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Andrew Keller
Every morning Larry and Andrew dig into a quote, idea, or an interesting guest that has caught their eye. The hope is that their chat inspires you to never stop thinking and possibly challenges you in a new way.
Long time friends, Larry and Andrew each bring a unique perspective to each topic. Larry, with over 20 years of broadcasting experience, and a self proclaimed "Question Evangelist" is never at a loss for words. No matter the topic Larry is always ready to dive in to the finer details and get to the heart of the topic. The many jobs held by Andrew are seemingly endless. Bus driver, buffalo wrangler, medical researcher, dental assistant, general contractor to actor are just few of the hats he has worn. This array of job experience give Andrew the ability to look at the world through many different lenses.
https://www.sfgate.com/politics-op-eds/article/San-Francisco-retail-theft-Chesa-Boudin-crime-16716651.php
https://www.etonline.com/jennifer-aniston-reveals-she-walked-out-of-friends-reunion-after-being-reminded-of-hardest-time-of
https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/culture/catholic-contributions/what-makes-human-acts-good-or-bad.html (https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/culture/catholic-contributions/what-makes-human-acts-good-or-bad.html)
https://deadline.com/2021/12/michael-sheen-declares-himself-a-not-for-profit-actor-1234886776/?fbclid=IwAR35R_Wf9140l65bPY-jzT2vc0HxKq_43gDz6l0bc65k6hjK0ROdEkmFG-M
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/14/business-food/diet-soda-zero-sugar/index.html (https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/14/business-food/diet-soda-zero-sugar/index.html)
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/13/media/slug-time-person-year-elon-musk/index.html (https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/13/media/slug-time-person-year-elon-musk/index.html)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/26/arts/television/its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia-rob-mcelhenney.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuonUktbfqohlSVUZBSbcR8Q86QGLgfXRwac9gXm5LTSODD9G0O0EGM2b5kHLdO9iYZ4r3zWfTdNMNKcvRfU31OhVeklmRg2or52ClYVDIzkwrcj7eFIK6K_3fOJy9y72PC7-If1jxba7slXdPTXrDKDchmkgJAZivZczcF-10SMJkbPFQONx2tl9jf13ActqVHxXMnnxyvrtAx54Ot-GbAiNqVVlHrEEBkyA2IKU-LkCcw1NCVnZTXgZ4Wk07NxUOdJ_L7-oZld7O5K42eNNfzQueIS5BJQxR5zXlKFpttPOrh-Lz8m0z5YmBWzttSweVwlViq6NlCVZ5Zw&smid=em-share
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/02/college-applications-rebounded-by-22percent-this-yearheres-why-.html?__source=sharebar
https://www.lifehack.org/644589/do-you-need-to-be-a-jerk-to-become-successful (https://www.lifehack.org/644589/do-you-need-to-be-a-jerk-to-become-successful)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/900-bettercom-employees-learn-their-jobs-are-being-eliminated-in-a-zoom-call/ar-AARwETi
Author and Benedictine sister Joan Chittister catalogs how some of the most common images of God influence our behavior and reminds us that we can choose more helpful and loving images. In the long light of human history, then, it is not belief in God that sets us apart. It is the kind of God in which we choose to believe that in the end makes all the difference. Some believe in a God of wrath and become wrathful with others as a result. Some believe in a God who is indifferent to the world and, when they find themselves alone, as all of us do at some time or another, shrivel up and die inside from the indifference they feel in the world around them. Some believe in a God who makes traffic lights turn green and so become the children of magical coincidence . . . . Some believe in a God of laws and crumble in spirit and psyche when they themselves break them or else become even more stern in demanding from others standards they themselves cannot keep. They conceive of God as the manipulator of the universe, rather than its blessing-Maker. . . . I have known all of those Gods in my own life. They have all failed me. I have feared God and been judgmental of others. I have used God to get me through life and, as a result, failed to take steps to change life myself. I have been blind to the God within me and so, thinking of God as far away, have failed to make God present to others. I have allowed God to be mediated to me through images of God foreign to the very idea of God: God the puppeteer, God the potentate, God the persecutor make a mockery of the very definition of God. I have come to the conclusion, after a lifetime of looking for God, that such a divinity is a graven image of ourselves, that such a deity is not a god big enough to believe in. Indeed, it is the God in whom we choose to believe that determines the rest of life for us. In our conception of the nature of God lies the kernel of the spiritual life. Made in the image of God, we grow in the image of the God we make for ourselves. . . .
https://www.housebeautiful.com/uk/lifestyle/a25333519/when-to-put-up-your-christmas-tree/
‘Art is standing with one hand extended into the universe and one hand extended into the world, and letting ourselves be a conduit for passing energy.’ Albert Einstein
https://www.goldmansachs.com/insights/pages/crusoe-energy-b-and-i-2021.html (https://www.goldmansachs.com/insights/pages/crusoe-energy-b-and-i-2021.html) how renewable energy gets generated and how it actually gets consumed
Erma Bombeck: “Thanksgiving dinners take 18 hours to prepare. They are consumed in 12 minutes. Half-times take 12 minutes. This is not a coincidence.”
Whenever I look at anything, I wonder how it works, and then I wonder how it could work better. Could I make it work better? Is there a technology I could use? Is there a way I can reconfigure it? Is there a radical breakthrough I could do for lateral thinking that would make a huge difference? So I just think like that all the time - Sir James Dyson
I don’t have a dishwasher, and my life is better for it. I do my dishes by hand, immediately after each meal. I put on headphones and listen to two to three songs. I sing to myself a little. https://www.gawker.com/culture/against-the-dishwasher (https://www.gawker.com/culture/against-the-dishwasher)
“We are protecting prices, it’s as important to our guests this year as safety has been throughout the pandemic.” https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/17/target-tgt-q3-2021earnings.html (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/17/target-tgt-q3-2021earnings.html)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/11/internet-newsletters-dave-pell/620664/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-amazing-things-youll-do-in-the-metaverse-and-what-it-will-take-to-get-there-11634396401 (https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-amazing-things-youll-do-in-the-metaverse-and-what-it-will-take-to-get-there-11634396401)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/09/california-women-gave-birth-to-each-others-babies-after-ivf-mix-up (California women gave birth to each other’s babies after IVF mix-up)
https://detroitsportsnation.com/mhsaa-drops-ball-by-disqualifying-runner-for-unacceptable-conduct-at-finish-line/wgbrady/high-schoolpreps/11/08/2021/261344/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/11/09/general-electric-split/#:~:text=GE%20Healthcare%20is%20slated%20to,and%20be%20led%20by%20Culp. (GE, in a 'defining moment,' moves to break up its business)
Instead of buying your children all the things you never had, you should teach them all the things you were never taught. Material wears out but knowledge stays. – Bruce Lee
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-04/meat-prices-higher-in-u-s-as-3-000-bonuses-fail-to-end-worker-shortage?srnd=checkout&sref=14Z55afH (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-04/meat-prices-higher-in-u-s-as-3-000-bonuses-fail-to-end-worker-shortage?srnd=checkout&sref=14Z55afH)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2021/10/27/garlic-earache-cure-not-so-far-doctor-debunks-old-medical-myth/6171979001/
“How did the best cooks you know become the best? It wasn’t by following a recipe.” Here is an article: https://time.com/6107039/david-chang-priya-krishna-cooking-at-home/ (https://time.com/6107039/david-chang-priya-krishna-cooking-at-home/)
https://interestingengineering.com/everlasting-lightbulbs-exist-ed (https://interestingengineering.com/everlasting-lightbulbs-exist-ed)
“Five minutes into eternity, what are you going to be glad that you held onto that kept you from Jesus?” https://twitter.com/plattdavid (https://twitter.com/plattdavid)
https://medium.com/@gaynebula/the-selfish-empathy-hypothesis-1f2d2fcac4c (https://medium.com/@gaynebula/the-selfish-empathy-hypothesis-1f2d2fcac4c)
"Take, Lord, receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, my whole will, all that I have and all that I possess. You gave it all to me, Lord; I give it all back to you. Do with it as you will, according to your good pleasure. Give me your love and your grace; for with this I have all that I need." Prayer of St. Ignatius
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20130508134549-900547-why-you-should-let-people-call-you-by-a-nickname-fortune-50-ceos-do/ (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20130508134549-900547-why-you-should-let-people-call-you-by-a-nickname-fortune-50-ceos-do/) counter point https://peoplefirstps.medium.com/the-simple-reason-you-shouldnt-use-nicknames-a2375953e106 (https://peoplefirstps.medium.com/the-simple-reason-you-shouldnt-use-nicknames-a2375953e106)
“socializing was survival, and survival was socializing.” Greeting rituals, cultural traditions, and even religions flourished in service to the greater good—progress and prosperity through connection with an increasing number of strangers. https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a37015472/the-power-of-strangers-joe-keohane-review/ (https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a37015472/the-power-of-strangers-joe-keohane-review/)
"Most humans can be placed into three major categories of tasters—nontasters, tasters, and supertasters, roughly in the ratio of 25 percent: 50 percent: 25 percent"
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/18/world/mummy-tattoos-healing-religion-partner-scn/index.html (https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/18/world/mummy-tattoos-healing-religion-partner-scn/index.html)
https://www.tmz.com/2021/09/12/lana-del-rey-quits-social-media-controversies/ (https://www.tmz.com/2021/09/12/lana-del-rey-quits-social-media-controversies/) "For right now, I think I'm going to just keep my circle a little bit closer and continue to develop some other skills and interests."
There’s no such thing as a safe tobacco product, so FDA’s safe and effective standard for evaluating medical products is not appropriate for tobacco products. Instead, FDA regulates tobacco products based on a public health standard that considers the product’s risks to the population as a whole
https://medium.com/the-post-grad-survival-guide/hustle-culture-why-is-everyone-working-too-hard-69f9f5331ab5#:~:text=Hustle%20culture%20
"When I think of a Managing Director, I see an old man in a grey suit. I see someone that is removed from the day-to-day experiences of their team. I don’t see myself. For a long time, this meant that I felt like an imposter in my role; like at any moment, someone would notice that I wasn’t an old man in a grey suit and kick me out. I thought this because I wasn’t seeing MDs that looked like me. I was 32, a woman and I’d never stepped foot in a grey suit. I was someone who wanted to be involved in the day-to-day experiences of their team. I wanted to know that I was using my influence to bring happiness to the workplace. So, for the past 5 years, I’ve been doing exactly that, all the while creating a new image of a Managing Director in my head. You can’t be what you can’t see. And now I see me."
And common enemies make friendships grow stronger. One https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1475-6811.2006.00109.x (study) found that people are more likely to bond over a shared dislike – rather than a shared fondness – of a third party. Denigrating an enemy can also boost our https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1207/s15327957pspr0201_3 (self-esteem) by making us and the groups we identify with seem better in comparison. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/words-matter/201812/do-we-need-common-enemy (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/words-matter/201812/do-we-need-common-enemy)
https://nypost.com/2021/10/07/critics-blast-dave-chappelle-netflix-for-ridiculing-trans-people/
"Many grandstanders are in a moral arms race. They aren’t trying to figure out the truth—they’re trying to impress their audience" https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/grandstanding-use-abuse-moral-talk-bookbite/24787/ (https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/grandstanding-use-abuse-moral-talk-bookbite/24787/)
You get to really know somehow by how you feel when they leave your presence -Oscar Wilde
“the greatest indicator of life span wasn’t genetics, diet, or the amount of daily exercise, as many had suspected. It was lung capacity.” ― James Nestor, https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/74281999 (Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art)
Elements of an apology https://taylorcounselinggroup.com/blog/five-elements-of-an-apology/ (https://taylorcounselinggroup.com/blog/five-elements-of-an-apology/)
https://www.txstate.edu/philosophy/resources/fallacy-definitions/Slippery-Slope.html (https://www.txstate.edu/philosophy/resources/fallacy-definitions/Slippery-Slope.html)
So often, children are punished for being human. They are not allowed to have grumpy moods, bad days, disrespectful tones, or bad attitudes. Yet, we adults have them all the time. None of us are perfect. We must stop holding our children to a higher standard of perfection than we can attain ourselves. - Rebecca Eanes
“One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute.” – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Feather (William Feather)
"And here, perhaps, is why Norm Macdonald died less famous than he should have been. He cared about jokes too much, when the business of comedy is not actually about jokes so much as audience shares and sponsors and streams and tickets. The comedy-consuming public claims to care nothing for these matters, of course; we only want funnier and funnier jokes. That is the theory, anyway, but in practice, the public is depressingly susceptible to hype. Fake funny sells" https://www.gawker.com/celebrity/norm-macdonald-loved-jokes (https://www.gawker.com/celebrity/norm-macdonald-loved-jokes)
“I believe the truth is only offensive when we're lying.” ― Matthew McConaughey, https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/78998213 (Greenlights)
“Our attitude towards immigration reflects our faith in the American ideal. We have always believed it possible for men and women who start at the bottom to rise as far as the talent and energy allow. Neither race nor place of birth should affect their chances.” Senator Robert F. Kennedy
https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/hbo-shed-5m-subscribers-this-week-5557450/ (https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/hbo-shed-5m-subscribers-this-week-5557450/)
https://www.wikihow.com/Know-if-You%27re-Too-Old-for-Something (https://www.wikihow.com/Know-if-You%27re-Too-Old-for-Something)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/08/business/remote-office-co-workers-working-from-home.html
“On September 11, I always take the day off. I want to be in a peaceful quiet place praying. It is a day I both mourn and celebrate.” — Genelle Guzman-McMillan, was the last survivor pulled from the 9/11 Ground Zero debris after twenty-seven hours
https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/zipper-merge-driving-merging-courtesy-rules-state-laws-heavy-traffic.html
https://www.gawker.com/culture/the-irish-goodbye (https://www.gawker.com/culture/the-irish-goodbye) Quote: "Are all goodbyes rehearsals for this final one? It would be too dramatic to insist on this, but I do think there’s a shade of deep fear embedded in many of our goodbyes..
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/31/tech/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-jury-selection/index.html
https://www.yahoo.com/now/why-stopped-sharing-running-pace-205539919.html (https://www.yahoo.com/now/why-stopped-sharing-running-pace-205539919.html)
There is no such thing as a failed experiment — only unexpected outcomes. - Buckminster Fuller
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/08/gavin-newsom-california-recall/619848/
“Vaccination is a barbarous practice and one of the most fatal of all the delusions current in our time. Conscientious objectors to vaccination should stand alone, if need be, against the whole world, in defense of their conviction.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/live-life-creatively/201908/what-you-need-know-heading-college
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p09fc6tx/the-truth-behind-the-nordic-myth-of-endless-wealth
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/07/white-lotus-rich-people-vacation-privilege/619450/
I think a lot about what nobody's done. Just find that little, slightly original thing.
https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/f78ef73b0ec05885bea688295e02cf0149f78e2f?notrack=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independentwestand.org%2Fwhat-happens-when-you-shop-local%2F&userId=2307055&signature=e6f0234d86b7938f (https://www.independentwestand.org/what-happens-when-you-shop-local/)
https://www.inc.com/larry-robertson/the-all-knowing-leader-has-always-been-a-lie-now-its-a-liability.html (https://www.inc.com/larry-robertson/the-all-knowing-leader-has-always-been-a-lie-now-its-a-liability.html)
"Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?" - Douglas Adams.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-first-and-last-emperor-of-america/id1468332063?i=1000514985677
https://nypost.com/2021/08/11/andrew-cuomos-fall-is-a-reminder-never-to-idolize-politicians/
https://www.betterhelp.com/advice/general/color-coded-what-your-favorite-color-says-about-you/
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/09/1025898341/major-report-warns-climate-change-is-accelerating-and-humans-must-cut-emissions-
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/08/pandemic-american-shoppers-nightmare/619650/
"Kindness and compassion are not factory settings that are unalterable,” he said. “They’re skills that you can develop, and one of the ways to develop that skill is through meditation"
Pressure is a privilege,” Djokovic said to reporters on Wednesday. “Without pressure there is no professional sport. If you are aiming to be at the top of the game you better start learning how to deal with pressure. And how to cope with those moments on the court but also off the court, all the expectations.”
https://morethanorganized.net/5-ways-to-declutter-fast/ (https://morethanorganized.net/5-ways-to-declutter-fast/)
"self control is a finite resource" https://hbr.org/2016/11/have-we-been-thinking-about-willpower-the-wrong-way-for-30-years (https://hbr.org/2016/11/have-we-been-thinking-about-willpower-the-wrong-way-for-30-years)
“If end-of-life discussions were an experimental drug, the FDA would approve it.” ― Atul Gawande, https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/40015533 (Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End)
From this book:
http://atulgawande.com/book/being-mortal/ (http://atulgawande.com/book/being-mortal/)
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/62421/11-american-behaviors-are-considered-rude-around-world
https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/6bf39ca9d9db6adf315523b46a710da29ce93e99?notrack=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fteacher-network%2F2018%2Fmar%2F07%2Fdoes-being-able-to-write-by-hand-still-matter-in-2018&userId=2307055&signature=122fd1985c78c308 (https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2018/mar/07/does-being-able-to-write-by-hand-still-matter-in-2018)
https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/22538526/playlists-spotify-music-pop-stars-charts (https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/22538526/playlists-spotify-music-pop-stars-charts)
https://www.thecut.com/2021/07/2021-olympics-controversy-makes-the-games-hard-to-watch.html (https://www.thecut.com/2021/07/2021-olympics-controversy-makes-the-games-hard-to-watch.html)
As https://www.insidehook.com/article/advice/the-difference-between-texting-k-ok-kk-explained (I’ve written in the past), texting the words “okay, kk and k” all have different meanings, but “k” is by far the deadliest: “When you send a ‘k,’ what you’re saying is: I don’t care what you’ve said and I don’t want to talk to you anymore. https://www.insidehook.com/article/internet/gen-z-question-marks (What Does Gen Z Have Against Question Marks.)
TV in the bedroom https://www.becomingminimalist.com/18-darn-good-reasons-to-get-the-tv-out-of-the-bedroom/#:~:text=Not%20only%20does%20television%20in,2. (https://www.becomingminimalist.com/18-darn-good-reasons-to-get-the-tv-out-of-the-bedroom/#:~:text=Not%20only%20does%20television%20in,2.)
What Drives Conspiracism The dominant culture has gone mad. Of course lonely people on the internet believe crazy things. Peggy Noonan - WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-drives-conspiracism-11622759795?st=9utq2e9toqvuo2s&reflink=article_email_share (https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-drives-conspiracism-11622759795?st=9utq2e9toqvuo2s&reflink=article_email_share)
Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it's having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome. - Brene Brown
https://forge.medium.com/instead-of-saying-im-sorry-say-thank-you-for-understanding-674b0c12bbd5
https://jalopnik.com/these-are-the-definitive-rules-for-airplane-armrest-all-1847095061 (https://jalopnik.com/these-are-the-definitive-rules-for-airplane-armrest-all-1847095061)
“Repetition is the mother of learning, the father of action, which makes it the architect of accomplishment.” (Zig Ziglar)
in-person collaboration is essential to our culture and our future https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/29/22556615/apple-response-hybrid-work-model-employee-letter-remote (https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/29/22556615/apple-response-hybrid-work-model-employee-letter-remote)
https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/productive-emotional-intelligence-25-5-rule-how-to-achieve-more-focus-avoid-distraction-get-more-done-be-more-productive-warren-buffet.html
https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/google-ceo-sundar-pichai-says-his-mentor-asked-him-1-question-every-week-leader-alphabet-columbia-university-bill-campbell.html
This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill—the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill—you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Remember: all I'm offering is the truth. Nothing more"
The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self https://www.amazon.com/Comfort-Crisis-Embrace-Discomfort-Reclaim/dp/0593138767
overslept, / so tired. / if late, / get fired. / why bother? / why the pain? / just go home / do it again
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/12/684449538/beginnings-always-hide-themselves-in-the-end-mike-posner-on-grieving-growing-and (https://www.npr.org/2019/01/12/684449538/beginnings-always-hide-themselves-in-the-end-mike-posner-on-grieving-growing-and) https://www.outsideonline.com/2406234/mike-posner-walk#close (https://www.outsideonline.com/2406234/mike-posner-walk#close)
She was an unusual kind of nun," says Mark. "She didn't sing very well, she was frequently late to her required duties around the convent and she threw sticks for the communal dogs which was not allowed.
I sat down to watch [the reunion], fully expecting to hate it, but was crying within minutes. A couple of articles: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/friends-reunion-director-ben-winston-reveals-unseen-details-1234960702/ (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/friends-reunion-director-ben-winston-reveals-unseen-details-1234960702/) https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/jun/01/a-banal-excruciating-mess-you-review-friends-the-reunion (https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/jun/01/a-banal-excruciating-mess-you-review-friends-the-reunion)
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/YouTube-radicalization-algorithm-recommended-covid-16169197.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-CP-Spotlight (https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/YouTube-radicalization-algorithm-recommended-covid-16169197.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-CP-Spotlight)
The thing about politics is that nobody leaves a political discussion happy. - UNCREDITED
Why living a life of gratitude will NOT make you any happier. https://www.fasttracktohappiness.com/
Just because something has been good in the past... doesn't mean it will continue to be good. David Chang
Enjoy the little things in life bc one day you’ll look back and realize they were the big things. Robert Brault
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. —Viktor Frankl
Work hard and go home https://money.cnn.com/2015/11/30/pf/slack-work-life-balance/index.html
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/05/02/hard-times-dont-make-strong-soldiers-warrior-myth/ (https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/05/02/hard-times-dont-make-strong-soldiers-warrior-myth/)
To be burned out is to be used up, like a battery so depleted that it can’t be recharged. In people, unlike batteries, it is said to produce the defining symptoms of “burnout syndrome”: exhaustion, cynicism, and loss of efficacy. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/24/burnout-modern-affliction-or-human-condition (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/24/burnout-modern-affliction-or-human-condition)
A century ago, to live was essentially to have to put effort into life. Most jobs at the time, around 85 percent of them, required a lot of manual labor. And now I think only 10 percent do. As we’ve sort of engineered movement out of our life, moving is now really uncomfortable
Pretend you are walking along a trail, he explained, and there is a cliff in 500 yards. The catch: The cliff is death and we will all walk off it. “Buddha died. Jesus died. You will die. I will die. I would like to die on that bed,” said the Khenpo, pointing to a twin mattress on the floor. “Don’t you want to know that there’s a cliff?” he asked. Because only then can we change our course. We could take a more scenic route, notice the beauty of the trail before it ends, say the things we truly want to say to the people we’re walking it with.
https://www.amazon.com/Comfort-Crisis-Embrace-Discomfort-Reclaim/dp/0593138767 (https://www.amazon.com/Comfort-Crisis-Embrace-Discomfort-Reclaim/dp/0593138767)
An old man meets a young man who asks: “Do you remember me?” And the old man says no. Then the young man tells him he was his student, And the teacher asks: “What do you do, what do you do in life?” The young man answers: “Well, I became a teacher.” “ah, how good, like me?” Asks the old man. “Well, yes. In fact, I became a teacher because you inspired me to be like you.” The old man, curious, asks the young man at what time he decided to become a teacher. And the young man tells him the following story: “One day, a friend of mine, also a student, came in with a nice new watch, and I decided I wanted it and I stole it, I took it out of his pocket. Shortly after, my friend noticed the flight and immediately complained to our teacher, who was you. Then you went to the class: ‘This student's watch was stolen during classes today. Whoever stole it, please return it.’ I didn't give it back because I didn't want to. Then you closed the door and told us all to get up and you were going to search our pockets one by one until the watch was found. But you told us to close our eyes, because you would only look for his watch if we all had our eyes closed. So we did, and you went from pocket to pocket, and when you went through my pocket, you found the watch and took it. You kept searching everyone's pockets, and when you were done you said ‘open your eyes. We have the watch.’ You didn't tell me and you never mentioned the episode. You never said who stole the watch either. That day you saved my dignity forever. It was the most shameful day of my life. But this is also the day my dignity was saved and I decided not to become a thief, a bad person, etc. You never said anything, nor even scold me or took me aside to give me a moral lesson, I received your message clearly. And thanks to you, I understood what a real educator needs to do. Do you remember this episode, professor? And the professor answers: ‘I remember the situation, the stolen watch, which I was looking for in everyone’s pocket, but I didn't remember you, because I also closed my eyes while looking.’ This is the essence of teaching: If to correct you must humiliate; you don't know how to teach "
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/apr/27/the-clockwork-universe-is-free-will-an-illusion (The clockwork universe: is free will an illusion?) https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/apr/27/the-clockwork-universe-is-free-will-an-illusion
The process of competitively selecting https://1800anytyme.com/ (contractors) to perform work is based on a system of rewards and penalties, all distributed randomly.” – Norman R. Augustine
Nothing to win, nothing to prove, nothing to win, nothing to lose, no sweat, no big deal. https://www.gq.com/story/anthony-hopkins-happiness (https://www.gq.com/story/anthony-hopkins-happiness)
https://medium.com/@ashleyrindsberg/the-deep-lessons-we-can-learn-from-my-octopus-teacher-99ecc5f2fe3 (The Deep Lessons We Can Learn from “My Octopus Teacher”) https://medium.com/@ashleyrindsberg/the-deep-lessons-we-can-learn-from-my-octopus-teacher-99ecc5f2fe3
Waiving at Strangers https://medium.com/share-the-love/waving-at-strangers-c562a9e30099 (https://medium.com/share-the-love/waving-at-strangers-c562a9e30099)
“He who learns must suffer, and, even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.” Aeschylus
a billionaire is not likely to be any happier than you are... https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/04/money-income-buy-happiness/618601/
revenge bedtime procrastination https://www.bbc.co.uk/worklife/article/20201123-the-psychology-behind-revenge-bedtime-procrastination
Why Sports Make You Miserable, According to Science https://lifehacker.com/why-sports-make-you-miserable-according-to-science-1846715851
https://www.theclintoncourier.net/2020/04/30/the-importance-of-having-the-right-tools-for-the-job/ (https://www.theclintoncourier.net/2020/04/30/the-importance-of-having-the-right-tools-for-the-job/)
There is no limit to the amount of good you can do, if you don't care who gets the credit.
You are too scared to spend 5 years learning something new because you are 40 - yet in 5 years you will be 45 and wish you started at 40. Start now. Start where you are. Don't regret it later. - Dr Amy Shah
https://www.businessoffashion.com/opinions/retail/future-of-retail-doug-stephens-amazon-alibaba-walmart-jd-com?source=emailshare (https://www.businessoffashion.com/opinions/retail/future-of-retail-doug-stephens-amazon-alibaba-walmart-jd-com?source=emailshare) "In nature, they’re referred to as apex predators. In retail, they’re called Amazon, Alibaba, Walmart and JD.com"
This Is What Signature Analysis Reveals About You https://bestlifeonline.com/signature-analysis/
“Unfortunately, Feng Shui has mingled with superstition. Luckily, it’s easy to expose myths. Don’t think ‘things’, think ‘energy’.” ― Stefan Emunds
"A person doesn't know how much he has to be thankful for until he has to pay taxes on it." -anonymous
I do not fix problems. I fix my thinking, then problems fix themselves. - Louise L. Hay
Pressure is what you live for...if you are going to be successful in life, you're going to have pressure. - Jack Nicklaus
"Next time someone is short with you in line at the grocery store, instead of chalking it up to that person being a jerk, ask yourself if maybe there’s something going on in that person’s life that would make it hard for them to find the energy to be polite". https://www.relevantmagazine.com/faith/chip-gaines-the-revolutionary-act-of-assuming-the-best-about-others/
"In this regard, people generally have a poor sense of timing. “Conversations almost never ended when both conversants wanted them to,” concluded the authors of https://www.pnas.org/content/118/10/e2011809118 (a study published earlier this month) that asked people about recent interactions with loved ones, friends, and strangers. https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/03/conversations-never-end/618309/
https://pethelpful.com/pet-ownership/8-Top-Reasons-Not-To-Get-A-Pet https://petdoorproducts.com/7-reasons-why-you-should-have-a-pet/ (https://petdoorproducts.com/7-reasons-why-you-should-have-a-pet/)
The Grass is Greener on the Other Side https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/grass-is-always-greener-on-the-other-side
Reputations Are Hard To Build And Easy To Lose https://www.forbes.com/sites/victorlipman/2019/01/03/management-tip-reputations-are-hard-to-build-and-easy-to-lose/?sh=3ae082b53e6b
Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting. Joyce Meyer
MAWAGE is wot bwings us togeder tooday. MAWAGE, that bwessed awangment, that dweam wifin a dweam... And wuv, tru wuv, will fowow you foweva... So tweasure your wuv
From the book The Inner Game Of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallway; "Haven't we been told since childhood that we're never going to amount to anything unless we try hard? So what does it mean when we observe someone who is trying too hard? Is it best to try medium-hard?"
3 Reasons Why Sharing Recipes is Important (and the Many Ways to Do It) https://www.dvo.com/newsletter/weekly/2018/9-28-369/cooknart10.html
Quidquid recipitur ad modum recipientis recipitur.- Thomas Aquinas "Whatever is received is received according to the manner of the receiver."
“Music is the strongest form of magic.” – https://www.musicnotes.com/search/go?w=Marilyn%20Manson&utm_source=Musicnotes%20Now&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=50-Inspirational-Quotes-About-Music-mdash-Musicnotes-Now (Marilyn Manson)
"That’s how you can tell that you’re filling yourself with the wrong things. You use a lot of energy, and in the end, you feel emptier and less comfortable than ever.” - Glennon Doyle
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle
What If You Don't Want To Be A Leader? https://www.forbes.com/sites/ellevate/2019/07/17/what-if-you-dont-want-to-be-a-leader/?sh=38fc9a082745
Beginner's Mind Shunryu Suzuki "In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few."
You can do all the intermittent fasting, you can stick to your diet perfectly, you can even exercise twice a day— but if you don’t heal what’s in your heart and in your mind— you are still unhealthy.
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. - The Dalai Lama
I want to be grateful for the food on my table instead of eating each other alive. - The Lone Bellow
I am a founder. I did not collect baseball cards, sell things as a child or start any business in college. I simply did not want to work for others and wanted to execute my own ideas. - Kim Taylor - https://twitter.com/kimmytaylor (https://twitter.com/kimmytaylor)
Done is better than perfect. https://www.planningmindfully.com/done-is-better-than-perfect/
“‘Being a professional,’ Julius Erving once said, ‘is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don’t feel like doing them.’”
“That’s the thing I love about sports: sports force you to quit. You can’t pursue your dream till you’re 46. When it comes to acting, writing, comedy, nobody ever stops you.” - Adam Carolla
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/what-are-benefits-of-volunteering
Stop the guilt of pandemic lazinessYou're sitting at home, scrolling through Netflix recommendations when you're suddenly hit with pangs of guilt for being lazy. Been there? Same. One social psychologist tells us to stop this nonsense, explaining we feel this way because "https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/11/heres-why-you-can-stop-feeling-guilty-about-laziness-in-lockdown.html (we use external cues as an 'anchor' to help us gauge whether we are spending our time well enough)." Not every moment we're home needs to be spent working. In fact, they encourage "cyberloafing," or a mindless scroll through the internet or social feeds, as research shows we often come back “more productive and focused” after such an activity.
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From the Tim Ferris Interview of Jerry Seinfeld: Exercise, weight training, and Transcendental Meditation. I think I could solve just about anyone’s life, and I don’t care what you do, with weight training and Transcendental Meditation. I think your body needs that stress, that stressor. And I think it builds the resilience of the nervous system, and I think Transcendental Meditation is the absolutely ultimate work tool.
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet, death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it, and that is how it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It’s life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.” – Steve Jobs
"Study finds that active people come up with more and better ideas during tests of their inventiveness than people who are relatively sedentary, and suggests that if we wish to be more innovative, we might also want to be movers and shakers"
Kind over matter - https://kindovermatter.com/2019/02/two-things-can-be-true-at-once.html#:~:text=%22We%20all%20embody%20contradictions%20all%20the%20time.%22
Humans weren’t made to hold fast to the present all the time. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-02-06/introspection-depression-internal-chatter-control
An offer can be politely refused, and such refusal must be politely accepted. - Miss Manners
"The talent of staying calm under pressure is the singular thing that separates good from great." - John Brenkus https://binx.tv
Easy Listening Podcast - https://www.patreon.com/EasyListeningShow "The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain!" - Dolly Parton
Does Distance Really Make The Heart Grow Fonder? https://medium.com/@bond_touch/does-distance-really-make-the-heart-grow-fonder-a7ed60c29538 (https://medium.com/@bond_touch/does-distance-really-make-the-heart-grow-fonder-a7ed60c29538)
https://www.personalbrandingblog.com/teamwork-vs-individual-work/#:~:text=Some%20people%20prefer%20to%20work%20individually%20and%20others%20in%20teams.&text=Teamwork%20encourages%20communication%20between%20team,employees%20learn%20to%20communicate%20better (https://www.personalbrandingblog.com/teamwork-vs-individual-work/#:~:text=Some%20people%20prefer%20to%20work%20individually%20and%20others%20in%20teams.&text=Teamwork%20encourages%20communication%20between%20team,employees%20learn%20to%20communicate%20better).
But the idea of a dream job is still catnip - Clio Chang https://newrepublic.com/article/160918/what-is-your-dream-job-doesnt-exist
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far -Thomas Jefferson
https://www.amazon.com/Relentless-Solution-Focus-Pressure-Underperformance/dp/1260460118 (Relentless Solution Focus: Train Your Mind to Conquer Stress, Pressure, and Underperformance) - Dr Ellen Reed
If you have the opportunity to do amazing things in your life, bring someone with you. - Simon Sinek
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. New International Version James 1 2:4
Trust Is NOT Earned. It Is NOT Given. Trust IS GROWN! - https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-klaassen/ (William Klaassen) https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trust-earned-given-grown-1-william-klaassen (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trust-earned-given-grown-1-william-klaassen)
With the rise of chiefdoms around 7,500 years ago, people had to learn, for the first time in history, how to encounter strangers regularly without attempting to kill them.” - Jared Diamond
“Being a good husband is like being a good stand-up comic – you need ten years before you can even call yourself a beginner.” - Jerry Seinfeld
"If real is what you can feel, smell, taste and see, then real is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain." - Morpheus
"Games are the only force in the known universe that can get people to take actions against their self-interest, in a predictable way, without using force." - Gabe Zichermann https://www.gamification.co/
"we are all constantly scanning situations for ways to affirm our normalcy: “What you look for is to see how any scene you are in can be made an ordinary scene,” because this is what society rewards" - Harvey Sacks
"walking someone through your gate should not feel as though you have now become a “marketer” instead of a creator. It is about extending the experience of your creative work to at least one person in a meaningful way" https://wegrowmedia.com/
"Don’t be afraid of the unknown, don’t play it safe. How else will you make discoveries" https://losangeles.ucbtrainingcenter.com/course/elective/19793?fbclid=IwAR3ElaQ1JMs2r0v2aM3c60s-kPlrT59ShvFAQzbRps_zyFgs91Lu5gLxm5w https://risecomedy.com/event/interpreting-game-w-billy-merritt-tue-2-2-tue-2-23/?fbclid=IwAR2cMOr7srkVneyEt1A21feryNl5nuBilRI0avhJtcGtwdiYJG_lzCdqwRE
a dream come true unfolds very very gradually then all at once - Alexi Pappas https://www.alexipappas.com/
https://www.howigotthatway.com/fnf https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/this-toxic-phrase-is-poisoning-your-customer-relationships-do-this-instead.html (https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/this-toxic-phrase-is-poisoning-your-customer-relationships-do-this-instead.html)
"It is far less painful to be left to our own folly than to face the need for changing course." - Rabbi Yonason Goldson https://www.yonasongoldson.com/
What the new year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the new year. - Vern McLellan
I think every person has the ability to effect change. Every one of us affects the world constantly through our actions... -Adam Yauch
You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians." - Miles Davis
Life instantly improves when you don’t blame other people and focus on what you can control. - James Clear https://jamesclear.com/
The New Adolescence: Raising Happy and Successful Teens in an Age of Anxiety and Distraction - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/375566.Christine_Carter (Christine Carter) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48914775-the-new-adolescence
40 Years of Stanford Research Found That People With This One Quality Are More Likely to Succeed https://jamesclear.com/delayed-gratification
Chris Pratt Gets Existential About God and Poop in MTV Movie & TV Awards Acceptance Speech https://www.indiewire.com/2018/06/chris-pratt-god-poop-mtv-movie-tv-awards-1201976016/
"best balance between living a well-rounded primal human life and staying plugged in enough with the modern world" - Woniya Thibeault https://www.buckskinrevolution.com/ (https://www.buckskinrevolution.com/)
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough - Meister Eckhart
Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness -Desmond Tutu
"You must not only have competitiveness but ability, regardless of the circumstance you face, to never quit." - https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/2764ac07aaa7fff2e82561afef650c8bbf8bd16b?notrack=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ussoccer.com%2Fplayers%2Fw%2Fabby-wambach&userId=2307055&signature=03e0273e830ee633 (Abby Wambach)
"We believe that people who have positive experiences in the mountains are better stewards for the environment, happier people in their communities, and more motivated to make the world a better a place." https://trewgear.com/
The Fauci Effect - Dr. Fauci https://thehill-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/thehill.com/policy/healthcare/529045-medical-schools-call-18-percent-increase-in-applications-fauci-effect?amp
Probably the reason we all go so haywire at Christmas time with the endless unrestrained and often silly buying of gifts is that we don’t quite know how to put our love into words- https://www.thebalance.com/christmas-shopping-quotes-2892328 (Harlan Miller)
“How many gas stations are there in the United States?” https://www.fastcompany.com/90578097/these-are-the-interview-questions-candidates-hate-the-most (https://www.fastcompany.com/90578097/these-are-the-interview-questions-candidates-hate-the-most)
Guest Jeremy Yoder "All good cooks are aware of the chemical reactions that occur during the cooking process, even if they don't fully understand them. However, an understanding of the basic science behind cooking helps them produce even better results." this quote is from https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/06/30/3256357.htm (https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/06/30/3256357.htm)
I get tired of “under 40” lists. Show me someone who got their PhD at 60 after losing everything. Give me the 70-year-old debut novelist who writes from a lifetime of love and grief. Give me calloused hands and tender hearts. - Doug Murano
20 Signs You’re Succeeding In Life Even If You Don’t Feel You Are https://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/20-signs-youre-succeeding-life-even-you-dont-feel-you-are.html
Jabberwocky - Lewis Carroll ’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. “Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!”
He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.
“And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!” He chortled in his joy.
’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
“Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” — Voltaire
Wild Geese - Mary Oliver You do not have to be good.You do not have to walk on your kneesfor a hundred miles through the desert repenting.You only have to let the soft animal of your bodylove what it loves.Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.Meanwhile the world goes on.Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rainare moving across the landscapes,over the prairies and the deep trees,the mountains and the rivers.Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,are heading home again.Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,the world offers itself to your imagination,calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting -over and over announcing your placein the family of things.
Guest Garry Tan - "It's not innovation until it gets built" https://www.youtube.com/garrytan
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." -Thomas Edison https://www.bobpaskins.com/
Your job in sales is to create moments of truth! https://www.amazon.com/Selling-Homeowners-Sandler-Way-Consumers/dp/B07CPZYPSM/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=chip+doyle&qid=1605563895&sr=8-1
“You have to dress for the job you want, not the job you have, and you have to start doing the work you want to be doing.” - Austin Kleon, https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/18272194 (Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative)
The Voice - Shell Silverstein There is a voice inside of you that whispers all day long "I feel that this is right for me I know that this is wrong" No teacher, preacher, parent or friend Or wise man can decide What's right for you--just listen to The voice that speaks inside
“Often times topics like politics and religion get to the core of someone’s identity. One could argue that if we don’t talk about these things, then we don’t really know each other.” - https://www.fearlessfuturecoaching.com/your-coach (Matteo Trevisan) https://www.nbcnews.com/better/lifestyle/9-tips-talking-people-you-disagree-ncna1059326 (https://www.nbcnews.com/better/lifestyle/9-tips-talking-people-you-disagree-ncna1059326)
“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity.” ― Gilda Radner
If it’s important to you, you’ll find a way. If not, you’ll find an excuse. https://www.joinhoney.com/BestHoneyAd
"Men willingly believe what they wish." - Julius Caesar https://open.spotify.com/show/0vXa7tepc5u4x9rnJqDFh4