Category: Life

I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship. - Louisa May Alcott

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. - Thomas Edison

Stop thinking about making a million dollars and start thinking about serving a million people. - Dharmesh Shah

Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars. - Les Brown

What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. - Jane Goodall

But if all of that isn't built on your own original ideas and truthful analysis, it doesn't mean anything.

The Whale - Rotten Tomatoes

At this point in the course, I have given you all that I can in terms of structure, building a thesis, paragraph organization. But if all of that isn't built on your own original ideas and truthful analysis, it doesn't mean anything. Think about that, as you write and revise. Think about the truth of your argument.

If you're brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello. - Paul Coelho

The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up. - Mark Twain

Remember that each technology we create is always transforming society and that we need to be careful about considering if and when different technologies may be affecting us either negatively or positively.

Study Says Technology Could Transform Society - NY Times (1982)

A report commissioned by the National Science Foundation and made public today speculates that by the end of this century electronic information technology will have transformed American home, business, manufacturing, school, family and political life. The report warned that the new technology would raise difficult issues of privacy and control that will have to be addressed soon to ''maximize its benefits and minimize its threats to society.''

• The home will double as a place of employment, with men and women conducting much of their work at the computer terminal. This will affect both the architecture and location of the home. It will also blur the distinction between places of residence and places of business, with uncertain effects on zoning, travel patterns and neighborhoods.
• Home-based shopping will permit consumers to control manufacturing directly, ordering exactly what they need for ''production on demand.''
• There will be a shift away from conventional workplace and school socialization. Friends, peer groups and alliances will be determined electronically, creating classes of people based on interests and skills rather than age and social class.

Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. - Italian Proverb

"Don't criticize, condemn, or complain." - Dale Carnegie

How To Win Friends And Influence People - Goodreads

Criticism is futile because it puts a person on the defensive and usually makes him strive to justify himself. Criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurts his sense of importance, and arouses resentment...Instead of condemning people, let's try to understand them. Let's try to figure out why they do what they do. That's a lot more profitable and intriguing than criticism; and it breeds sympathy, tolerance and kindness. "To know all is to forgive all."

Add separators to your taskbar to keep them organized in groups, help you focus, and keep your mind clearer, possibly in groups of 6 apps together.

Three useful tricks for organizing your messy Windows taskbar - Lifehacker

If you've ever wanted to group your apps into separate spaces on your taskbar, you actually can - with a little help from this workaround we've talked about before. All you need to do is create a shortcut to a fake EXE file, give it a transparent icon, and add it to your taskbar. You can separate your office apps from your games, or even your slow-loading apps from your fast-loading apps - that way, if you accidentally click on the wrong button, you don't have to wait 60 seconds for the wrong app to load before you close it. Check out our original post for the full rundown on how this works.

Consider using simple text files to help you get things done and keep track of your tasks, todo lists, projects, and goals, instead of using a complicated tasks app.

Amazing Mac apps for getting things done (plus a custom-rigged setup) - Zen Habits

While I love the apps mentioned above, I personally look for super simple. So I’ve settled on a setup taken from Gina and Adam’s articles on Lifehacker (read the tutorials: Geek to Live and Hack Attack). Text files: Basically, I organize my tasks in a series of text files. That’s because they’re super simple, easy to manipulate, and small. My four files:

• @today: my three MITs for today, along with calls, batch tasks, and an inbox for new things added to the list.
• @ideas: any ideas for projects, posts, or anything really.
• @errands: includes regular errands and my shopping list.
• @todo: my list of 3 projects I’m working on and any other todo items I’m not going to do today.

It is only after one is in trouble that one realizes how little sympathy and kindness there are in the world. - Nelly Bly

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. - Dale Carnegie

Sometimes an empty page presents most possibilities. - Paterson Movie

You're going to be blessed if you find comfort in discomfort. Meaning, jump out there and do something unfamiliar. - Tyrese Gibson