Caged Crusader

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us

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Eating to America

When Naz Riahi was 9, she escaped tragedy in Iran only to be confronted by a cruel new world in America. Food became her solace and her tool

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The 12 Best Sherlock Holmes Stories, According to Arthur Conan Doyle

In June of 1891, “A Scandal in Bohemia,” the first short story featuring everyone’s favorite consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, was publi

#sherlock

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Maya Angelou Recites Her Poem “Phenomenal Woman”

Beautiful recording brings to life a cultural classic.

#brain pickings#maria popova

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The Difference Between Amateurs and Professionals

Uncover the key differences between amateurs and professionals that make a difference and improve the prospects of success.

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Ursula K. Le Guin on Anger

“Anger continued on past its usefulness becomes unjust, then dangerous… It fuels not positive activism but regression, obsession, vengeance,

Anger continued on past its usefulness becomes unjust, then dangerous… It fuels not positive activism but regression, obsession, vengeance, self-righteousness. Corrosive, it feeds off itself, destroying its host in the process.

# brainly picking # maria popova

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An Antidote to the Age of Anxiety: Alan Watts on Happiness and How to Live with Presence

“The brain can only assume its proper behavior when consciousness is doing what it is designed for: not writhing and whirling to get out of

The brainy modern loves not matter but measures, no solids but surfaces.

#brain picking #maria popova

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J.R.R. Tolkien Reads from The Lord of the Rings and Sings “Sam’s Rhyme of the Troll” in a Rare Recording

“One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them…”

“One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them…”

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J.R.R. Tolkien on Fairy Tales, Language, the Psychology of Fantasy, and Why There’s No Such Thing as Writing “For Children”

“Creative fantasy, because it is mainly trying to do something else (make something new), may open your hoard and let all the locked things

the idea that designating certain types of literature as “children’s” is a choice entirely arbitrary and entirely made by adults

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Psyche behind the introverted person in nutshell

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Our Favorite Literary Hub Stories of 2019

From essays to interviews, excerpts and reading lists, we publish around 300 features a month. And while we are proud of all the 3,000+ pieces we’ve shared in 2019, we do have our personal fa…

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Elevating Resolutions for the New Year Inspired by Some of Humanity’s Greatest Minds

Cultivate honorable relationships, resist absentminded busyness, tell the world how to treat you, embrace enoughness, and more.

Here is another set for the new year borrowed from a new roster of perennially elevating minds.

Happy New Year

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How to Give Thanks to People in Your Network

Do you want to give thanks and let the people in your network know that you are grateful for them? Use this infographic as a handy guide to

Small, regular practices of gratitude can change your life – you’ll be healthier and sharper, as will those around you.

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Henry Miller’s 11 Commandments of Writing and His Daily Creative Routine

“When you can’t create you can work.”

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The Measure of a Life Well Lived: Henry Miller on Growing Old, the Perils of Success, and the Secret of Remaining Young at Heart

“If you can fall in love again and again … if you can forgive as well as forget, if you can keep from growing sour, surly, bitter and cynica

“If you can fall in love again and again… if you can forgive as well as forget, if you can keep from growing sour, surly, bitter and cynical… you’ve got it half licked.”

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Cryptoqueen: How this woman scammed the world, then ran

How did Ruja Ignatova make $4bn selling her fake cryptocurrency to the world - and where did she go?

A multi billion scam

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Working with People Who Aren’t Self-Aware

They can cut a team’s chances of success in half.

If a coworker won’t listen to feedback, they might be suffering from a lack of self-awareness.

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Feel like you don’t fit in? Here’s how to find where you truly belong

Some fresh advice on identifying and searching for your own community, from business innovator Nilofer Merchant.

Perhaps the first step to finding people like yourself is to show up as yourself.