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Unlike lying, an imagined reality is something that everyone believes in, and as long as this communal belief persists, the imagined reality exerts force in the world.
“You are more likely to learn something by finding surprises in your own behaviours than from hearing surprising facts from the behaviour of others”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
“Being indistractable means striving to do what you say you will do. Indistractable people are as honest with themselves as they are with others. If you care about your work, your family, and your physical and mental well-being, you must learn how to become indistractable”
― Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
― Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
“A dead program normally does a lot less damage than a crippled one.”
― The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
― The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
“To be gullible is to not be in control, and the old brain - the part that is concerned with survival - always wants us to be in control.”
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“Many of life’s failures are men who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Edison is a great example of someone who used deliberate and cognitive creativity.”
― 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People
― 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People
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