“It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.”
Carl Friedrich Gauss (German Mathematician)
Category: notes to self
On The Half Life of Facts
“Outdated facts are mental fossils that are best abandoned.” – Adam Grant in Think Again.
On Compliments
“Feel compliments as deeply as you feel insults.”
What a beautiful thought – profound and relevant. Our monkey brains are conditioned to focus on the negatives and we often forget the positives. From the James Clear newsletter.