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At the moment, it probably won’t be obvious what those missing yearnings of yours are exactly—because they’re on an even deeper floor of your subconscious. They’re in the basement of the basement of the basement—in a place called Denial Prison. (src: Article_ How to Pick a Career (That Actually Fits You) - Wait But Why)
So how do you figure out your chances of getting to any particular star? It’s all about a simple formula: Distance = Speed x Time. In our case, the more apt wording might be: Progress = Pace x Persistence. (src: Article_ How to Pick a Career (That Actually Fits You) - Wait But Why)
Wisdom isn’t correlated with knowledge, it’s correlated with being in touch with reality (src: Article_ How to Pick a Career (That Actually Fits You) - Wait But Why)
I recently attended a presentation about perfectionism. The title of the of the presentation was a pun meaning both ‘chained by perfectionism’ and ‘interested in perfectionism’. During the presentation, a distinction was made between 3 types of perfectionism: Performance oriented Social oriented Control oriented 1) Performance oriented perfectionism The standard to be met comes from within yourself. You have a checklist. A list of things that need to be perfect, for the end result to be perfect....
Books
Metric Jumping backack bigger fixations increase speed speed limits use a guide Scanning, skimming, skipping, set goals, … Variable speed Metric WPM = words per minute 200 WPM - avg reader 400 WPM - avg graduate / researcher 300 pages ~= 100 000 words How to estimate your speed? # words in a book = (words over 5 lines / 5) * (lines on a page) * (pages) (online tests)...
I have been planning on doing some martial arts for a while. With martial arts I mean something which teaches me how to fight/defend myself like kung fu, eskrima, … (other things I’ve seen in movies, read in stories, …) My reasons for choosing martial arts is manyfold. First because I have the feeling I should do a sport. Movement is supposedly good for body and mind, however I must admit that the mind aspect of it sounds more interesting to me....