winner?
SO LET'S MAKE IT EASY AND ACHIEVE IT TOGETHER...
EACH NUMBER COUNTS...
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In this episode, I have tried talking about one of the most critical, emotional and heavily ignored topics i.e. Looks, Do Matt, right from school to job to whatever else. Your personality will always be a player, so why not work on it? I have tried sharing some of my knowledge, listen to it and lemme know feedback and about your interests on Insta :- vipmishra_
See Y'all soon. Till then, learn more.
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KAJARI IN UP (UTTAR PRADESH).
Just listen to this audio. Ye Podcast Maine meri Mammi ke saath banaya hai, this is my best podcast till date. Absolutely fantastic story. I will bring her again. Please support me by whatever means, especially if you can follow @vipmishra_ on Instagram. See you soon.
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This is my 1st Hindi podcast, and I would love to make more of these. Basically, when I talk in Hindi, I feel more thoughtful and comfortable.
"Hindi me jo baat hai vo shayad hi kisi aur bhasha me ho." - Vipul Mishra
Not much to write, I have already said in this episode whatever was on the top of my head. But I will request all of you to please give me feedback. Just DM me @vipmishra_ on Instagram. I am waiting for your comments.
See you soon at the next one. Till then be a good listener.
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This podcast episode is a free-flowing conversation but to-the-point, concise, and deep at the very time. I hope you will get some information from these videos. Do you want to add some value to others' lives? DM me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vipmishra_/
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It is the first episode, maybe, without script I just spoke my heart out, Thankyou! Listen to other episode if you feel it's a heavy one.
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Dating is harder now than ever before. Here’s why:
- We define our own identities, unlike our ancestors, whose lives were defined by their communities.
- We have thousands of options at our fingertips, which causes us to question our decisions.
- We’re uncomfortable making big decisions when we can’t research our way to the right answer.
- Social media leads us to believe that everyone else is in healthier, happier relationships than we are.
- Far too few of us have good relationship role models.
- There are far more models for dating and long-term relationships.
- We’re bombarded with messaging that we need to get this decision “right”—and that a right answer exists at all.
But there’s hope. Using insights from behavioral science, we can take control of our love lives.
Disney Lied to Us
Our mindset matters! The ability to shift your mindset from soul mate to work-it-out beliefs could mean the difference between finding a life partner or not.
People with soul mate beliefs reject promising partners because they don’t match their vision for what love should look and feel like. They think that love will just happen to them. They expect love to be effortless. If it’s not, they must be with the wrong person.
People with a work-it-out mindset know that relationships take effort and that building a successful relationship is a process.
Our belief in fate and fairy tales—caused in part by Disney movies, rom-com, and social media—creates unrealistic expectations for finding and sustaining relationships. Remember, no one is perfect, including you. Even Prince Charming has a morning breath.
The Happily-Ever-After Fallacy is the mistaken idea that the hard work of love is finding someone. In reality, that’s only the beginning. Staying in love takes work, too. If you expect relationships to be easy, you’ll be caught off guard when they hit an inevitable rough patch.
Don’t Let Perfect Be the Enemy of Great
Maximizers obsess over making the right decision. They want to explore every possible option before they make a choice. Even when they decide, they constantly wonder what they’re missing out on. Satisficers figure out what they want and stop looking once they’ve met their criteria. They don’t settle, they merely stop worrying about what else is out there once they’ve made a decision.
Research shows that Satisficers tend to be happier because, in the end, satisfaction comes from how you feel about your decision, not the decision itself.
The current dating climate creates Maximizers out of many of us. No one ever seems good enough, and we wonder if we could be happier with someone else. Maximizing tendencies in relationships can lead to mental anguish, costly delays in decision-making, and missed opportunities.
Maximizers assume there is a right answer for whom to be with. And there’s not.
This knowledge can help us commit without worrying about what else is out there. The power of rationalization can also help us embrace our decisions.
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I want to take a moment and talk about money.What is money exactly? At its core, money represents value.If I do some work for you, you give me money in exchange for the value I gave you. I can then use that money to get something of value from someone else in the future.Throughout history, value has taken many forms and people used a lot of different materials to represent money.Salt, wheat, shells and of course gold have all been used as a medium of exchange. However, in order for something to represent value people have to trust that it is indeed valuable and will stay valuable long enough for them to redeem that value in the future. Up until a hundred years ago or so we always trusted in someTHING to represent money. However something happened along the way and we’ve changed our trust model from trusting someTHING to trusting in someONE. Let me explain. Over time, people found it too hevay and difficult to carry to walk around the world carrying bars of gold or other forms of money, so paper money was invented. Here’s how it worked: A bank or government would offer to take possession of your bar of gold; let’s say worth $1000, and in return, that bank would give you receipt certificates, which we call bills, amounting to $1000. Not only were these pieces of paper much easier to carry,
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What is Bitcoin mining? Does it mean I can generate free Bitcoin from my computer? Is it still profitable to mine Bitcoin these days? Well, stick around... Here on The VIP Show, I’ll answer these questions and more. Bitcoin was created as a decentralized alternative to the banking system. This means that the system can operate and transfer funds from one account to the other without any central authority. With a central authority, transfering money is easy: Just tell the bank you want to remove $50 from your account and add it to someone else’s account. In this case, the bank has all the power, since the bank is the only one who is allowed to update the ledger that holds the balances of everyone in the system. But how do you create a system that has a decentralized ledger? How do you give someone the ability to update the ledger without giving them so much power that they will become corrupt or negligent in their work? Well, the rules of the Bitcoin system, known as the protocol solves this in a very creative way I like to call “Who Wants to Be a Banker?” In short, anyone who wants to participate in updating the ledger of Bitcoin transactions, known as the blockchain, can do so. All you need to do is guess a random number that solves an equation generated by the system. Sounds simple, right? Of course this guessing is all done by your computer. The more powerful of a computer you have, the more guesses you can make per second, this increasing your chances of winning this game. If you managed to guess right - you earn Bitcoins and get to write the “next page” of Bitcoin transactions on the blockchain. Here’s a more detailed breakdown of the mining process: Once your mining computer comes up with the right guess, your mining program determines which of the currently pending transactions will be grouped together into the next block of transactions. Compiling this block represents your moment of glory as you have now become the temporary banker of Bitcoin who gets to update the Bitcoin transaction ledger known as the blockchain. The block you’ve created, along with your solution is sent to the whole network so other computers can validate it. Each computer that validates your solution updates its copy of the Bitcoin transaction ledger with the transactions that you chose to include in the next block.As you can imagine, since mining is based on a form of guessing; for each block, a different miner will guess the number and be granted the right to update the blockchain. Of course the miners with more computing power will succeed more often, but due to the laws of statistical probability, it is highly unlikely that the same miner will do so every time. After this stage is complete, the system generates a fixed amount of Bitcoins and rewards them to you as a compensation for the time and energy you spent in solving the math problem. Additionally, you get paid any transaction fees that were attached to the transactions you inserted into this block. So that’s Bitcoin mining in a nutshell.
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The world is full of obvious things which nobody ever observes,” says Sherlock Holmes. In a different scene he tells a friend while thinking about a crime: “It seems, from what I gather, to be one of those simple cases which are so extremely difficult.” Lots of things work like that. Learning from something has two parts: whether it’s important and whether it captures your attention. The number of things that check the first box but not the second are higher than any of us want. It’s not that the simple things are hidden. It’s that our attention is drawn to things we assume make the biggest difference, and the idea that obvious equals ineffective is more powerful than the reverse. Two examples of obvious things that are easy to overlook in finance: 1. It is impossible to feel wealthy if your expectations grow faster than your income. There are a million ways to get more money. But the only way to feel wealthy is to maintain a gap between what you have and what you expect. The expectation part has to be managed as much as the income part. It’s easy to ignore the expectation part because focusing on the income side alone is much more intuitive. In 2004 the New York Times interviewed Stephen Hawking, the late scientist whose incurable motor-neuron disease left him paralyzed and unable to talk since age 21. “Are you always this cheerful?” the Times asked. “My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21,” Hawking said. “Everything since then has been a bonus,” he replied. A useful financial skill, too. 2. Few things fuel denial and ignorance like luck, randomness, and change. A hard thing about finance – lots of fields, but especially finance – is that the signals of success are both seductive and deceiving. They’re seductive because they can be so lucrative, so flattering. But they’re deceiving because it’s hard to tell whether they reflect your skill, or whether you can maintain your skill, or how long they’ll last. It’s obvious that luck exists, skills expire, and circumstances change. It’s much harder to identify those in real time, especially for yourself when you’re willing. There are four dangerous kinds of success that plant the seeds of their own destruction:
Mistaking a temporary trend for a competitive advantage.
Mistaking luck as skill, which increases confidence but not ability. Legitimate skill and success that makes you too busy to focus on the skill that once made you successful. Legitimate skill that reduces focus and paranoia, when focus and paranoia is what made you successful to begin with. Of course that’s the case, and of course it’s common. It shouldn’t be controversial. It should be obvious.
But it’s easy to overlook because all winning feels good. It’s the goal, so you don’t want to question it when it comes. You definitely don’t want to fight it, or assume it’s temporary. It feels reckless to reject a signal from the world that says, “you’re doing great!” A few people have. Jerry Seinfeld said part of the reason he quit his show at the top because the show was based on recreating real events from his and Larry David’s normal life. But they put so much time into the show – and became so famous – that they were running out of material because it had been so long since they’d lived a normal life. It had been years since they could casually watch people order at a deli, or what happens when you board a plane. Jerry had every signal of success – he was offered $5 million per show to stay on another season – but quit because he knew the thing that made the show great was slipping away. You know that’s true. I know it’s true. My guess is neither of us will do much about it. Obvious things tend to do that. “It’s so overt, it’s covert,” Holmes said.
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Everyone knows that to do great work you need both natural ability and determination. But there's a third ingredient that's not as well understood: an obsessive interest in a particular topic.
To explain this point I need to burn my reputation with some group of people, and I'm going to choose bus ticket collectors. There are people who collect old bus tickets. Like many collectors, they have an obsessive interest in the minutiae of what they collect. They can keep track of distinctions between different types of bus tickets that would be hard for the rest of us to remember. Because we don't care enough. What's the point of spending so much time thinking about old bus tickets?
Which leads us to the second feature of this kind of obsession: there is no point. A bus ticket collector's love is disinterested. They're not doing it to impress us or to make themselves rich, but for its own sake.
When you look at the lives of people who've done great work, you see a consistent pattern. They often begin with a bus ticket collector's obsessive interest in something that would have seemed pointless to most of their contemporaries. One of the most striking features of Darwin's book about his voyage on the Beagle is the sheer depth of his interest in natural history. His curiosity seems infinite. Ditto for Ramanujan, sitting by the hour working out on his slate what happens to series.
It's a mistake to think they were "laying the groundwork" for the discoveries they made later. There's too much intention in that metaphor. Like bus ticket collectors, they were doing it because they liked it.
But there is a difference between Ramanujan and a bus ticket collector. Series matter, and bus tickets don't.
If I had to put the recipe for genius into one sentence, that might be it: to have a disinterested obsession with something that matters.
Aren't I forgetting about the other two ingredients? Less than you might think. An obsessive interest in a topic is both a proxy for ability and a substitute for determination. Unless you have sufficient mathematical aptitude, you won't find series interesting. And when you're obsessively interested in something, you don't need as much determination: you don't need to push yourself as hard when curiosity is pulling you.
An obsessive interest will even bring you luck, to the extent anything can. Chance, as Pasteur said, favors the prepared mind, and if there's one thing an obsessed mind is, it's prepared.
The disinterestedness of this kind of obsession is its most important feature. Not just because it's a filter for earnestness, but because it helps you discover new ideas.The paths that lead to new ideas tend to look unpromising. If they looked promising, other people would already have explored them. How do the people who do great work discover these paths that others overlook? The popular story is that they simply have better vision: because they're so talented, they see paths that others miss. But if you look at the way great discoveries are made, that's not what happens. Darwin didn't pay closer attention to individual species than other people because he saw that this would lead to great discoveries, and they didn't. He was just really, really interested in such things.
Darwin couldn't turn it off. Neither could Ramanujan. They didn't discover the hidden paths that they did because they seemed promising, but because they couldn't help it. That's what allowed them to follow paths that someone who was merely ambitious would have ignored.
What rational person would decide that the way to write great novels was to begin by spending several years creating an imaginary elvish language, like Tolkien, or visiting every household in southwestern Britain, like Trollope? No one, including Tolkien and Trollope.
The bus ticket theory is similar to Carlyle's famous definition of genius as an infinite capacity for taking pains. Much more....
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“CURIOSITY DEMANDS THAT WE ASK QUESTIONS, THAT WE TRY TO PUT THINGS TOGETHER AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND THIS MULTITUDE OF ASPECTS AS PERHAPS RESULTING FROM THE ACTION OF A RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER OF ELEMENTAL THINGS AND FORCES ACTING IN AN INFINITE VARIETY OF COMBINATIONS” ― Richard P. Feynman, The Feynman Lectures on Physics Vols 1-2
At Farnam Street, we aim to master the best of what other people have figured out. Not surprisingly, it’s quite a lot. The past is full of useful lessons that have much to teach us. Sometimes, we just need to remember what we’re looking for and why.
Life can be overwhelming. It seems like there’s a new technology, a new hack, a new way of doing things, or a new way we need to be every five minutes. Figuring out what to pay attention to is hard. It’s also a task we take seriously at Farnam Street. If we want to be a signal in the noise, we have to find other signals ourselves.
That’s why we spend a lot of time in the past. We like reading about history, and we like to look for timeless ideas. Learning information that is going to stay relevant for one hundred years is a better time investment than trying to digest information that will expire next week.
However, the past is a big place containing a lot of information. So it’s always appreciated when we find a source that has curated some timeless lessons from the past for us. In his book How to Think Like Shakespeare, professor Scott Newstok dives into history to pull out some of what humanity has already learned about better thinking and applying incentives.
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I just got a new pair of Jordan sneakers, and inside the box was a postcard. On it was a quote from Michael Jordan that said:
“Limits, like fears, are often an illusion.”
Exactly.
Far too many of us see limits all around us. We see limits in ourselves, and we see limits in others. We see structural limits in our organizations and in our societies. We have limiting beliefs and then we end up letting other people believe them as well.
Sure, some of these limits are real. Sometimes external forces really do limit individuals from success because of race, gender, and equity. We can’t dismiss those challenges, and as a society we need to see and overcome them too.
But far too many limits are illusions. We see them in the here and now, and we feel like our strength and our leadership can’t easily manifest overcoming them. But you can overcome them, because they aren’t real.
You might not be able to reach that mountaintop (yet). You might not be able to implement that strategy and build that community (yet). You might not be able to see the bright light of success (yet). But you will never get past those limits if you believe they are real. If you are afraid of them.
There are people who will tell you limits are real. Don’t believe them. Believe in yourself. You have nothing to be afraid of.
The great Michael Jordan first set this thought adrift in my consciousness in his basketball Hall of Fame acceptance speech.
He closed by saying, "One day you may look up and see me playing the game at 50." And as the audience laughed, he said, "Oh, don't laugh, don't laugh. Because limits, like fears, are often just illusions!"
We all hear those laughs sometimes. Perhaps they're out loud or maybe they take the form of a sideways glance that speaks volumes, saying, "you can't do that." Sometimes the laughs are our own, when our performance falls short of what we expected of ourselves.
The trick is to truly believe that limits, like fears, are just illusions. To walk this Michael Jordan walk, you'll need to keep these four things in mind.
- Setbacks are always temporary. Have the attitude that setbacks are merely short-term bumps in the road. View your setbacks as gifts. They are what will revitalize your commitment to what you want to achieve, and reassess what you are willing to sacrifice to make it happen. We are all open books of possibilities and none of us really know how good we are until we stop improving... so setbacks are the necessary roadwork for the ultimate victory.
- Don't get caught in the getting better to being bitter trap. Fear and limitations can easily shift your mindset from one focused on being better to one consumed with being bitter. Bitter is where improvement stops. Bitter plays the victim and the blame game. It's always THE OTHER GUY's fault. The OTHER GUY didn't give me a chance or isn't invested in my success. There are endless OTHER GUY excuses that cause us to give up control of our future to others. But, when we keep the control within ourselves, we can and do achieve what we dream.
- Embrace other people as your "swim buddies". Limit- and fear-busting is hard work and we need buddies along the way so we don't drown, to know we are not alone, and that others are there to celebrate our successes. It is easy to miss how many people are pulling for you, are impacted by your setbacks, and truly happy for your success. Let those folks in.
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The Illusion of “Evil” Evil is an entirely subjective concept created by humans, and there is nothing inherently evil in nature or the universe. Primitive cultures believed that natural calamities were manifestations of evil. It was in this way that humanity first began to personify adverse circumstances or tragedy so that they could attempt to master attendant anxiety. Yet in the formal structure of evolutionary theory and natural selection, there is no designation for evil. The relentless and often brutal manner of natural selection may dispose us to a belief in so-called natural evil, while the reality is that this is nothing more than our own subjective interpretation. Further, our own interpretations are invariably ambiguous, culture-bound, and likely to evolve over time.
The word evil has very ancient origins. It is “emotionally loaded, morally judgmental, full of brimstone and fire” . When evil is used to define an individual, it has a strongly damning consequence. The word evil inescapably invokes religious and mythological mind-sets, which were responsible for its origin. It summons the supernatural, the mystic, and the esoteric. Labeling someone as evil suggests that he or she is beyond redemption. Defining someone as evil also suggests that the person is permanently beyond human understanding, a sentiment that is contrary to scientific principles. Perhaps the most objective conclusion one could reach about evil is that it is a term associated with considerable linguistic ambiguity, with various meanings to different people.
At best, the label evil is a mere subjective abstraction. Indeed, having it remain so obscured may serve a useful psychological purpose, that of disavowing any similarity with ourselves. When confronted with a group of “others,” history has shown our natural proclivity for falling into the trap of projection, which allows us to demonize our “enemies.” Further confounding the concept of evil is the conundrum: Evil from whose perspective? The victim's perspective? The perpetrator's? The layperson's? All will be different, and all will simply consist of that individual's subjective conception of how evil is portrayed. Biases and distortions can be expected to be the rule and not the exception. As Baumeister notes, the victim's perspective is essential for a moral evaluation of the evil acts, but is ruinous for a causal understanding of them.
Ultimately, viewing evil as a distinct or quantifiable concept is an illusion. The real causes of violent or harmful behavior are always different from the way people think of evil, because it is myth and illusion that provide the definition. Baumeister10 has termed this the “myth of pure evil,” and notes, “the face of evil is no one's real face—it is always a false image that is imposed or projected on the opponent” (Ref. 10, p 62). In contrast, what is not illusory is man's history of feeling justified in committing atrocities against individuals who are labeled evil. Herein lies one of the strongest cautions against embracing a subjective moral concept and portraying it as science within the misplaced certainty of religious morality.
To the best of our current and limited knowledge, people are led to commit acts of intentional harm by a complex interaction of biological, psychological, and social forces in concert with situational variables. One set of factors affects and is affected by the others and very likely cannot stand on its own. Behavioral science has made efforts to study objectively each of these factors, mostly in a reductionistic approach
In any individual case, the forensic psychiatrist must objectively weave them together in an accurate, coherent narrative.
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Abstract: Recent debates between representational and relational theories of perceptual experience sometimes fail to clarify in what respect the two views differ. In this essay, I explain that the relational view rejects two related claims endorsed by most representationalists: the claim that perceptual experiences can be erroneous, and the claim that having the same representational content is what explains the indiscriminability of veridical perceptions and phenomenally matching illusions or hallucinations. I then show how the relational view can claim that errors associated with perception should be explained in terms of false judgments, and develop a theory of illusions based on the idea that appearances are properties of objects in the surrounding environment. I provide an account of why appearances are sometimes misleading, and conclude by showing how the availability of this view undermines one of the most common ways of motivating representationalist theories of perception. Truth or illusion is not in the object, in so far as it is intuited, but in the judgment about it, in so far as it is thought. It is therefore correct to say that the senses do not err—not because they always judge rightly but because they do not judge at all. (Kant 1787/1929, A294/B350) I am not disclosing a fact about myself, but about petrol, when I say that petrol looks like water. (Austin 1962, p. 43) Perceiving the way objects appear to us is one of the most fundamental means by which we become aware of how things are in the surrounding environment. Given the epistemic centrality of appearances, explaining the observation that things are not always as they appear to be is one of the primary aims of philosophical theorizing about perception. To account for misleading appearances, some have proposed that the immediate objects of perception are sense-data existing only in the mind, which may or may not correspond to mind-independent objects. Others have suggested that perception is an adverbial state—we experience objects in different ‘ways’ (e.g., red-ly or round-ly), where the way an object is experienced explains why it appears to have particular properties. Still others have argued that perception is a representational state like belief, the content of which characterizes the way things appear to the perceiving subject, and which can succeed or fail to accurately represent perceived objects. A common feature of these theories is that they treat appearances as subjective, psychological facts about individual perceivers. If a red tomato appears orange in yellow lighting, this is something to be explained in terms of goings on in the mind of the perceiver: she is seeing an orange sense-datum, experiencing the tomato orange-ly, or representing the tomato as orange. Against these views, I will suggest that appearances are not properties of psychological states, but rather are mind-independent properties instantiated by objects in the surrounding environment. I will explain how accepting this view provides the means for understanding how perception, while sometimes misleading, never itself involves any error. Instead, I will claim that perceptual illusions can be understood as experiences that tend to produce false judgments. While the claims that appearances are objective properties and that illusions can be explained in terms of false judgments are not entirely novel1 , combining them within a single view provides explanatory resources that neither claim possesses on its own.e idea that appearances are psychological gains a large part of its credibility from the account it provides of the commonality between normal perceptual experiences and indiscriminable illusory or hallucinatory ones. On accounts of this sort, the reason a red tomato seen in yellow lighting looks just like an orange tomato seen in white lighting is that both experiences involve the same appearance. The common appearance is then explained in "terms-senses".
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The epic narrative of Mahabharata had been written ages ago. Yet the legendary tale continues to find prominence in every form of art, and continues to overwhelm us even today. The fact that the epic is still revered is not only because of its poetic grandeur. The stories that almost all of us have grown up with hold relevance even during present times. The deeply philosophical ideas that perpetuate throughout the epic have a lot to teach us about the art of living. So, here are 7 important lessons that we can learn from the Mahabharata. Mahabharata may revolve around the war of duty. But we cannot escape the fact that the major reason behind the destruction of all was revenge. The Kauravas lost everything to their blinded desire to ruin the Pandavas. The war did not even spare the children, including Draupadi's five sons and Abhimanyu. Arjuna was initially hesitant to wage war against his kin. But Krishna reminded him that one has to stand by Dharma (duty), even it meant going against one's own family. Therefore, Arjuna had to fulfill his responsibility as a great warrior of Dharma. The friendship between Krishna and Arjuna is something all of us look up to. It is perhaps because of Krishna's unconditional support and motivation that the Pandavas managed to survive the war. None of us can forget the epic dice scene where it was Krishna who came to Draupadi's rescue while her husbands gambled her away to disgrace. The friendship between Karna and Duryodhan, on the other hand, is no less inspiring. . Half knowledge can be dangerous Arjuna's son Abhimanyu teaches us how half-knowledge can have an adverse impact. While Abhimanyu knew how to enter the Chkaravyuh, he did not know the way out. What did Yudhishthir win out of greed? On the contrary, he lost everything he possessed--from his kingdom to his wealth. And to gamble away a woman in the pursuit of hubris! How can one possibly justify that? Who can be a better example for this than Karana? Right from his birth, the 'suta-putra' battled his way through life, fighting discrimination and disgrace at every stage. He almost became a puppet in the hands of fate. But no obstacle could ever deter him from pursuing his goal. And his devotion towards his mother knew no bounds, to the extent that he even gave up his kavajkundal (his life-saving power) on her demand. Yes, Draupadi was manoeuvred into taking five husbands, she was humiliated by the Kauravas for the fault of her own husband. She was violated but she was bold enough to take a stand. She ensured she got justice by vowing to wash her hair with the blood of Duryodhana and Dushanana--perhaps another reason that led to the war. A woman like Draupadi will not be passive, she will be fiery, she will fight for herself.
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In pursuing an occupation (what startup should you start, or what career path should you pursue), the bounds of your problem statements have a disproportionate impact on how much joy you may derive from its pursuit — something most of us are unable to imagine at the outset. This lack of being able to imagine outcomes is similar to human inability to comprehend the basics of compound interest when it comes to finances.
To put in simple terms, bounded problem statements have finite outcomes; whereas unbounded problem statements can have infinite outcomes. Unbounded problem statements are often also misunderstood to be incorrectly framed questions, of “infeasible” ones — something you often hear when builders project a future state of the world that seems “impossible”.
Interestingly, bounded versus unbounded problem statements have been studied extensively by mathematicians and physicists.
What separates unbounded problem statements from bounded ones is how constraints (or boundaries) are defined — and these boundaries are where infinite optimisation becomes feasible or infeasible.
“A linear programming problem is said to have unbounded solution if its solution can be made infinitely large without violating any of its constraints in the problem”
Unbounded problem statements (for startups) are often fraught with greater uncertainty, longer time horizons (often lasting decades), and a wider scope. Thats what makes them more exciting, and perhaps more worthy of pursuit — not just for the sake of outcomes, but also for the sake of adventure.
Google’s ambition of “organising the world’s information and making it universally accessible” is one example of an unbounded problem statement, and Bloomberg has a well defined problem statement as well “unleash the power of information and technology to organize, understand, and improve our world” — This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yours-cube/message
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Some examples of people quickly accomplishing ambitious things together.
BankAmericard. Dee Hock was given 90 days to launch the BankAmericard card (which became the Visa card), starting from scratch. He did. In that period, he signed up more than 100,000 customers. Source: Electronic Value Exchange. P-80 Shooting Star. Kelly Johnson and his team designed and delivered the P-80 Shooting Star, the first jet fighter used by the USAF, in 143 days. Source: Skunk Works. Marinship. "Shipyard construction was begun promptly after a telegram from the United States Maritime Commission was received by the W. A. Bechtel Company. The telegram was received on 2 March 1942, the Sausalito site selected on 3 March, and a proposal to build the shipyard presented in Washington DC was made on 9 March. Ten minutes into the presentation U. S. Maritime Commission administrators told the W.A. Bechtel Company to build the shipyard. Physical construction began on 28 March. Construction start was delayed two weeks to allow the 42 families living on Pine Point, which was scheduled to be demolished to build the shipyard, to move." The first ship was completed on September 15 of that year, 197 days after receiving the telegram. Source: Marinship on the Fast Track. The Spirit of St. Louis. In 1927, Donald Hall and Charles Lindbergh designed and built Spirit in 60 days. "To determine the amount of fuel the plane would need, Lindbergh and Hall drove to the San Diego Public Library at 820 E St. Using a globe and a piece of string, Lindbergh estimated the distance from New York to Paris. It came out to 3,600 statute miles, which Hall calculated would require 400 gallons of gas." Source: Ryan Airlines gave Lindbergh wings. The Eiffel Tower. The Eiffel Tower was built in 2 years and 2 months; that is, in 793 days. When completed in 1889, it became the tallest building in the world, a record it held for more than 40 years. It cost about $40 million in 2019 dollars. Source: Eiffel's Tower. Treasure Island. In 1935, San Francisco decided to commemorate the completion of the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges by building a new island as a home for the Golden Gate International Exposition. Treasure Island, a 400 acre man-made island in the middle of the San Francisco Bay, was the result. Construction started in 1935 and was complete by March 1937. Source: San Francisco Fair: Treasure Island. Apollo 8. On August 9 1968, NASA decided that Apollo 8 should go to the moon. It launched on December 21 1968, 134 days later. Source: Apollo Spacecraft Chronology. The Alaska Highway. Starting in 1942, 1,700 miles of military roadway were built over the course of 234 days, connecting eastern British Columbia with Fairbanks, Alaska. Source: The Alaska Highway. Disneyland. Walt Disney's conception of "The Happiest Place on Earth" was brought to life in 366 days. Source: Under Construction: A look inside Walt Disney’s Disneyland. The Empire State Building. Construction was started and finished in 410 days. Source: Empire State Building.
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The Illusion of Separation Wednesday, November 14, 2018Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM
Death and Resurrection: Week 1
The Illusion of Separation Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Hopefully we begin life as “holy innocents” in the Garden, with a conscious connection to Being. The gaze of loving, caring parents can mirror us as the beloved and gives us a primal experience of life as union. But sooner or later we all have to leave the Garden. We can’t stay there. We begin the process of individuation, which includes at least four major splits, ways of forgetting our inherent oneness and creating an illusion of separation.
The first split is very understandable. We split ourselves from other selves. We see mom and dad and other family members over there, and we’re over here. We start looking out at life with ourselves as the center point. It’s the beginning of egocentricity. My ego is the center; what I like, what I want, what I need is what matters. Please know that the ego is not bad; it is just not all. The development of a healthy, strong ego is important to human growth.
The second split divides life from death. It comes when we first experience the death of someone we know, perhaps a beloved pet or grandparent. The ego begins differentiating those who are alive and those who are gone. We may then spend our whole life trying to avoid any kind of death, including anything that’s negative, uncomfortable, difficult, unfamiliar, dangerous, or demanding. But at some point, we’ll discover that life and death, negative and positive, are part of the same unavoidable reality. Everything is living and dying simultaneously.
The third split separates mind from body and soul. In the West, we typically give the mind priority and come to identify strongly with our thoughts. As Descartes said, “I think, therefore I am.” By the age of seven most of us “think we are our thinking” and it’s our thinking that largely defines us. This is the lie that meditation helps us unravel.
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This language has significantly contributed to the entire world in many ways. It has given some very vital root words to the English language and mostly all the Indian languages including- Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil and Bengali. It has an astounding vocabulary – having 96 words for a single feeling – love. This tells that it is a language of love and humanity, peace and tranquillity. It is also called the language of heart. Whatever be the emotion one wishes to display – devotion, love, affection, fear, threat, anger, compassion, benevolence, admiration, surprise the most appropriate words of Sanskrit can flow like a gushing stream. No wonder, it is the oldest surviving literature in the world! Base of Sanskrit Language Sanskrit is based on root syllables and words. It is the only language which is derived from a root, as no other language has this characteristic it can be said that Sanskrit is probably the origin of verbal and written communication. The greatest epics of the Indian history are written in this language like- The Ramayana and Mahabharata. Mahabharata qualifies as the world’s largest epic with over 100000 verses. It is also recommended as the top language for use in Computational Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence by NASA. Sanskrit’s grammar is so great that no other language can match up. Current Scenario About Sanskrit Language The current status of the Sanskrit language is pitiable. The mother language needs special and urgent security. This is because of the acute fondness of the youth towards the European languages. The idea that this is a step towards transformation has made us think Sanskrit is an obsolete language. This is our responsibility to bring back the language which is the foundation of communication. For this we require to take some actions. We need more and more schools to teach Sanskrit and have some best quality Sanskrit teachers which tell the students about its- origin, importance and use so that they may understand their mother tongue well and have basic command on it. Even higher education, should be encouraged in this particular language that students get deeper knowledge about the language which has given birth to almost all the languages across the globe.
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Peak performance happens as a result of trying really hard, and then not trying at all. It’s a paradox. I’ve never met someone who has described a breakthrough performance as effortful or straining or tight. It’s the opposite: when people are at their best—whether it’s on the playing field, in the workplace, or in the artist’s studio—they report feeling loose, relaxed, and at ease. They aren’t thinking and they certainly aren’t trying. They are effortlessly flowing, one action leading to the next, completely immersed in what they are doing, in the zone.
In the 1970s, a psychologist named Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi coined this state of optimal performance as flow. Flow is most likely to occur when as little as possible gets between an actor and his or her act. That’s why a hallmark of flow is feeling as if you’re at one with what you’re doing. The less that gets in the way—doubt, worry, planning, wearable devices—the better.
Unfortunately, you can’t just pick up an activity and decide to get into flow. Even something as simple as running requires a learning period during which you’ve got to put forth effort and try. You’ve got to make things happen before you can let them happen.
A model of human development called the four phases of competence captures this progression quite well. Developed in the 1970s by an employee of the Gordon Training Institute, this model suggests that individuals advance from unconscious incompetence to conscious incompetence, to conscious competence, to unconscious competence. The endgame may be a total release from trying—flow—but you’ve got to work your way there.
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Imagine that I, in full view of live television cameras, raised my hands and chanted abracadabra and caused a brilliant light to be born, flaring in empty space beyond my outstretched hands. Imagine that I committed this act of blatant, unmistakeable sorcery under the full supervision of James Randi and all skeptical armies. Most people, I think, would be fairly curious as to what was going on.
But now suppose instead that I don’t go on television. I do not wish to share the power, nor the truth behind it. I want to keep my sorcery secret. And yet I also want to cast my spells whenever and wherever I please. I want to cast my brilliant flare of light so that I can read a book on the train—without anyone becoming curious. Is there a spell that stops curiosity?
Yes indeed! Whenever anyone asks “How did you do that?” I just say “Science!”
It’s not a real explanation, so much as a curiosity-stopper. It doesn’t tell you whether the light will brighten or fade, change color in hue or saturation, and it certainly doesn’t tell you how to make a similar light yourself. You don’t actually know anything more than you knew before I said the magic word. But you turn away, satisfied that nothing unusual is going on.
Better yet, the same trick works with a standard light switch.
Flip a switch and a light bulb turns on. Why?
In school, one is taught that the password to the light bulb is “Electricity!” By now, I hope, you’re wary of marking the light bulb “understood” on such a basis. Does saying “Electricity!” let you do calculations that will control your anticipation of experience? There is, at the least, a great deal more to learn.1
If you thought the light bulb was scientifically inexplicable, it would seize the entirety of your attention. You would drop whatever else you were doing, and focus on that light bulb.
But what does the phrase “scientifically explicable” mean? It means that someone else knows how the light bulb works. When you are told the light bulb is “scientifically explicable,” you don’t know more than you knew earlier; you don’t know whether the light bulb will brighten or fade. But because someone else knows, it devalues the knowledge in your eyes. You become less curious.
Someone is bound to say, “If the light bulb were unknown to science, you could gain fame and fortune by investigating it.” But I’m not talking about greed. I’m not talking about career ambition. I’m talking about the raw emotion of curiosity—the feeling of being intrigued. Why should your curiosity be diminished because someone else, not you, knows how the light bulb works? Is this not spite? It’s not enough for you to know; other people must also be ignorant, or you won’t be happy?
There are goods that knowledge may serve besides curiosity, such as the social utility of technology. For these instrumental goods, it matters whether some other entity in local space already knows. But for my own curiosity, why should it matter?
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Peter Thiel is one of the most exciting and original thinkers of our era, but many of his opinions are scattered across a range of talks and articles. So Jeremy Nixon and I have put together an organised presentation of his views on progress and stagnation, in his own words. The full document, which is a little over 100 pages, is here; below I've listed some of his key quotes.
While I don't agree with all of his opinions, I've found many of them very insightful and valuable. I'm particularly interested in understanding how to reconcile his views on stagnation with the sort of accelerationist view of technological progress portrayed here and elsewhere.
Key quotes:
- When tracked against the admittedly lofty hopes of the 1950s and 1960s, technological progress has fallen short in many domains.
- When we talk about how fast science is progressing, we do it with little precision. Are we accelerating in scientific and technical fields? How fast is this? In response, we get fairly vague answers. I would submit that the consensus in both a Silicon Valley and academic context is that we are doing great and that everything is just moving super fast. All these forms of accelerations. And we can debate whether it’s utopian - Kurzweil with the singularity is near, where all you need to do is sit back and eat some popcorn and watch the movie of the future unfold, or this dystopia, all the science fiction movies from Hollywood and all the robots will kill you, or you’ll be in this matrix - we’re either accelerating to utopia or accelerating to dystopia. The somewhat contrarian thesis I have on this is that perhaps the progress is not as fast as advertised. Things have been slower and have been slower for quite some time.
- The single most important economic development in recent times has been the broad stagnation of real wages and incomes since 1973, the year when oil prices quadrupled. To a first approximation, the progress in computers and the failure in energy appear to have roughly canceled each other out. Like Alice in the Red Queen’s race, we (and our computers) have been forced to run faster and faster to stay in the same place.
- Probably the only engineering fields that are doing really well are computer science and maybe, at this point, petroleum engineering. And most other areas of engineering have been bad career decisions the last 40 years … Nuclear engineering, aerospace engineering, were really catastrophic decisions for very talented people to go into. So even though rhetorically we always say that we want more science and engineering people, in practice, these have been extremely tough fields.
- You could say that all these gadgets and devices, they dazzle us but they also distract us from the ways in which our larger surroundings are strangely old. So we run cell phones while we’re riding in a 19th-century subway system in New York. San Francisco, the housing stock looks like it’s from the 50s and 60s, it’s mostly quite decrepit and incredibly hard to change these sort of things. So you have bits making progress, atoms are strangely very stuck.
- On our website, we have this tagline – “They promised us flying cars and all we got was 140 characters.” Which is a little bit of a dig at Twitter. But in some sense Twitter is probably a great business. The thousand people who work at Twitter are going to have well-paying jobs. I suspect it will last for decades. It’s probably not enough to take our civilization to the next level. But again it’s a mistake to blame Twitter for that. It’s more a problem with not enough happening elsewhere.
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When someone becomes an expert at something, you know what else they become? Annoying.
At a restaurant, your designer friend complains about the font on the menu, your musician friend complains about the background music, and your manager friend complains about the service. Why?
The problem is that their expertise makes them annoyed. They’re trained to spot errors. They’re so aware of what’s wrong. Even worse, they know exactly how to fix it. They learned the techniques to make things great, so they’re angry when someone didn’t do the obvious solution. They get so frustrated that they can’t focus on their meal, because now they really want to fix the problem.
These things don’t bother the rest of us. We’re easier to please. Good is good enough.
So only those who are the most upset, and know how to improve things, do the hard work necessary to make things great. The dissatisfied ones go make things better for all of us.
Why are experts annoying? For our benefit. They get mad so that we don’t have to.
Next time your friend is upset and ranting about design, politics, layout, economics, or something else you don’t care enough about, thank them for taking on the burden of knowing how to fix things, and remind them that it’s up to them to make it better.
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INDIAN VEDAS ARE OLDEST BUT APPLICABLE FOR MANY COMING CENTURIES.
The Boeing 747 took another step towards retirement last week. British Airways, the operator of the largest fleet of passenger 747s, announced that the distinctive aeroplane would not be returning to service after the pandemic. For all the rightful concern about the environmental cost of long-haul travel, the plane will be missed by passengers and pilots alike.
Mark Vanhoenacker, pilot and writer, describes the plane as “370 tonnes of aviation legend”. The first time I rode on the top deck of a 747, my own excitement was more childlike — but still surely justified. Modified 747s carried the Space Shuttle around on their backs, and have served as the official plane for US presidents since the time of George HW Bush. It is an iconic design. But what is often overlooked is the sheer longevity of the 747. The plane first flew before the 1969 Moon landing, and the British Airways announcement is hardly the end. The travel downturn caused by coronavirus may have accelerated its phasing out but new 747s are still being made as freight hauliers. That may soon stop but today’s planes are likely to still be flying in 2040 — and perhaps the 747 will even fly as an octogenarian in 2050.
We are used to replacing laptops after three or four years, and phones even more frequently. A computer first used in 1969 would be a museum piece now. Yet many technologies last much longer, as another museum piece attests. London’s Science Museum boasts a vast red steam engine that one might assume dated to the industrial revolution. In fact, it was built in the 20th century and powered a Lancashire cotton mill well into the space age.
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When you experience someone else’s genius work, a little part of you feels, “That’s what I could have, would have, and should have done!”
Someone else did it. You didn’t.
They fought the resistance. You gave in to distractions.
They made it top priority. You said you’d get to it some day.
They took the time. You meant to.
When this happens, you can take it two ways:
You could let that part of you give up. “Oh well. Now I don’t need to make that anymore.”
Or you could do something about that jealous pain. Shut off your phone, kill the distractions, make it top priority, and spend the time.
It takes many hours to make what you want to make. The hours don’t suddenly appear. You have to steal them from comfort. Whatever you were doing before was comfortable. This is not. This will be really uncomfortable.
The few times in my life I’ve made a real change like this, it felt awful on the surface. I wasn’t shallow-happy about it. I wasn’t smiling. I was annoyed and fighting it inside, but on the outside I did the work. And in the end, got the deeper satisfaction of finishing.
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It’s tough to be a creator.
It’s even tougher to do it consistently. The hurdles to creation are many and the way around is usually the hardest route. The sight of others’ success in public weighs heavy like an anchor keeping us from going anywhere.
If there’s an anchor weighing us down, the mass of that anchor is made up by perfectionism.
I’m not a perfectionist. Far from it, in fact. This trait has proved contradictory to the norm in my professional industry planning events and travel for corporate clients. Every day I’m made aware that perfectionist qualities are something I shun, having done so over and over again for five years.
But when it comes to creating, suddenly my standards morph. I become Steve Jobs creating the original Macbook, demanding nothing less than perfection. What does this say about the act of producing for public consumption?
It means there’s something immensely scary about uninhibitedly tossing our creation out into the world.
If we look to business we can find a way around this, and all it takes is a simple change in approach.
Embrace minimum viable creativity.
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Creative people are often seen as a rarity: smart, curious, and able to look at the world with fresh eyes. A common misconception is that creativity cannot be cultivated, and that instead some lucky people have an innate sense of creativity. But this assumption is wrong. According to classical psychology research, there are three main types of creativity: exploratory, transformational, and combinational creativity.
While we often force ourselves to use exploratory creativity—generating new ideas within a given space—or transformational creativity—ignoring fundamental rules to come up with potentially impossible but highly creative ideas—the reality is that most new ideas come from combinational creativity.
Combinational creativity is the process of combining old ideas to come up with something new. Of course it’s exciting to believe that we’re able to come up with unique concepts out of thin air, but the most celebrated creators, such as artists, scientists, inventors, or writers, are also strong advocates for exploring as many old ideas as possible in order to create your own.
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Michael Natkin at Glowforge recently wrote a great post titled Strong Opinion Loosely Held Might Be The Worst Idea In Tech. I have never liked this entrepreneurial cliché. While I have a large personality, I don’t have a temper and I’m not argumentative. I try hard to listen (although I’m not always great at it), try to express my thoughts as “data” rather than “opinions”, and try to evolve my thinking based on the inputs that I get. I’ve always felt that people who had “strong opinions loosely held” (SOLH) were simply being bombastic. Sometimes I could see that they were being provocative. Occasionally I’d give them credit for changing their mind about something based on new data. But usually, I discount their first opinion (or assertion) since I knew they didn’t have much conviction around it. Michael’s post opened up an entirely new way for me to think about this, and to continue to dislike SOLH. He has two magic paragraphs in the post. The first is the setup: “The idea of strong opinions, loosely held is that you can make bombastic statements, and everyone should implicitly assume that you’ll happily change your mind in a heartbeat if new data suggests you are wrong. It is supposed to lead to a collegial, competitive environment in which ideas get a vigorous defense, the best of them survive, and no-one gets their feelings hurt in the process.“
There’s that word bombastic again. Hang on it to it while we get to the punchline of Michael’s post. “What really happens? The loudest, most bombastic engineer states their case with certainty, and that shuts down discussion. Other people either assume the loudmouth knows best, or don’t want to stick out their neck and risk criticism and shame. This is especially true if the loudmouth is senior, or there is any other power differential.“
Unless the other people in the room are also bombastic, the discussion shuts down and the strong opinion loosely held is accepted, or at least reinforced. Power dynamics amplify this – if the leader is bombastic, head nodding ensues. If you are an underrepresented minority in the room, challenging the SOLH can be even more difficult. Even if, as a leader, you have tried to establish a culture of challenging everyone’s’ opinions, the loudest, most forceful, and most assertive person in the room will often have the leading opinion. It’s exhausting, at least for some of us, to have to fight against that. I’m not even sure that a “strong opinion loosely held” qualifies as something useful. I’m fine with “strong opinions supported by data and experience.” I’m less good with “strong opinions supported by belief” as I don’t really know what underlies “belief” for many people. But it’s the loosely held part that I struggle with. Basically, a SOLH is simply a hypothesis. If someone says to me, “I have a hypothesis”, I assume they are asking me my view about their hypothesis. So – when someone presents me with a SOLH, you’ll often hear me ask “do you think that is the truth or is that a hypothesis?” I’ve found this pretty effective for breaking through the LH part. Michael’s article has a gem in at the end about how to interact with the SOHL person that he goes through in the final section called This (Actually) Hurt A Bit...I won’t spoil it for you – go read it.
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