Brian Cloutier
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Brian Cloutier
We're practicing a willingness to simply return to the present moment without judgment, without disappointment, without contraction with a mind that is standing truly free of the past. It's always possible to recover this freedom, no matter what happens. […]
here's no real reason why the next 10 minutes in the gym can't be the best you've had in yea
... See moreWhile it’s probably one of the corniest things I’ll ever write in this column, I’ve come to believe that developing taste is not so unlike going to therapy; it’s an inefficient, time-consuming process that mostly entails looking inward and identifying whatever already moves you. It’s the product of devouring ideas, images and pieces of culture not ... See more
Matt Alagiah • Elizabeth Goodspeed on the Importance of Taste – And How to Acquire It
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. HENRY FORD
Matt Ridley • How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom
What do you want your relationship to paid work to be?
The Trouble with Passion
We're practicing a willingness to simply return to the present moment without judgment, without disappointment, without contraction with a mind that is standing truly free of the past. It's always possible to recover this freedom, no matter what happens. […]
This ability to begin again has ethical force as well. It's actually the foundation of forgi
People who experience flow describe it as “a state of effortless concentration so deep that they lose their sense of time, of themselves, of their problems,” and their descriptions of the joy of that state are so compelling that Csikszentmihalyi has called it an “optimal experience.” Many activities can induce a sense of flow, from painting to raci
... See moreDaniel Kahneman • Thinking, Fast and Slow
To love someone to the point of creation
Good judgment comes from silence and rest and time to think.
Ideological Abuse, Busyness, and the Importance of Rest
Too many people think the grass is greener somewhere else but grass is green where you water it, remember that.