mattrud (45)in #life • 8 years agoWhy 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 agoSay '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 agoThis 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 agoShould 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 agoNobody 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 agoDogma 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 agoStop 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 agoHemingway 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 agoEverybody 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 agoTrump 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 agoChaos 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 agoDon'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 agoMoney 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 agoIf 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 agoPlatypussies 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 agoListening 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 agoDo 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 agoCertainty 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 agoHeart 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 agoHonest Abe Dealt Honestly With ProstitutesIt is likely that Lincoln had some sexual experiences during his travels as a surveyor, perhaps also with a prostitute…
