Brain Food: Cold Water
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Brain Food: Cold Water
"People can help you in many ways throughout life, but there are two things nobody can give you: curiosity and drive. They must be self-supplied.
If you are not interested and curious, all the information in the world can be at your fingertips, but it will be relatively useless. If you are not motivated and driven, whatever connections or opportunit... See more
If you are not interested and curious, all the information in the world can be at your fingertips, but it will be relatively useless. If you are not motivated and driven, whatever connections or opportunit... See more
3-2-1: How to connect with others, what causes old age, and the recipe for success
If you want to continue feeling love, you have to learn how to deal with emotions that open and close the heart. It’s like learning to play an instrument. At first, you don’t know how to do it. You’re going to make mistakes and learn from the experience.
Michael A. Singer • Living Untethered: Beyond the Human Predicament
The painter Vincent van Gogh on taking action:
“I tell you, if one wants to be active, one mustn’t be afraid to do something wrong sometimes, not afraid to lapse into some mistakes. To be good — many people think that they’ll achieve it by doing no harm — and that’s a lie, and you said yourself in the past that it was a lie. That leads to stagnation... See more
“I tell you, if one wants to be active, one mustn’t be afraid to do something wrong sometimes, not afraid to lapse into some mistakes. To be good — many people think that they’ll achieve it by doing no harm — and that’s a lie, and you said yourself in the past that it was a lie. That leads to stagnation... See more
James Clear • 3-2-1: On being in the right room, confidence, and taking action
Seldom does this search take the form of asking the really important question: What can I make of myself that would make me worthy to give and receive such love? We want to bask in the warmth of devotion that overlooks, even indulges, our failings. Apart from our mothers, this pleasure can be a little hard to find—or to maintain over time. What I a
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