doubleyouyou: Archive

April 2012

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“It’s amazingly simple,” Pennebaker says, “Listen to the relative use of the word “I.”

What you find is completely different from what most people would think. The person with the higher status uses the word “I” less.

” —To Predict Dating Success, The Secret’s In The Pronouns : Shots - Health Blog : NPR

Apr 30, 2012

Turret Opera / Cara Mia (Portal 2) - A Cappella - YouTube → youtube.com

Apr 29, 2012

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“Don’t make the world worse. I know that I’m supposed to tell you to aspire to great things. But I’m going to lower the bar here: Just don’t use your prodigious talents to mess things up.” —What They Don’t Tell You at Graduation - WSJ.com

Apr 28, 2012

“True life is lived when tiny changes occur,” said Leo Tolstoy. I agree. It’s rare for us to undergo rapid, dramatic transformations in short periods of time. That’s why it’s delusional to be forever pining for some big magic intervention that will fix everything. The best way to alter our course is slowly and gradually, by conscientiously revamping our responses to the small daily details. Keep these thoughts close at hand in the coming weeks, Aries. Be a devotee of the incremental approach. Step-by-step. Hour-by-hour.” —Free Will Astrology

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“What checklists DEMAND you to do are these two things:
1. Tell me everything you need.
2. Tell me what is really important.” —Checklists, Rituals and Practice | Dan John

Apr 25, 2012

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“We are not weak because we suffer. We are powerful because we are surviving. No pity, no shame, no silence.” —*Personal Experience* Georgey Routen’s Story of Disordered Eating | Mind Your Head Oxford

Apr 20, 2012

“If you wear a white coat that you believe belongs to a doctor, your ability to pay attention increases sharply. But if you wear the same white coat believing it belongs to a painter, you will show no such improvement.” —Clothes and Self-Perception - NYTimes.com

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“Two million patients pick up infections in American hospitals, most because someone didn’t follow basic antiseptic precautions. Forty per cent of coronary-disease patients and sixty per cent of asthma patients receive incomplete or inappropriate care. And half of major surgical complications are avoidable with existing knowledge. It’s like no one’s in charge—because no one is.” —Atul Gawande. News Desk: Cowboys and Pit Crews : The New Yorker

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Apr 12, 2012

Changing the Framework: Disability Justice | Leaving Evidence → leavingevidence.wordpress.com

Apr 11, 2012

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Apr 9, 2012

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Consider, for example, sleep: the elite players slept an hour more per night than the average players.

Also consider relaxation. The researchers asked the players to estimate how much time they dedicated each week to leisure activities — an important indicator of their subjective feeling of relaxation. By this metric, the elite players were significantly more relaxed than the average players, and the best of the best were the most relaxed of all.

” —Study Hacks » Blog Archive » If You’re Busy, You’re Doing Something Wrong: The Surprisingly Relaxed Lives of Elite Achievers

Apr 6, 2012

Trololo Cat - YouTube → youtube.com

Apr 5, 2012