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Nature vs Nurture vs Self Authoring: determined not to be determined — Cloud Streaks
Nature vs Nurture vs Self Authoring: determined not to be determined — Cloud Streaks
By Duncan Anderson. To see all blogs click here . Reading time: 7 mins Summary IMO you don’t choose where you start life, but IMO you can have a strong say in where you end up.  You have biological set points and your environment matters a lot… but IMO these two don’t determi
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Nature vs Nurture vs Self Authoring: determined not to be determined — Cloud Streaks
12 Life Lessons From Mathematician and Philosopher Gian-Carlo Rota
12 Life Lessons From Mathematician and Philosopher Gian-Carlo Rota
The mathematician and philosopher Gian-Carlo Rota spent much of his career at MIT, where students adored him for his engaging, passionate lectures. In 1996, Rota gave a talk entitled “Ten Lessons I Wish I Had Been Taught,” which contains valuable advice for making people pay attention to your ideas.
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12 Life Lessons From Mathematician and Philosopher Gian-Carlo Rota
Kindness Matters
Kindness Matters
What can you do to lift someone up?
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Kindness Matters
The 9 Core Stoic Beliefs
The 9 Core Stoic Beliefs
By: Stephen Hanselman [1] If You Want a Smooth Flow of Life, Live According to Nature At the core of Stoic teaching is the founder Zeno’s idea that a smooth flow of life (euroia biou) comes from “living in agreement with nature.” It was the second leader of the Stoics, Zeno’s student Cleanthes, who added the last part, “with nature” (te phusei; or […]
·dailystoic.com·
The 9 Core Stoic Beliefs
How Does It Feel To Get Everything You Ever Wanted? - RyanHoliday.net
How Does It Feel To Get Everything You Ever Wanted? - RyanHoliday.net
There are two tragedies in life, Oscar Wilde once said: not getting what you want and getting everything you want. The last, he lamented, is much worse. I wanted to be a writer. I don’t know when that dream started, but for a very long time, I craved accomplishment in this creative calling that very few are lucky enough to make a living in, let alone find success in. Of course, like most people, I also fantasized about what it would be like to have money, or more specifically, to have lots of it. It’d be cool to be a little famous too, while I was at it. To be connected with or have influen...
·ryanholiday.net·
How Does It Feel To Get Everything You Ever Wanted? - RyanHoliday.net
The Premium Mediocre Life of Maya Millennial
The Premium Mediocre Life of Maya Millennial
A few months ago, while dining at Veggie Grill (one of the new breed of Chipotle-class fast-casual restaurants), a phrase popped unbidden into my head: premium mediocre. The food, I opined to my wi…
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The Premium Mediocre Life of Maya Millennial
On disbelieving atrocities
On disbelieving atrocities
"On disbelieving atrocities." Written by Arthur Koestler. Originally published on January 9th, 1944.
·julian.com·
On disbelieving atrocities
Why Life Can’t Be Simpler
Why Life Can’t Be Simpler
We’d all like life to be simpler. But we also don’t want to sacrifice our options and capabilities. Tesler’s law of the conservation of complexity, a rule from design, explains why we can’t have both. Here’s how the law can help us create better products and services by rethinking simplicity.
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Why Life Can’t Be Simpler
How To Be Successful
How To Be Successful
I’ve observed thousands of founders and thought a lot about what it takes to make a huge amount of money or to create something important. Usually, people start off wanting the former and end up...
·blog.samaltman.com·
How To Be Successful