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How Our Brains Stop Us From Achieving Our Goals (and How to Fight Back)

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 01:28:09 +0800

How Our Brains Stop Us From Achieving Our Goals (and How to Fight Back):

Your brain can hurt your goals by fantasizing too much
Your brain procrastinates on big projects by visualizing the worst parts
Your brain will “abandon ship” at the first sign of distress
Your brain loves mindless busy work disguised as progress
Your brain is not good at “winging it” when it comes to planning…ever!

laughingsquid: The Dark Knight Rises, A Stunning 3D Street...

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 16:18:04 +0800

laughingsquid:

The Dark Knight Rises, A Stunning 3D Street Painting by 3D Joe & Max

"He awoke each morning with the desire to do right, to be a good and meaningful person, to be, as..."

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:17:34 +0800

“He awoke each morning with the desire to do right, to be a good and meaningful person, to be, as simple as it sounded and as impossible as it actually was, happy.”

- Jonathan Safran Foer (via kari-shma)

Friends of a Certain Age

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:11:09 +0800

Friends of a Certain Age:

“The period for making B.F.F.’s, the way you did in your teens or early 20s, is pretty much over. It’s time to resign yourself to situational adult friends.”

dyingofcute: colorful but very precise library

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 01:23:53 +0800

dyingofcute:

colorful but very precise library

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Tue, 17 Jul 2012 01:22:24 +0800

"If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams."

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:38:40 +0800

“If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.”

- Les Brown (via kari-shma)

"You can close your eyes to things you don’t want to see, but you can’t close your heart..."

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:35:55 +0800

““You can close your eyes to things you don’t want to see, but you can’t close your heart to the things you don’t want to feel.””

- Unknown

"A house without books is like a room without windows."

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:31:46 +0800

“A house without books is like a room without windows.”

- Horace Mann (via larmoyante)

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Wed, 04 Jul 2012 15:48:00 +0800

"The only dream worth having is to dream that you will live while you are alive, and die only when..."

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:56:25 +0800

“The only dream worth having is to dream that you will live while you are alive, and die only when you are dead. To love, to be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and vulgar disparity of the life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.”

- Arundhati Roy

corgisandboobs: This is the most British fucking dog in the...

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:31:03 +0800

corgisandboobs:

This is the most British fucking dog in the world. A Corgi that serves tea.

When in doubt, go to the library

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:27:42 +0800

Hermione, however, clapped a hand to her forehead. “Harry — I think I’ve just understood something! I’ve got to go to the library!” And she sprinted away, up the stairs.

“What does she understand?” said Harry distractedly, still looking around, trying to tell where the voice had come from.

“Loads more than I do.” said Ron, shaking his head.

“But why’s she got to go to the library?”

“Because that’s what Hermione does,” said Ron, shrugging. “When in doubt, go to the library.”

theanimalblog: (by ppv247)

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:54:19 +0800

theanimalblog:

(by ppv247)

"We can throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them, or build with them."

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:53:18 +0800

“We can throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them, or build with them.”

- William Arthur Ward (via myquotelibrary)

weandthecolor: Shaping Worlds - Poster A limited edition...

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 23:25:57 +0800

weandthecolor:

Shaping Worlds - Poster

A limited edition graphic art print by Marie Brun, Julien Andrieux, and Mute agency.

via: WE AND THE COLOR
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A simple antidote to a corporatized, unfeeling, profit-maximizing world

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 17:33:07 +0800

Fantastic post by Seth Godin

Care.

Care more than you need to, more often than expected, more completely than the other guy.

No one reports liking Steve Jobs very much, yet he was as embraced as any businessperson since Walt Disney. Because he cared. He cared deeply about what he was making and how it would be used. Of course, he didn’t just care in a general, amorphous, whiny way, he cared and then actually delivered.

Politicians are held in astonishingly low esteem. Congress in particular is setting record lows, but it’s an endemic problem. The reason? They consistently act as if they don’t care. They don’t care about their peers, certainly, and by their actions, apparently, they don’t care about us. Money first.

Many salespeople face a similar problem—perhaps because for years they’ve used a shallow version of caring as a marketing technique to boost their commissions. One report by the National Association of Realtors found that more than 90% of all homeowners are never again contacted by their real estate agent after the contracts for the home are signed. Why bother… there’s no money in it, just the possibility of complaints. Well, the reason is obvious—you’d come by with cookies and intros to the neighbors if you cared.

Economists tell us that the reason to care is that it increases customer retention, profitability and brand value. For me, though, that’s beside the point (and even counter to the real goal). Caring gives you a compass, a direction to head and most of all, a reason to do the work you do in the first place.

Care More.

It’s only two words, but it’s hard to think of a better mantra for the organization that is smart enough to understand the core underpinning of their business, as well as one in search of a reason for being. No need to get all tied up in subcycles of this leads to this which leads to that so therefore I care… Instead, there’s the opportunity to follow the direct and difficult road of someone who truly cares about what’s being made and who it is for.

"The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 02:43:26 +0800

“The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.”

- Walter Bagehot (via myquotelibrary)

cooki-e: ♥

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 19:24:35 +0800

cooki-e:

♥

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Fri, 08 Jun 2012 19:16:55 +0800