Quote of the day
Take recess + Switch autopilot on + Unshackle Yourself + Cultivate Relationships + Tolerate some discomfort= The Sweet Spot
~CHRISTINE CARTER, author of The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Home and Work
SELF-IMPROVEMENT
One of the most important strategies for changing your habits, Fast Company | Tweet
The Strategy of Scheduling, of setting a specific, regular time for an activity to recur, is one of the most familiar and powerful strategies of habit formation. Scheduling makes us far more likely to convert an activity into a habit.
→Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives
The 5 daily rituals that will make you happy, Barking up the wrong tree | Tweet
You know what percentage of people are really happy? Not “oh, life is pretty good”, I mean people who are flourishing. They feel their lives are fulfilling, meaningful and brimming with potential.
→The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Home and Work
→Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much
→The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
PSYCHOLOGY
Hard feelings: Science’s struggle to define emotions, The Atlantic | Tweet
While it’s possible for researchers to study facial expressions, brain patterns, behavior, and more, each of these is only part of a more elusive whole.
→The Language of Emotions: What Your Feelings Are Trying to Tell You
21 things clinical perfectionists do, Psychology Today | Tweet
What’s the difference between ordinary perfectionism and a problem?
→The Anxiety Toolkit: Strategies for Fine-Tuning Your Mind and Moving Past Your Stuck Points
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Why work is broken, Medium | Tweet
The Changing Face of Vocation and Why It Matters.
→The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do
HISTORY
The history of Lorem Ipsum, Priceonomics | Tweet
If you’re a designer, this phrase is everywhere. Known as “filler text” or “Greek copy”, people use it to simulate the appearance of whatever text will ultimately be used in a design.
PHILOSOPHY
Why do some people believe conspiracy theories? It’s not just who or what they know. It’s a matter of intellectual character.
→Virtues of the Mind: An Inquiry into the Nature of Virtue and the Ethical Foundations of Knowledge
RUNNING
Is it right to pull someone out of a race for being too slow?, The Guardian | Tweet
A woman was pulled out of a 20-mile race yesterday for ‘being too slow’. What message does this give to people taking up running to improve their health and fitness?
→The Running Revolution: How to Run Faster, Farther, and Injury-Free–for Life
WRITING
Writing is a profane, irrational, imperfect act, Terrible Minds | Tweet
The end result will never match the expectation. You will never get it just right.
Avoiding the vague swamp, Live Write Thrive | Tweet
Using vague or generalized words to describe the world you so fully imagined takes away from the experience you wish readers to have.