Ego-centric: If you say I all of the time. Be honestly interested in other people. And much more.
Link: Stephen Fry on Everything
Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Address
3 Stories 1. Connecting the dots He took a calligraphy class at Reed College. 10 years later it all came back to him and used that knowledge in the Mac. It’s impossible to connect the dots looking forward. You have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. If you simply do enough things and show curiosity with the ability to learn, eventually they’ll fit together in some fashion.
The Real Reason Hospitals Are So Expensive
Fake costs at hospitals. Adam Ruins Everything - The Real Reason Hospitals Are So Expensive
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To Laugh Often and Much
To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
Uncomfortable vs Exhaustion
How hungry are you to improve?
How big is your appetite for success?
What are you willing to do you reach your dreams?
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Why Are American Health Care Costs So High?
Healthcare Issues and Ideas. Healthcare costs and why is the US so expensive?
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Audio Links
Links to over a dozen audio clips on various topics.
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Dare to be Great
“Imma show you, how great I am. Last night, I cut the light off in my bedroom and was in bed before the room was dark. Imma show you, how great I am. Only last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalised a brick. I’m so mean, I make medicine sick. Imma show you, how great I am. This kid’s gonna be the best kid in the world.
David Foster Wallace: This Is Water Commencement Speech
Learning how to think really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience.
The capital-T Truth is about life BEFORE death. It is about the real value of a real education, which has almost nothing to do with knowledge, and everything to do with simple awareness; awareness of what is so real and essential, so hidden in plain sight all around us, all the time, that we have to keep reminding ourselves over and over:
Winning is a habit (Vince Lombardi)
Winning is not a one time thing. It’s an all the time thing. You don’t win once in a while and you don’t do things right once in while. You do them right all of the time. Winnning is a habit.
Appreciate the grind, the discipline, and ;‘;Tto win, and to win, and to win.
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