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Your life matters (even if you’re not famous)

Brett Davies - Life

Your life matters (even if you’re not famous) – Darius Foroux:

Here’s what most people get wrong. We think impact only counts when it’s big and public.
But that’s not how impact works.
Think about the people who shaped you most. A parent, teacher, or friend who said the right thing at the right time.
None of them were famous. None of them had an audience. They mattered because they were close to you, not because they were known to everyone.
That’s the rule. Impact moves through proximity, not popularity.

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Fericire

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Citat favorit: „Vei iubi viața”. / Favourite quote: „You’ll love life”.

Sunt fericit. Uneori trimis, uneori nervos, dar fericit.

Îmi place citatul pe care l-am ales. Citat din mine. (Oh, no, the audacity!)

În general sunt fericit, împăcat cu mine, bucuros chiar.

Uneori nu sunt bucuros, dar fericit și împăcat cu mine sunt cam tot timpul.

Și dacă am nevoie să mă relaxez și să stau liniștit, pot găsi în mine resursele să fac asta.

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Choisir un photographe

Melusina Parkin - Art & Music 4

J’avais recommandé à quelques amis choisir une photographe.

À un certain moment, j’ai dit : „Vous devez choisir un photographe par son portefeuille, et certainement pas par des recommandations. En ce regard, je connais un photographe.”.

J’ai reçu cette réponse : „Ah, c’est très intéressant. Quel est le nom du photographe ?”.

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Reading people

arbyreed - Personal Items

One of my teachers said at one point – „I just looked at one person, and I instantly knew that there’s an issue with that person.”

I don’t especially like this way of „reading” people.

I think it was Rand Fishkin who said something like „we tend to have more and more prejudice, as we meet more and more people.”

I think Rand is right, and it’s unavoidable to think about others, to judge them, to have prejudice.

But you could at least refrain from making statements like „I know he’s weirdo.” in front of a class.

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Making people happy

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There are two ways of acting:

  • Making all people happy. This likely leads to making no person happy. People pleasers. People who tell an exaggerated number of „Yes”-es. eMAG and Amazon, when trying to answer every possible product.
  • Making very few people happy. Some newspapers do this when they cover an event – they choose a very specific angle, and assume that if 60% of people like this, that is the only solution. Or online stores – they focus on the majority only. Or Google – only the majority.

The solution? As always – the paradox. From time to time, try not to make anyone happy. From time to time, try to make all the people happy.

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Strange

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I know people who use this word a lot – „this is strange”.

The thing is – they tend to be strange, themselves.

From Seth Godin:

We Are All Weird: My new book launches today. (Link includes translations to three languages and worldwide availability, too).

What are you going to do with your weirdness? Or the weirdness of everyone around you?

We Are All Weird | Seth’s Blog

My advice?

Don’t even try not to be weird. It’s pointless.

We are all like this.

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