“Our two teachers, pain and fear” — Magnificent Ruin
this sums up 2012 so far.
(via nevver)
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Often, we’re hesitant to identify a problem out of fear we can’t solve it. Knowing that we have to live with something that we’re unable to alter gives us a good reason to avoid verbalizing it—highlighting it just makes it worse.
While this sort of denial might be okay for individuals (emphasis on might), it’s a lousy approach for organizations of any size. That’s because there are almost certainly resources available that can solve a problem if you decide it’s truly worth solving.
Put yourself and your people on a path to finding problems without regard for whether or not they are capable of solving them. Queue them up, prioritize them and then go find the help your organization needs to solve them.
Just because you don’t know what to do about it doesn’t make it less of a problem.
” — Seth’s Blog: Solving problems (vs. identifying them)(via slantback)
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not usually a filter guy but i’ll make an exception for the 2nd amendment.
Have you ever wondered which part of the other side of the earth is directly below you?
trying to legit zone out.
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“Your probability of dying during a given year doubles every 8 years. For me, a 25-year-old American, the probability of dying during the next year is a fairly miniscule 0.03% — about 1 in 3,000. When I’m 33 it will be about 1 in 1,500, when I’m 42 it will be about 1 in 750, and so on. By the time I reach age 100 (and I do plan on it) the probability of living to 101 will only be about 50%. This is seriously fast growth — my mortality rate is increasing exponentially with age.” — Your body wasn’t built to last: a lesson from human mortality rates (via deplorableword)
getting over a cold this week.
(via deplorableword)