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…Thinking …Tinkering …Teaching …Translating …

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

How to be a better critical thinker:

1. Be 10% more skeptical of people you agree with—and 10% more charitable to people you disagree with

2. Look for flaws in ideas you like—and strengths in arguments you dislike

3. Learn from sources that engage with competing ideas

[nolanpatterson @nolanpatterson]

Do we really have to wait to re-integrate parts of ourselves that have been forsaken in the recipe for “success” we’ve been handed?

I think not. Master chefs rarely hand over their secrets on paper.
https://t.co/N4C4Nyb702

[John Hagel @jhagel]

A new study sheds light on the mechanisms underlying learning processes within the cerebellum, particularly through the discovery of what the researchers term "zombie neurons" https://t.co/SE1Mk0FbVM

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Emotion regulation is not about controlling what you feel. It's about choosing how you respond.

Wise people don't suppress emotion. They find constructive ways to express it.

Intense feelings don't always demand immediate reactions. They often benefit from deep reflection.

[nolanpatterson @nolanpatterson]

Keep a look out for those subtle signals, head nods, and smiles encouraging you on your run. People have your back.

#aboutthegame #notaboutthegame #refactorthewetware

[nolanpatterson @nolanpatterson]

One signal that you’ve entered an elite level of the game is that much of the strategy, training, and tactics attend to the conditions of the cerebral soil more than the fundamentals that made you an elite competitor. Keep up the fundamentals and nourish the soil.

#aboutthegame #notaboutthegame #refactorthewetware

[nolanpatterson @nolanpatterson]

My 13 year old son reminded me of a simple lesson. When you’re worrying about hitting the batter with the pitch, just hit him. He’ll be fine. You’ve just slowed him down. You’ve sown seeds of fear. The thing you’ve worried about is out of the way so move on.

Go pitch and enjoy the flow.

#aboutthegame #notaboutthegame #refactorthewetware

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

• Read everyday.
• Spend time with nature.
• Ask questions.
• Never stop learning.
• Don't pay attention to what others think of you.
• Do what interests you the most.
• Study hard.
• Teach others what you know.
• Make mistakes and learn.
• It's Okay to not know things!

[nolanpatterson @nolanpatterson]

“You can choose to have kids or to have freedom” - said my daughter early in her life’s experience.

Wait … was she saying she’s got us where she wants us?

[Alex Cohen @anothercohen]

I don’t think people without kids understand just how much free time they have

[nolanpatterson @nolanpatterson]

Some questions 👆to reflect on as we interact in different spaces together.

A good book …
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships (Nonviolent Communication Guides) https://t.co/Sdj8nnXJJw

[nolanpatterson @nolanpatterson]

How tightly should I try to fit the world and people around me into the reductions and categories the I perceive?

What are some good ways to respond to the big feelings that arise when I come across an experience or alternative point of view that just don’t fit my categories?

[nolanpatterson @nolanpatterson]

When our cup is the same size as others, when it fills it may overflow into the cups of others and we may join in celebration together. When our cup keeps growing larger, it will never fill as we join with others in perpetual need.

[Paul Jocelyn @PaulJocelyn]

“Narrative strategy is a 21st century skill. Teams frustrated at lack of buy-in suck at narrative.”
Tom Critchlow

[Martin Fowler @martinfowler]

React suffers from the long-running problem where lots of different logic gets pushed into UI modules. @JuntaoQiu begins a new article about refactoring these into health

https://t.co/CIEwOabeGD

[James Clear @JamesClear]

How can today feel like play?

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

If the purpose of education is to score well on a test, we've lost sight of the real reason for learning.

[nolanpatterson @nolanpatterson]

In order to engage in civil discourse and discovery, as humans, we must value the life and existence of others greater than our own idealisms and pain past or present. While we engage others through our own idealisms and scars we perpetuate conflict … this is a gnarly problem.

[Martin Fowler @martinfowler]

NEW § Rick and Kennedy start their discussion of how to break through the product-vs-engineering bottleneck by getting people to identify and focus on their "first team", and to develop a shared understanding of how a business creates value

https://t.co/125vHCSKzA

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

• Read everyday.
• Spend time with nature.
• Ask questions.
• Never stop learning.
• Don't pay attention to what others think of you.
• Do what interests you the most.
• Study hard.
• Teach others what you know.
• Make mistakes and learn.
• It's Okay to not know things!