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This week’s nugget comes from Rainer Maria Milke. I left a poem space for him in previous issues but it might have gone unnoticed so let me be clearer. He was an Austrian poet and novelist. According to Wikipedia he was widely accepted as the most lyrically intense German writer. He overcame the burden of writing in German. As Kafka said, it is hard to write a novel and it is even harder to write in German.
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Even if you do not know which way to go, widen your boundaries. Expand the circles. Break rules, experience something new. Do not think if it is a bad idea. Do it then try to make it your best idea. Life is evaluated looking backwards sure, okay I feel you. However, it is only lived forward. So remember our closing lines.
FORWARD. ALWAYS.
✨ 1 Interesting Fact/Find/Graph
The graph below really amazed me when I first saw it. You realize everybody needs a product they even do not know. Unbundle it from the phone offering, price it really good so that everybody will want and buy it. The result ? Apple made more revenue just by selling airpods than Twitter, Shopify, Snapchat and Sqaure combined. It made two times Uber. This is unreal.
🐦1 Tweet Thread
Emily asks what is the best “Life Hack” you have ? Answers are quite good.
Typing http://docs.new into Chrome opens a new Google doc. (Click)
Learn to be wrong. Learn how to change your mind with more information. (Click)
Listen more than you talk. Always have more questions rather than thinking you know the answers. Be curious rather than right. (Click)
When walking the dog while wearing your mask, use the dog’s nose to wet your fingers to open the poop bag. (Click)
📘 1 Book:
Clarity and Connection:
You are not forgetting. You are getting used to the pain. You are different person now with the pain.
Throw away the idea that healing is forgetting the real result is no longer reacting to old triggers with the same intensity as before the memories are still there, but they do not have the same power over your mind
Everybody uses his/her experience, lenses, bad experiences while evaluating and judging you. Try to let go.
it is easier to let go of someone’s opinion of you when you understand that others see you through a combination of their past conditioning and their current emotional state without realizing it, they see themselves first, and through that lens they get an unclear picture of you.
Do not be fooled with your own thoughts. Take yourself out of your black hole
the mind is inclined to protect itself, but an attitude of defensiveness easily breeds anxiety. out of caution, we fixate on uncertain information and create stories that can lead to unnecessary fear and mental tension. taking a moment to notice when we are jumping to conclusions can save us from worry and grief.
Stoics everywhere ? The important thing is your reaction to emotions.
it is not about managing your emotions; it is about managing your reactions to your emotions. When we remember that emotions are impermanent just like everything else in this universe, it becomes easier for us to stand next to the river that is the human mind and watch as things flow by. self-awareness helps us overcome blind reactions that make already difficult situations more turbulent. without self-awareness, it is difficult to make choices that differ from those you have made in the past.
your initial reaction is usually your past trying to impose itself on your present
You are a living machine. You have to change and be proud of that.
be prepared to meet a new version of yourself every time you shed another layer of old trauma, conditioning, or hurt. as you let go, your perspectives and interests will shift. transformation is natural as you travel the road to greater self-awareness, happiness, and peace
You have to take the risk. Otherwise it is so boring.
take the risk choose the direction you feel burning in your intuition life is a unique opportunity; you can make best use of it when you rise above fear walking the uncommon path is not a certain victory, but it does provide the greatest possibility for fulfillment
And the best advice from the book : on good relationships:
📝 1 Article:
This article gives you quick summary of Okinawan people’s secret.
1 out of every 1,235 people in Okinawa lives beyond the age of 100.
Finding work that excites you every day, pays you to bear your daily expenses, and is something that you’re good at.
Hara Hachi Bu : Fill your stomach up to 80%. Science backs up this claim. Do not fill yourself hundred percent. Eat less frequent and in a narrow period of the day. Your stomach is the part that is most exposed to external influences.
Chanoyu : The tea ceremony. Give your attention to details. Preparation, sound, taste, conversation with a friend. Be fully here.
🎨 1 Painting:
This week we turn our face to Hokusai again (the painter of Great Wave).
📺 1 Video:
This video is just pure joy. It is like a documentary in 20 minutes. Information packed with a good sense of humor. Definitely worth your time. I still do not know how internet works fully, since I cannot explain to a 5 year-old boy. However it could not be explained simpler.
📽️ 1 SERIES / FILM or DOCUMENTARY:
Uf, I remember my loud laughter and tears while watching this film. I wish I could watch it again for the first time. Super fun, super genius.
You will see a mix of Groundhog Day and Truman Show in metaverse.
Don’t have a good day, have a great day! -Guy
Catchphrase ! - asdfghjklş - yes random laugh. Sorry. It is so funny.
2 Quotes:
The realization that life is absurd cannot be an end, but only a beginning.
― Albert Camus
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
— Arthur C. Clarke
📼 1 Playlist:
I love Symbiosis’ playlists. There is much more to explore, I leave you with my favorite.
And if it is evening, if you have a bottle of scotch in your hand, if the weather is a bit chilly and if your lover is not with you, turn up the volume. This is an order.
📱 1 Useful App/Website/Tool
How about some Mexican techno ? Or Detroit House ? Okay maybe you like Raggatek? Who knows? Try it on the everynoise.
This website is just perfect taste of every musical genre. You don’t know if you like it or not without trying, heh ?
My favorite? Try some Japanese chill mix it with soul. Any type of soul.
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Until next time,
Forward, always.
Ratip.