Everyone wants everyone to be perfect for them, but they don’t want themselves to be perfect for others.. (Anonymous)
Boredom can be just another construct of the mind….There is always something new to notice
Boredom can be just another construct of the mind….There is always something new to notice. (Ellen Langer, Mindfulness)
Not being interested in other cultures is the normal state of mankind
Not being interested in other cultures is the normal state of mankind (Bernard Lewis, The Muslim Discovery of Europe)
Any education that doesn’t allow you to think freely is not an education but a prison
Any education that doesn’t allow you to think freely is not an education but a prison (Debasish Mridha)
When you turn around, you’ll see something I bet you’ve never seen before. If it takes your breath away, then you’ll fit in nicely. If you don’t feel anything, then maybe you don’t belong here
When you turn around, you’ll see something I bet you’ve never seen before. If it takes your breath away, then you’ll fit in nicely. If you don’t feel anything, then maybe you don’t belong here (Veronica Randolph Batterson, Daniel’s Esperanza)
That frontier operated as a rough and ready homeostatic device; the more a state pressed its subjects, the fewer subjects it had. The frontier underwrote popular freedom
That frontier operated as a rough and ready homeostatic device; the more a state pressed its subjects, the fewer subjects it had. The frontier underwrote popular freedom (James C. Scott)
Save the contrition for the confessional. Regret isn’t worth a damn to anyone
Save the contrition for the confessional. Regret isn’t worth a damn to anyone (Elizabeth Kelly, The Last Summer of the Camperdowns)
If a city is designed in a way that makes a long drive to work necessary, we harm the social health of that city. If a lot of people cycle, it’s probably an indication that you live in a healthy neighborhood. This is something that should be seriously considered in urban planning, if you want to ensure a neighborhood togetherness and trust among locals
If a city is designed in a way that makes a long drive to work necessary, we harm the social health of that city. If a lot of people cycle, it’s probably an indication that you live in a healthy neighborhood. This is something that should be seriously considered in urban planning, if you want to ensure a neighborhood togetherness and trust among locals. (Meik Wiking, The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living)
Our abilities to understand, adjust, and change make us wise
Our abilities to understand, adjust, and change make us wise. (Debasish Mridha M.D.)
But here’s the rub: looking across silos for opportunities to improve capabilities is one thing; creating a vision for how to seize those opportunities as another. Communicating that vision effectively is harder still. But the real work, the deepest work, is in the deciding to stick your neck out in the first place
But here’s the rub: looking across silos for opportunities to improve capabilities is one thing; creating a vision for how to seize those opportunities as another. Communicating that vision effectively is harder still. But the real work, the deepest work, is in the deciding to stick your neck out in the first place (Martha Heller, Be the Business: CIOs in the New Eras of IT)