Camouflage is a game we all like to play, but our secrets are as surely revealed by what we want to seem to be as by what we want to conceal. Russell Lynes
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Month: December 2017
In his 2014 Graduation address, Admiral William H. McRaven provides us with 10 lessons on how to change the world:
1. If you want to change the world, remember that are little things in life that make the difference.
2. If you want to change the world, understand the importance of teamwork.
3. If you want to change the world, always measure a person by the size of his hearts, not the size of his flippers.
4. If you want to change the world, always keep moving forward, regardless the difficulties you might be going through.
5. If you want to change the world, don’t be afraid of challenges.
6. If you want to change the world, learn to take risks.
7. If you want to change the world, don’t be afraid to face your fears.
8. If you want to change the world, you must be your very best in the darkest moment.
9. If you want to change the world, never loose hope.
10. If you want to change the world, NEVER QUIT.
Read and listen to Adm. McRaven’s inspiring full speech here
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Uncertainty is a sign of humility and humility is just the ability or the willingness to learn. Charlie Sheen
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In this TED talk, Ida Abdalkhani enagages the audience in a laughter yoga session. Laughter session forces oneself to laugh but within 2 minutes the forced laughter becomes real. “We laugh 300 times a day as children but only 30 as adults”. Laugh makes people release a flood of positive neurotrasmitters which stimulate our brains, our immune and our nervous system.
As Ida Abdalkahni concludes, “it’s within your power to make your narrative a joyful one”.
Alice: How long is forever?
White Rabbit: Sometimes just one second
Lewis Carroll in Alice’s adventures in Wonderland
Sometimes “the ability to learn faster than your competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage”, says Arie de Geus, a business theorist.
Neverthless Learning to do something we are not familiar with requires a willingness to experiment that is common in children but quite discomforting for most of us.
In this article Erika Andersen identifies four attributes which characterise the process of Learning:
- Aspiration
- Self-awareness
- Curiosity
- Vulnerability
The author discusses some mental tools which can boost these attributes and help us in learning to learn.
Read more here.
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Terrible and awful is the power of laughter, he who has the courage to laugh is the master of the Others like he who has the ocurage to embrace death. Giacomo Leopardi
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The Diplo calendar 2017 realized by Stefano Baldi presents a selection of quotes for better living and better working.
Here is the selected quotation for the month of December
I hear and I forget
I see and I remember
I do and I understand
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