Ticks & Picks

T&P selects and shares information that makes the brain tick and the eye pick. by sorina simion

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It is not enough to feel the best of feelings towards somebody, to feel love or remorse, or gratitude, etc. . “ The fact that you know it, doesn’t do much for the other person, if you don’t say it. It’s like buying a gift for somebody and not offering it.” Esthel Perel, How’s work?

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Great fortunes are generally made by solving the most obvious problems.

Wes Endes, cofounder of Fortress Investment Group; 

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Your grandparents lived in a production economy, your parents lived in a service economy. You are living in an identity economy.

Esther Perel, How’s work?

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Melt down, Congaree National Park

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But the thing is, you raved and you bitched when you came home about the stupidity of audiences. The goddam unskilled laughter coming from the fifth row. And that's right, that's right - God knows it's depressing. I'm not saying it isn't. But that's none of your business, really. That's none of your business, Franny. An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's. You have no right to think about these things, I swear to you. Not in any real sense, anyway.

J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey

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if you don't realize that the only thing that counts in the religious life is detachment, I don't see how you ever move an inch. Detachment, buddy, and only detachment. Desirelessness. 'Cessations from all hankerings.'

J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey

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You’d better get busy, though, buddy. The goddamn sands run out on you every time you turn around. I know what I’m talking about. You’re lucky if you get time to sneeze in this goddamn phenomenal world.

J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey

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"The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or a hostile universe."

Albert Einstein

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unwieldy (adj.)

(of an object) difficult to move because of its size, shape, or weight.

(of a system) too large or disorganized to function efficiently.

"the benefits system is unwieldy and unnecessarily complex"

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What If You Could Truly Be Yourself at Work?

When it comes to being happy at work, we all want different things. From more money to a promotion, happiness at work looks different for different people. But, perhaps, true happiness at work comes from being your authentic self and having a sense of community. Read this article to know more about how you can bring your authentic self and be happy at work.

2020 has been a difficult year with layers of challenges unfolding. As some things are out of our control, some still are and it should be our intention to adapt and grow. Nevertheless, through these challenging times the contrast between what is and what it ought to be in terms of workplace environment deepened for me. I read a lot of interesting articles touching this subject and I will post them here for reference. 

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In Artist Adrian Brandon’s Incomplete Portraits, A Year of Life Equals One Minute of Color

When Adrian Brandon starts to color a portrait, he sets a timer. For his rendering of Breonna Taylor, the clock is set to 26 minutes—for George Floyd, 46 minutes, for Tony McDade, 38, and for Aiyana Stanley Jones, just seven. "When the alarm sounds, I am hit with a wave of emotions ranging from ange

Powerful  🖤

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Law of triviality

Definition

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So, throughout life, our worst weaknesses and meannesses are usually committed for the sake of the people whom we most despise.

Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

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It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.

Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

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French architect Nicolas Dahan has created an idealized forest experience with ‘Soulac Sur Mer Wooden House’, a wooden villa that rethinks the use of pine...

Some projects give you a gut feeling, that you can taste the space, you are there and you are living it just the way you are meant to. 

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Benjamin Hardy, PhD