Modern-day humans are drowning in a sea of overstimulation that exhausts us physically, mentally, and emotionally.
. . Wallace J. Nichols – Blue Mind
Mindfulness is the process of actively noticing new things … When you do that, it puts you in the present. It makes you more sensitive to context and perspective. It’s the essence of engagement.
. . Wallace J. Nichols – Blue Mind
Our memories are private autobiographies…
. . Ted Chiang – “The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling”
Sometimes innovation is not technology, not machines, and not anything material. Sometimes it is a thing of the spirit, a core belief and strength. And sometimes it is gained through loss, grief, and painful self-examination.
. . Rod Pyle — Innovation the NASA Way
Despite the challenge of low budgets and risk aversion, thoughtful innovation does ascend through the system. There is always time later to rein in ideas to fit budget and schedule parameters. But if you don’t go large at the beginning, you will never achieve greatness.
. . Rod Pyle — Innovation the NASA Way
You should forget your successes but not your failures.
. . Bertolt Brecht
Logic will take you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.
. . Albert Einstein
“My reputation is much sounder than my bank account.”
. . Gary Scharnhorst – Julian Hawthorne The Life of a Prodigal Son
Today the news business panders to the worst common denominator in society, not the best.
. . Robert Dustman – Behind the Mic
Life can be interesting when you let it take you where it wants to take you.
. . Eric Dinerstein – What Elephants Know
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