Saturday, October 12, 2024

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Self-Reliance And Other Essays



Amazon.com: Self-Reliance And Other Essays: Emerson’s Essays, First Series: 9798861394413: Emerson, Ralph Waldo: Books

Translated Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (2 book series) Kindle Edition


Books by Emerson, Ralph Waldo (sorted by popularity) - Project Gutenberg

Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson | Project Gutenberg

Introduction -- The American scholar -- Compensation -- Self-reliance -- Friendship -- Heroism -- Manners -- Gifts -- Nature -- Shakespeare; or, The poet -- Prudence -- Circles -- Notes.

Essays — Second Series by Ralph Waldo Emerson | Project Gutenberg
The poet -- Experience -- Character -- Manners -- Gifts -- Nature -- Politics -- Nominalist and realist -- New England reformers.


Quotes

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes - BrainyQuote

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Ralph Waldo Emerson 



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Saturday, October 5, 2024

book: The Silva Mind Control Method

Amazon.com: The Silva Mind Control Method: 9780671739898: Silva, Jose: Books


The technique aims to reach and sustain a state of mental functioning, called alpha state, where brainwave frequency is seven to fourteen Hz.[8]:p19-20 Daydreaming and the transition to sleeping are alpha states.

Can anyone give me a step-by-step guide to the Silva method? : r/silvaultramindsystem @reddit

the point of the Silva Method is to get you to do one simple thing:
learn to go to "Alpha state" and function in it 24/7




(Table of Contents)

The Silva Mind Control Method by José Silva | Goodreads

video reviews




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Saturday, September 28, 2024

book: Ikigai

 Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life - Kindle edition by García, Héctor, Miralles, Francesc. Politics & Social Sciences Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

"According to the Japanese, everyone has an ikigai—a reason for living.

And according to the residents of the Japanese village with the world’s longest-living people, finding it is the key to a happier and longer life.

Having a strong sense of ikigai—where
  • what you love, 
  • what you’re good at, 
  • what you can get paid for, and 
  • what the world needs 
all overlap —means that each day is infused with meaning.

It’s the reason we get up in the morning.

It’s also the reason many Japanese never really retire (in fact there’s no word in Japanese that means retire in the sense it does in English): They remain active and work at what they enjoy, because they’ve found a real purpose in life—the happiness of always being busy.

Ikigai - Wikipedia

The term compounds two Japanese words: iki (生き, meaning 'life; alive') and kai (甲斐, meaning '(an) effect; (a) result; (a) fruit; (a) worth; (a) use; (a) benefit; (no, little) avail') (sequentially voiced as gai), to arrive at 'a reason for living [being alive]; a meaning for [to] life; what [something that] makes life worth living; a 'raison d'être'.




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Saturday, September 21, 2024

book: Hillbilly Elegy

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis: Vance, J. D.: 9780062300546: Amazon.com: Books


Hillbilly Elegy - Wikipedia

2016 memoir by JD Vance about the Appalachian values of his family from Kentucky and the socioeconomic problems of his hometown of Middletown, Ohio




Hillbilly Elegy Summary @quickread.com




alternative view book:
"makes clear Appalachia’s intellectual vitality, spiritual richness, and progressive possibilities."



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Saturday, September 14, 2024

Arete, wisdom with AI

Brian Johnson - YouTube

power of waking after every meal, explained with AI's help, in 25 languages! 

Buona Passeggiata, Eroe!: You Enjoying YOUR Passeggiata, Hero?! (Heroic +1 #1880) - YouTube

The Science of Passeggiatas: ChatGPT Says… (Heroic +1 #1881) - YouTube

Walk After You Eat!: To Optimize Your Energy (Heroic +1 #1879) - YouTube

passeggiata - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

  1. A long, leisurely walk or stroll.


Heroic in 28 Languages - YouTube

Heroic in 28 Languages

Heroic being auto-translated into 27 languages (+ English!) with the help of AI and HeyGen.

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Saturday, September 7, 2024

Optimal Studying & Learning, by Andrew Huberman Ph.D.

Optimal Protocols for Studying & Learning - YouTube

In a "nutshell": 
- study (read, listen, watch) once
- self-test immediately after study
- repeat testing multiple times, instead of re-reading/watch/listen

Optimal Protocols for Studying & Learning - Huberman Lab

00:00:00 Improve Studying & Learning
00:06:45 Offsetting Forgetting
00:08:22 Learning & Neuroplasticity
00:13:06 Periodic Testing
00:16:09 Focus & Alertness, Sleep, Tool: Active Engagement
00:21:37 Tool: Improve Focus, Mindfulness Meditation, Perception Exercise
00:24:38 Sleep & Neuroplasticity, Tool: Non-Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR)
00:28:29 Tools: Study Habits of Successful Students
00:37:33 Studying & Aspiration Goals; Challenging Material
00:42:54 Tool: Testing as a Learning Tool
00:48:23 Self-Testing, Repeated Testing
00:55:29 Testing Yourself & Knowledge Gaps
01:02:23 New Material & Self-Test Timing
01:07:21 Familiarity vs Mastery
01:10:55 Self-Testing & Offsetting Forgetting
01:15:53 Best Type of Self-Tests; Phone & Post-Learning Distractions
01:22:03 Tool: Gap Effects; Testing as Studying vs. Evaluation
01:25:40 Tool: Emotion & Learning, PTSD, Deliberate Cold Exposure, Caffeine
01:33:28 Tool: Interleaving Information; Unskilled, Mastery & Virtuosity





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Saturday, August 31, 2024

Motivation: Autonomy, Mastery, Purpose

Autonomy, mastery, purpose: three forces that motivate us all




Your images are a virus. They are EVERYWHERE on the Internet - Scott Hanselman's Blog




"a great place to work" is where a person can 
  • do useful things, for organization (purpose)
  • that she or he can do really well (mastery)
  • that she or he also likes to do on its own (autonomy)
a sustainable "good feeling" comes from (personal) growth,
meaning learning new useful skills, 
and then being able to use them for creating value




“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, ‘Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.’”

Be the best of whatever you are.

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