“In a Western-style sport, the aim is gaining victory at all costs,” says Thompson. “In Japan, even when you’re sparring, karate is not just about gaining a point—it’s about how you do it.” … “True karate is about competing with yourself, not with other people.”— Karate at the Olympics
Don’t say yes on the spot. When you do say yes to something, schedule when you’re going to do it in your calendar right away. Book twice as much time as you think it will take to do it right. Both rules are helpful but the second rule is perhaps more important. Scheduling the work…
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As a long-time swim fan, I have watched Ryan Lochte’s career unfold in and out of the pool, as he made a name for himself in the sport of swimming. As a 12-time Olympic medalist, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest swimmers of all-time, second to Michael Phelps who won a total…
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Nelson Mandela: “After becoming president, I once asked some members of my close protection to walk with me around the city, to have lunch in one of its restaurants. We sat in one of the restaurants in the city centre and all asked for food. After a while the waiter brought us our requests, I noticed…
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Obviously, this can be argued in x different ways and the exact data point does not matter, but the point is that a lot of sustainability efforts are window dressing for making people feel better about something pretty ineffective or even harmful. Biggest example is nuclear power plants. Smallest example is plastic straws. The best…
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Scientists who study the mechanics of curiosity are finding that it is, at its core, a kind of probability algorithm—our brain’s continuous calculation of which path or action is likely to gain us the most knowledge in the least amount of time. Like the links on a Wikipedia page, curiosity builds upon itself, every question…
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In many ways reading is similar. Your reading ability depends on what you already know. The key to reading faster or remembering more is often as simple as reading more. Learn more about reading better.
For the first three months, I place each student at a table with a thousand pieces of white paper and a trash can underneath. Every day they have to sit at the table for several hours and write ideas. They put the ideas they like on the right side of the table; the ones they…
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Outside England’s Bristol Zoo, there is a parking lot for 150 cars and 8 buses. For 25 years, the parking fees were managed by a very pleasant attendant. The fee for cars was about $1.40, and the fee for buses was about $7.00. Then, one day, after 25 solid years of never missing a day…
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