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June 21, 2015

You Have An Obstacle And No One Is Coming To Save You

Ryan Holiday on True Will

We give up too easily. In The Obstacle is the Way: The Ancient Art of Turning Adversity to Advantage, Ryan Holiday tells that with a simple change of attitude, what seem like insurmountable obstacles become once-in-a-lifetime opportunities.

The discipline of perception

You will come across obstacles in life–fair and unfair. And you will discover, time and time again, that what matters most is not what these obstacles are but how we see them, how we react to them, and whether we keep our com...

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Published on June 21, 2015 22:29

The Math Behind Michael Jordan’s Legendary Hang Time

Michael Jordan on 'Happen'

Michael Jordan’s legendary slam dunk from the free throw line has been calculatedat 0.92 seconds of pure hang time. But how many seconds could Jordan have gotten were he doing the same jump on Mars? Or Jupiter? Andy Peterson and Zack Patterson share the math equation behind hang time.

Michael Jordan once said, ‘I don’t know whether I’ll fly or not. I know that when I’m in the air, sometimes I feel like I don’t ever have to come down.’

But thanks to Isaac Newton, we know that what goes up, m...

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Published on June 21, 2015 22:28

MONDAY LINKS ~ Reads on Writing, Self-publishing, and Better Living: The Running Revolution

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Quote of the day

I realized that training in ballet, martial arts and wrestling is done as a series of precise poses. Through these poses and drills, the perfection of movement is achieved and integrated into a flow. Everything fell into place for me immediately, like the pieces of a puzzle.

What is the precise pose and drills that apply to running? The running pose, falling-forward, and pulling the support foot off the ground.

~NICHOLAS ROMAN...

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Published on June 21, 2015 22:26

June 18, 2015

Alan Watts on Pain And Time

Alan W. Watts on insecurity

In The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety,Alan Watts shows us how, in order to lead a fulfilling life, we must embrace the present—and live fully in the now.

Less vulnerable, less sensitive

At times almost all of us envy the animals. They suffer and die, but they do not seem to make a ‘problem’ of it. Their lives seem to have so few complications. They eat when they are hungry and sleep when they are tired, an instinct rather than anxiety seems to govern their few prepara...

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Published on June 18, 2015 23:10

Practicing Creativity While Sleeping

Philippe Petit on Passion

High-wire artist Philippe Petit, author of Creativity: The Perfect Crimeexplains how he practices creativity while sleeping. If he falls asleep with an idea in his head, Petit allows his subconscious self the opportunity to find a solution. Often he wakes up with the solution sitting there waiting for him.

When I review or try to describe my creativity, I realize it’s a nonstop train and people say, “Yeah, well at some point you go to sleep.” Well actually this moment where we think we rest...

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Published on June 18, 2015 23:10

WEEKEND LINKS ~ Reads On Writing, Self-publishing, and Better Living: The Science of Nutrition

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Quote of the day

It’s never too late to start eating well. A good diet can reverse many of those conditions as well. In short: change the way you eat and you can transform your health for the better.

~T.COLIN CAMPBELL, author ofWhole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition

WRITING & SCREENWRITING

The three stages of the novel–writing journey, Storyfix 2.0 | Tweet

Sadly, most writers spend their lives in Stage 1, refusing to believe that storytelling h...

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Published on June 18, 2015 23:09

Every Market Tells A Story

Alvin E. Roth on DecisionsInWho Gets What and Why: The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design, Roth reveals thematching markets hidden around us and shows how to recognize a good match and make smarter, more confident decisions.

The efficient allocation of scarce resources

It was 5:00 am on an April morning in 2010. Eight teams of surgeons were preparing to operate on eight patients in four different cities. Four healthy people would each be donating one of their kidneys to someone they had never met, and th...

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Published on June 18, 2015 00:31

June 17, 2015

Fail Constructively

Tim Harford on Adaptation

In this video, economist and author Tim Harford, author ofAdapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failureteaches an important lesson about succeeding at failure through the story of psychologist Leon Festinger’s infiltration of a cult led by Dorothy Martin in 1954.

Festinger studied the cult members’ reaction to Martin’s false prophecy that the world would be destroyed the following day.Harford uses this example to illustrate the concept of cognitive dissonance.

A Successful Mindset

A few day...

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Published on June 17, 2015 23:11

THURSDAY LINKS ~ Reads on Writing, Self-publishing and Better Living: Die Empty

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The great problems we see in the world today will not be solved by people functioning at half capacity cranking out work they don’t care about in order to buy more things that will eventually rust and rot.

~TODD HENRY, author ofDie Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day

WRITING & SCREENWRITING

What is a comma splice? And why do editors hate them?, The Write Practice| Tweet

We’re venturing into a realm where writers bend the rules of grammar in th...

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Published on June 17, 2015 22:35

June 16, 2015

Osho On Intuition: Knowing Beyond Logic

Osho on Intuition
Intuition: Knowing Beyond Logicdeals with the difference between the intellectual, logical mind and the more encompassing realm of spirit.
Intuition is the highest rung of the ladder, the ladder of consciousness. It can be divided into three division:

1. The lowest and the first is instinct.

Instinct is the world of the animals–everything is instinct. Even if sometimes yu see indications of other thigns, it is your projection.

For example, you can see love in animals–the mother looking afte...

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Published on June 16, 2015 22:18