But the story of the golden calf also reminds us that without rules we quickly become slaves to our passions—and there’s nothing freeing about that.
“Google takes to heart the power of exploration. For 20 percent of their time, employees may go where their mind asks them to go. The proof is in the bottom line: Fully 50 percent of new products, including Gmail and Google News, came from “20 percent time.”
― Brain Rules: 12 principles for surviving and thriving at work, home, and school
― Brain Rules: 12 principles for surviving and thriving at work, home, and school
“باش تا نفرین دوزخ از تو چه سازد
که مادران سیاه پوش
داغ داران زیباترین فرزندان آفتاب و باد
هنوز از سجاده ها
سر بر نگرفته اند ”
―
که مادران سیاه پوش
داغ داران زیباترین فرزندان آفتاب و باد
هنوز از سجاده ها
سر بر نگرفته اند ”
―
“When girl best friends communicate with each other, they lean in, maintain eye contact, and do a lot of talking. They use their sophisticated verbal talents to cement their relationships. Boys never do this. They rarely face each other directly, preferring either parallel or oblique angles. They make little eye contact, their gaze always casting about the room. They do not use verbal information to cement their relationships. Instead, commotion seems to be the central currency of a little boy’s social economy. Doing things physically together”
― Brain Rules: 12 principles for surviving and thriving at work, home, and school
― Brain Rules: 12 principles for surviving and thriving at work, home, and school
“Ideologies are substitutes for true knowledge, and ideologues are always dangerous when they come to power, because a simple-minded I-know-it-all approach”
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
“Search your own heart with all diligence for out of it flow the issues of life.”
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
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