"We are never simply seeing what’s 'really there,' stripped bare of our own anticipations or insulated from our own past experiences. Instead, all human experience is part phantom — the product of deep-set predictions."
Fascinating read: https://t.co/5VJb0K66Pa
My most important rule for life: Don’t complain about anything.
If it’s within your control, go do something about it. If it’s not, complaining is just a waste of energy.
When you complain, you’re giving too much power to the thing.
Take back that power.
“What matters most are the simple pleasures so abundant that we can all enjoy them...Happiness doesn't lie in the objects we gather around us. To find it, all we need to do is open our eyes.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - The Little Prince, 1943.
Bloomberg reports that "China has been by far the biggest IPO market in the world since the beginning of the year, far exceeding New York" … geopolitics, financial markets, population growth: the rise and rise of China!
One of the best strategies for learning something quickly: corner a nerd.
Find someone who totally geeks out about that topic and ask them every question you can think of.
@VinceCoglianese@RealCandaceO What an absolute arse clown 🤡 from an Aussie currently under the ‘regime’. I’m off to grab a beer, listen to cockatoos, sit in a crystal clear billabong in my undies and admire the blue sky and gum trees. A surf 🏄♂️ in the morning and pie for lunch.
You are under no obligation to remain the same person you were a year ago, a month ago, or even a day ago.
You are here to create yourself, continuously.
—Professor Richard Feynman
The teacher learns more than the student.
The author learns more than the reader.
The speaker learns more than the attendee.
The way to learn is by doing.
Copy and paste this to someone you’re grateful to have in your life. Someone who may not hear from you enough how much you love them. This is a virtual hug from you to them.