"We cannot control our luck—good or bad—but we can control our effort and preparation.
Luck smiles on us all from time to time. And when it does, the way to honor your good luck is to work hard and make the most of it."
–@JamesClear
“If you only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.”
Montesquieu 300 years ago. We’re still working on this one.
Americans don’t get each other. One way to change this - a program that sends high school seniors to visit and work in other parts of the country. They would come back with a different perspective and some new friends. 👍🇺🇸 https://t.co/Gi71xMFTJF
This is the study that launched You Are Not So Smart back when it was a blog. Change Blindness: about half of people didn’t notice when the person they were giving directions to was replaced. https://t.co/EahpIdxAUb