Thomas J. Stanley on success is not an ragged individual matter
vutran | May 31, 2021, 7:32 p.m.
"I think success really involves the situations you get yourself into and the people you meet. No one can be successful by themselves. It's the relationships that you develop with the people around you. Throughout my life, I've had people who helped me do better."
— Thomas J. Stanley
William Deresiewicz on learning to be alone with thoughts to become a good leader
vutran | May 29, 2021, 11:59 a.m.
“If you want others to follow, learn to be alone with your thoughts.”
— William Deresiewicz
William Deresiewicz on concentration as platform to make associations, draw connections
vutran | May 29, 2021, 10:12 a.m.
“It’s only by concentrating, sticking to the question, being patient, letting all the parts of my mind come into play, that I arrive at an original idea. By giving my brain a chance to make associations, draw connections, take me by surprise”
— William Deresiewicz
Robin S. Sharma on writing as life learning
vutran | May 29, 2021, 10:10 a.m.
“Writing in a journal reminds you of your goals and of your learning in life. It offers a place where you can hold a deliberate, thoughtful conversation with yourself.”
— Robin S. Sharma
Read More →Enrico Bertini on Inattentional Blindness
vutran | May 29, 2021, 9:59 a.m.
“What is an inattentional blindness? Well, it's a concept introduced by vision scientists when they started noticing the idea that related to how powerful attention is in visual perception. The idea is the following: it's very easy to be blind to very big changes if we do not attend to the visual information that changes. “
— Enrico Bertini
Enrico Bertini on the tragic of perceiving the world as if we have full awareness of it
vutran | May 29, 2021, 9:56 a.m.
"We see only a very small portion of the wold and yet perceive we have full awareness of it."
— Enrico Bertini at Applied Perception on Coursera
Dr Link Letter on showing knowledge vs having knowledge
vutran | May 29, 2021, 9:52 a.m.
"Having knowledge is good, but you don't have to show it all the time"
— Dr Link Letter in Young Sheldon
