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Bigthink: How to Increase Willpower
Via Big Think: Another example of a brain hack is that, again on the subject of willpower, that self-control is a resource that can be built up with practice. And so whether it’s in children or in adults, the idea that we can somehow build up a mental capacity by practicing it, right? The principle […]
The Ladder of Success?
Thomas Merton said that the way we have structured our lives, we spend our whole life climbing up the ladder of supposed success, and when we get to the top of the ladder we realize it is leaning against the wrong wall—and there is nothing at the top anyway. To get back to the place […]
Wind Map of the Earth
You’ve probably seen the cool wind map of the US, but there’s one for the whole Earth now. (via Kottke/df)
11/16 Quote: The Prayer of Coach Paul Bear Bryant
The football coach, Paul “Bear” Bryant read this poem at the beginning of every day: “This is the beginning of a new day. God has given me this day to use as I will. I can waste it or use it for good. What I do today is important because I am exchanging a day […]