“Anyone who has ever scanned the bookshelves of a new girlfriend or boyfriend- or peeked inside his or her medicine cabinet- understands this implicitly; you can learn as much - or more - from one glance at a private space as you can from hours of exposure to a public face.”
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
“The next time you think that there's something that you "can't live without", wait for a week and then see if you're still alive or not”
― The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything
― The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything
“In life, most of us are highly skilled at suppressing action. All the improvisation teacher has to do is to reverse this skill and he creates very ‘gifted’ improvisers. Bad improvisers block action, often with a high degree of skill. Good improvisers develop action.”
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
“extreme visual clarity, tunnel vision, diminished sound, and the sense that time is slowing down. this is how the human body reacts to extreme stress.”
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
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