One of the greatest cheat codes in life is to never get offended. Train yourself to have thick skin. Don't take things personally. Let others disagree with you. Being easily offended means you're easily manipulated. If you value peace of mind, avoid getting offended.
the fastest way to trigger neuroplasticity isn't playing brain games or reading research papers. it's forcing your brain to fail repeatedly at something you have zero natural talent for. high frustration is the literal chemical signal that forces synaptic rewiring.
one thing nobody prepares you for early on in life is how almost all the forces that will change your direction and trajectory in your adult life will come from totally random meetings and opportunities that defy all planning and assumptions
I hope I meet my person by accident. No dating apps, no matchmaking, no one trying to set us up. Just two people living their own lives and somehow finding each other.
All is reps. There’s no substitution for reps. 10,000 hours is just a metaphor for reps. Chess is reps. Painting is reps. Thinking, wisdom, even prayer is reps. There’s a reason the French say ‘apprendre par cœur’ (to learn by heart). Repetition itself is the stairway to heaven
people who loudly proclaim they're not into fashion are often doing so bc they want people to know they're not superficial. instead, they are high-minded and "serious." in doing so, they are committing the same sins of vanity and pride that they criticize the fashion industry for
This is the perfect Gen Z vs. Milennial beef.
Gen Z: In street clothes, not working, telling someone actually working they are a bum.
Millennial: Always ready to impose their life experience wisdom on whomever, whether they ask for it or not.
D’Angelo might have assembled the greatest line-up of musicians on one song ever with “Spanish Joint”
Obviously Pino is missing on this particular track so don’t wanna erase him but god damn
D’Angelo, Charlie Hunter, Questlove, and Roy Hargrove all on one track? Insanity
Rest in Power, D’Angelo 🕊️
A true Maestro — his voice, vision, & spirit reshaped the sound of a generation.
He didn’t just make music — he built a language of soul, rooted in tradition but entirely his own.
Fly high, D'.
#DAngelo
RIP D’Angelo, don’t even know what to say. Three timeless albums, each one an incredible expansion of his sound—a peerless, flawless discography. It wouldn’t even be crazy to say he released the best album of the 90s, the 2000s, and the 2010s. One of our greatest artists.
"Le problème n'est pas que vous n'ayez pas été éduqué. Le problème est que vous avez été éduqué juste assez pour croire ce qu'on vous a enseigné, mais pas assez pour remettre en cause tout ce qu'on vous a dit."
Edgar Morin
There’s a lot you could say about how this isn’t actually a bad thing, but the truth is that it isn’t even happening. This is a total fiction. I mean, I’m sure some people have parents who are pressuring them about marriage and this may vary between ethnic or religious communities, but in general in the west this is, like so many things, a meme that’s like 35 years out of date.
Basically everybody tells their kids not to get married early, now. If their kids want to, they worry they’re doing it too young. They caution against it. They tell them that they have plenty of time. They tell them to get their life in order first, go to college, get settled in a career.
What’s notable about this complaint is just how out of date it is. Progressives won this already. But it’s also the reason they keep winning; they’ll continue fight these battles decades after they’re over. They won’t stop. They’ll just keep imagining the silliest strawman version of the past, insisting it’s still true, and stomping on its head long after it’s dead.