“All children do better when they know who is in charge. Knowing that they are not gives them a sense of security and order. The same goes for adults, to a certain extent—having a clear chain of command at work, for instance, is both orienting and especially helpful to the employee with ADHD.”
― ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies
― ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies
“Philosopher Stephen Cave argues that the quest for immortality has driven human civilization for centuries. He classifies our coping strategies into four plans. The first, or Plan A, is simply to try to live forever or as long as possible. If that fails, then Plan B is to be reborn physically after you die. In Plan C, even if our body decays and cannot be resurrected, our essence continues as an immortal soul. And finally, Plan D means living on through our legacy, whether that consists of works and monuments or biological offspring.”
― Why We Die: The New Science of Longevity
― Why We Die: The New Science of Longevity
“there are a host of tools, frameworks and methods to learn and practise design thinking available at IDEO U17 and at Stanford d.school”
― Design Your Thinking: The Mindsets, Toolsets and Skill Sets for Creative Problem-solving
― Design Your Thinking: The Mindsets, Toolsets and Skill Sets for Creative Problem-solving
“Uncannily accurate intuition, coupled with a tendency to overlook the obvious and ignore major data.”
― ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies
― ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies
“The single most important factor in predicting health, longevity, occupational success, income, leadership ability, and general happiness comes down to one four-letter word. “It’s love,” Vaillant famously stated. “Full stop.”
― ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies
― ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies
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