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[GOOD JOB LARRY 🍊 @LarryJuneTFM]

Logged on just to say, don’t let the bad days knock you off your game, understand what’s going on and move accordingly but never give up.

[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

This is STILL the absolute craziest thing I have ever seen on Twitter.

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

Wondering how does this species survive in the wild.. 😅

[Min Choi @minchoi]

Education will never be the same.

People are finding some incredible use cases with Apple Vision Pro and spatial computing.

10 wild use cases:

1. Learning how heart works

[Thunder Film Room @ThunderFilmRoom]

SHAI GRABBED THE MIC & BARKED

THIS TEAM

[Arby’s Stan Account @shu_b0x]

Shit has me in tears lmaooo

[Travis Kelce @tkelce]

The moon looks crazy tonight... Imma chill out here for a little and just visualize my success n vibe to the scenary

[Hoops @Hoopss]

Kobe with a message on anxiety & fear that everyone needs to hear 🎯

[Sonny @sonny_low2]

Y’all looking for Dory, but I Nemo Bread.

[GOOD JOB LARRY 🍊 @LarryJuneTFM]

Let things flow and continue to work. Time not stopping for nobody. Keep rockin, aye aye aye.

[Blake Burge @blakeaburge]

I'm convinced that there is one skill that separates truly intelligent people from those that aren't:

Listening.

This concept of "being a recorder" by Rick Rubin explains it perfectly.

In less than a minute, Rubin provides 4 simple steps that, if followed, will change how you think about your interactions with others.

Step 1: "It starts with coming in blank. Not having any preconceived ideas, being open, and really listening. Not thinking about what you're going to say next or what your opinion is."

Step 2: "Basically being a recorder. Just hearing what comes in. Processing that information and trying to do our best to do that without any of the beliefs we might have to impact what that is."

Step 3: "I don't want to have any reaction happening when you're speaking and want to be as neutral as possible. My goal is not to form an opinion, it's to understand."

Step 4: "If you say something that somehow triggers me, I wouldn't challenge you. I would ask how did you find that? How did you get to that place? I want to understand who the person is, and through questioning, we can usually get there."

My thoughts:

So often we enter conversations with a predetermined idea of how it will go, what the other person will say, and how we will respond.

The goal, as Rubin says, should be to "understand, not form an opinion."

When someone says something you disagree with, rather than being triggered, frustrated, or defensive, why not dig deeper into how they came to that opinion?

While different than your own, that doesn't inherently mean they're wrong.

It seems as though at some level we've lost the ability to have civil discourse. To disagree and still coexist.

It doesn't make sense to me and I think––with a little effort––we can change (and just might learn something from each other along the way.)

Thanks for reading.

If you enjoyed this, follow me @blakeaburge for more.

[Unkonfined @unkonfined]

August will bring success.
August will bring new opportunities.
August will bring good fortune.
August will bring new energy.
August will bring happiness.
August will bring abundance.
August will bring good luck.
August will bring prosperity.

[Latest in space @latestinspace]

NEWS 🚨: There will be a supermoon tomorrow Aug. 1

This happens when a full moon comes closest to Earth and appears significantly larger and brighter

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

Be teachable. You're not always right.
Humility is necessary for growth.

[a-aron @winklebxo]

It’s almost 4th of july so i have to bring back this gem

[Jabee @mynameisJabee]

TOMORROW WE OPEN
See everyone tomorrow at Scrambl’d

[Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation @OKWildlifeDept]

if you're going to the lake to be a miscreant-sunburned-hooligan and do miscreant-sunburned-hooligan things this weekend, THE LEAST you can do is take your miscreant-sunburned-hooligan trash with you when you go home.

[Skrillex @Skrillex]

life is a dance of having big dreams and visions but planning as little as possible

[Idil Ahmed @idillionaire]

Stay positive about it.