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“In japanese culture, there's a belief that only imperfect objects, like a cracked teacup, can truly be beautiful. This is called wabi sabi.

Try to let go of the quest for perfection, and instead accept the beauty that lies in all of life's imperfections. The result will be extra energy, less stress and a longer life.”
― Blinkist

“Ikigai can be described as an intersection between 4 different elements: what you're passionate about, where your skills lie, how you can earn a living and what the world needs.”
― Blinkist

“When preparing a document, most people have a pretty good idea of what they intend to write about but no specific plan for what to say or how to phrase it.”
― Blinkist, Key insights from Pyramid Principle - Logic in Writing and Thinking

“The mind prefers order to disorder, and even imposes imagined order on random data it encounters. Consider for instance the ancient Greeks, who imagined animal shapes in the stars rather than seeing them as mere random dots.”
― Blinkist, Key insights from Pyramid Principle - Logic in Writing and Thinking

“While deductive reasoning is a very straight-forward and naturally flowing process, it should not be used in complex arguments where you need many backing layers of justifications to support your premises.”
― Blinkist, Key insights from Pyramid Principle - Logic in Writing and Thinking

“A useful technique for implementing the problem-solving process above is to visualize the problem using a logic tree. A logic tree is a simplified sketch of relationships branching out from left to right.”
― Blinkist, Key insights from Pyramid Principle - Logic in Writing and Thinking

“Deduction is a classic logical process where you draw conclusions from premises.”
― Blinkist, Key insights from Pyramid Principle - Logic in Writing and Thinking