Cynicism Is the Enemy of Action
Rebecca Solnit with some important observations about why we need to take action and what to do about the people who choose to sit on the sidelines and be discouraging: When you don't assume the...
Posts tagged with "wisdom"
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Grinding
If she's grinding on you at the club at 2am, she won't be grinding coffee beans at 7am.
Man's rejection
I heard this on the U Up? podcast, but it's apparently a Christian saying: Man's rejection is god's protection.
Institutions
David Simon from Homicide: Life on the Streets: I came to realize that there was something emblematic here: that in postmodern America, whatever institution you serve or are served by--a police...
Some things can only be seen
Shannon Sharpe had a deep quote on his podcast today: Some things can only be seen through eyes that have cried.
Gambling puzzle
Craigslist life advice
These are a couple of good primers for both men and women. Advice to Young Men from an Old Man: 1. Don’t pick on the weak. It’s immoral. Don’t antagonize the strong without cause, its stupid. 2....
Confirming you’re an idiot
A co-worker once told me, "It's better to keep your mouth shut and let people guess whether you're an idiot than to start talking and confirm it."
Grandma's advice
Nazi bar
Why you shouldn't allow any extremists into your establishment: I was at a shitty crustpunk bar once getting an after-work beer. One of those shitholes where the bartenders clearly hate you. So the...
Accept yourself
Henry Kissinger was a war criminal and terrible human, but this was a good saying: Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no...
College rules
In college, I had what I called the 10 to 10 rule. If people called me between those hours, the reason had to be one of 3 very specific things. My pal Steve found a more work appropriate way to list...
Social contract breakdown
I cannot go to any event where the social contract at risk of breaking down.
Meeting people
My good pal E had this insight: People can only meet you as deep as they've met themselves.
Nothing to prove
You know you're an adult when you can be right without proving the other person wrong.
Contrarianism
From Morgan Housel: Real contrarianism is painful. It's lonely. It hurts. It's when everyone thinks you're nuts.
What is something someone said that changed your way of thinking forever?
Some great lines from a Reddit thread: "How you live each day is how you live your life." "We judge ourselves by our intentions but others by their actions" "no matter how big the plate in front of...
Authenticity
It's easy to be snarky and cynical. Hell, that's my default mode. But, we all need to take a few minutes each day to think about how amazing and wondrous the world around us is. We are all able to...
Why grow up?
A friend of mine and I were recently talking about this and came to the conclusion that there is no longer a positive reason to be an "adult". Back in the times of our grandparents, there were...
The beginning
Truer words were never spoken: A journey of a thousand miles begins with an eviction notice and a restraining order.