A Hindi quote on being a good person

vutran | March 8, 2021, 8:51 a.m.

"Be a good person but don't waste time to prove it."

— Hindi quote on life

Chad Fowler on the lack of passion will always catch up to us and our work

vutran | March 8, 2021, 8:47 a.m.

"You can fake it for a while, but a lack of passion will catch up with you and your work." 

— Chad Fowler in The Passionate Programmer

Atlas of emotion on emotion saturation

vutran | March 4, 2021, 12:33 p.m.

"When an emotion is triggered we are in the grip of that emotion, which limits our ability to think clearly and choose how we respond. As time passes, we gain some clarity and the ability to make a thoughtful choice. With awareness we can pause before we respond and choose a response that best serves our goals."

— Atlas of emotions on emotion saturation

Unknown on we being bias to our own personal history over how the world works

vutran | Feb. 23, 2021, 8:37 a.m.

“Your personal experiences make up maybe 0.00000001% of what’s happened in the world but maybe 80% of how you think the world works. People believe what they’ve seen happen exponentially more than what they read about has happened to other people, if they read about other people at all. We’re all biased to our own personal history.” 

— Ideas that Changed my Life

Unknown on the high price of mistrust

vutran | Feb. 20, 2021, 12:03 p.m.

“When we can’t trust each other, nothing works. As we participate in our communities less and less, we find it harder to feel other people are trustworthy. But if we can bring back a sense of trust in the people around us, the rewards are incredible.”

— The High Price of Mistrust

Adam Sandler on you being the same you on vacation

vutran | Feb. 9, 2021, 8:55 a.m.

"There’s a lot a vacation can do: help you unwind, see some different-looking squirrels, but it cannot fix deeper issues, like how you behave in group settings. We can take you on a hike. We cannot turn you into someone who likes hiking.

Remember, you’re still gonna be you on vacation. If you are sad where you are, and then you get on a plane to Italy, the you in Italy will be the same sad you from before, just in a new place."

— Adam Sandler

Adam Grant on rethink to liberate us from shackles of our familiar surroundings and former selves

vutran | Feb. 9, 2021, 8:27 a.m.

"Our identities are open systems, and so are our lives. We don’t have to stay tethered to old images of where we want to go or who we want to be. The simplest way to start rethinking our options is to question what we do daily.

It takes humility to reconsider our past commitments, doubt to question our present decisions, and curiosity to reimagine our future plans. What we discover along the way can free us from the shackles of our familiar surroundings and our former selves. Rethinking liberates us to do more than update our knowledge and opinions— it’s a tool for leading a more fulfilling life."

— Adam Grant in Think Again