mattrud (45)in #life • 8 years ago • NoneWhy Did People Stand Around on 9/11?"We resist change. Committing ourselves to a small change, even one that is unmistakably in our best interest, is…mattrud (45)in #life • 8 years ago • NoneSay 'I Love You' the Wrong Way and I'll Kill You" 'Hello, good to see you.' This sentence can be said with the energy of anger, sweetness, sexiness, hatefulness…mattrud (45)in #productivity • 8 years ago • NoneThis Post Probably Sucks" 'Real artists ship.' " - Steve Jobs Could it be that the difference between a generalist and a dabbler is just…mattrud (45)in #productivity • 8 years ago • NoneShould You Quit Social Media?I received a comment from @brookethechicken on my post, "Stop Lying: You Love The Kardashians" about how…mattrud (45)in #life • 8 years ago • NoneNobody is Compassionate"Myths tell us how to confront and bear and interpret suffering, but they do not say that in life there can or should…mattrud (45)in #life • 8 years ago • NoneDogma Is For Squares"You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. No one fanatically shouting that the sun is…mattrud (45)in #life • 8 years ago • NoneStop Lying: You Love The KardashiansEverybody loves to hate soap operas, Kardashians, reality TV. ... and yet everyone watches them. Hate-watching. If…mattrud (45)in #writing • 8 years ago • NoneHemingway Was Biased AF"For your information in stories about the war I try to show all the different sides of it, taking it slowly and…mattrud (45)in #life • 8 years ago • NoneEverybody Needs Their Daily T-Swift Time"You must have a room, or a certain hour or so a day, where you don't know wat was in the newspapers that morning, you…mattrud (45)in #business • 8 years ago • NoneTrump Is A Shitty Negotiator"A lot of people don't understand good negotiating. They think it's about getting the best price -- no, no, no. Good…mattrud (45)in #life • 8 years ago • NoneChaos Is Inevitable"The first message is that there is disorder. Physicists and mathematicians want to discover regularities. People say…mattrud (45)in #life • 8 years ago • NoneDon't Muzzle Babies"Muzzling a baby would certainly prevent him from crying but would not remove the cause of his emotions." - Nassim…mattrud (45)in #life • 8 years ago • NoneMoney Isn't Evil"Do you think it's more virtuous to do $5,000 worth of good for someone and get $0 in return, or to do $10,000 worth…mattrud (45)in #life • 8 years ago • NoneIf Life Didn't Suck, We'd DieThe only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next. - Ursula…mattrud (45)in #ideas • 8 years ago • NonePlatypussies Aren't Stupid; You Are“Early zoologists classified as mammals those that suckle their young and as reptiles those that lay eggs. Then a…mattrud (45)in #listening • 8 years ago • NoneListening Is Harder Than Law School"Essentialists are powerful observers and listeners. Knowing that the reality of trade-offs means they can't possibly…mattrud (45)in #life • 8 years ago • NoneDo Less, Get MoreRecall that the interventionista focuses on positive action — doing. Just like positive definitions, we saw that acts…mattrud (45)in #life • 8 years ago • NoneCertainty Is PrimativeCertainty is primitive, leads to “us versus them” tribalism, and starts wars. We should be united in our uncertainty…mattrud (45)in #lincoln • 8 years ago • NoneHeart Before Head, Especially For SexWhen the conduct of men is designed to be influenced, persuasion, kind, unassuming persuasion, should ever be adopted.…mattrud (45)in #lincoln • 8 years ago • NoneHonest Abe Dealt Honestly With ProstitutesIt is likely that Lincoln had some sexual experiences during his travels as a surveyor, perhaps also with a prostitute…
