It’s interesting to note that according to Hawkins, everything that is around us can effect our level of consciousness: the music we listen to, the people with whom we associate, the books we read, the shows that we watch, etc. After reading this book, I began to see myself and tho...
From Nebraska to Harvard, I found myself redefining this feeling of not knowing. I discovered a newfound power in how much I didn’t know. I didn’t know a field called the “History of Science” even existed. I now fi...
willpower 不应该被翻译为意志力,因为本书介绍的“意志力”方法十分符合人的情绪机制。基本上没有传统意义上那种卧薪尝胆,又或者悬梁刺股的体验。相反,我们中国传统意义上对意志力的定义显然不科学。我最喜欢的一个观点是:Accept yourself. Accept others. No one can be perfect.因为不能达到理想预期而去怪罪自己...
difficult ones-- is the cornerstone to resilience, thriving, and true, authentic happiness. But Emotional agility is more than just an acceptance of emotions, we also know that accuracy matters, in my own research, I found that words are es...
Ask yourself, “Is there anything I can do to change the situation, improve it, or remove myself from it?” If so, you take appropriate action. Focus not on the one hundred things that you will or may have to do at some future time but on the one thing that you can do now. ...
What do these words mean? How do identity, intersectionality, and power relate to feminism? Are they important? Or are they just another set of words used to emphasize feminism? Identity. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines identity as "the fact of being who or what a person or thing is...
Jealousy.had done it al by myself. I did it with positive thinking. I walked What is the most important to fight againstinto the parking lot knowing exactly that I was going to drive offthe negative energy?that lot with my own car. When I got home, I shared myA. Protecting yourself ...
I’ve been receiving tons of insights into how to let go of past blocks, how to change the way I think, how to simply just be more myself and trust the world,how to appreciate pleasure and self-care without guilt, and how to start receiving on a new level.I feel so many big chan...
I am black, therefore I am; not that I am black and I must go to college to prove myself. I am black, therefore I am. And don’t deprive me of anything and say to me that you must go to college before you gain access to X, Y, and Z. It is only a rationalization for one...
I thought to myself with what means, with what deceptions, with how many varied arts, with what industry a man sharpens his wits to deceive another, and through these variations the world is made more beautiful. ——FRANCESCO VETTORI, CONTEMPORARY AND FRIEND OF MACHIAVELLI, EARLY SIXTEENTH CENT...