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“One cannot, ever, go back to the place which exists in memory. you would not see it with the same eyes-even supposing that it should improbably have remained much the same. What you have had you have had. ‘The happy highways where I went, And shall not come again…’ Never go back to a place where you have been happy. Until you do it remains alive for you. If you go back it will be destroyed.” ― Agatha Christie, Agatha Christie: An Autobiography

I like this quote so much!

I tend to come back to the past, to revisit old memories.

This quote puts memory back to its designated place – the past.

“No man ever steps in the same river twice. For it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” – Heraclitus

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“Nu judec oamenii după cele mai mari greșeli ale lor.” – Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow (Avengers: Endgame (2019))

“I don’t judge people on their worst mistakes.” – Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow (Avengers: Endgame (2019))

A more detailed quote (Avengers: Endgame (2019) – IMDb):

Natasha Romanoff : What, you think I want to do it? I’m trying to save *your* life, you idiot.

Clint Barton : Yeah, well, I don’t want you to, how’s that? Natasha, you know what I’ve done. You know what I’ve become.

Natasha Romanoff : Well, I don’t judge people on their worst mistakes.

Clint Barton : Maybe you should.

Natasha Romanoff : You didn’t.

Clint Barton : You’re a pain in my ass, you know that?

In a group, there are people who make mistakes, and some who excel at something.

Don’t judge Romania for a blunder, judge it for the average.

In the same way, a living man makes a mistake. Treat it as an exception, and see the average behavior of the person.

If you can, even the best one.

In statistics, there’s a difference between median and average value (mean):

Sometimes the median is used as an alternative to the mean. Just like the mean value, the median also represents the location of a set of numerical data by means of a single number. Roughly speaking, the median is the value that splits the individual data into two halves: the (approximately) 50% largest and 50% lowest data in the collective.

(source – Stuck in the middle – mean vs. median: when to use which?)

In statistics, sometimes, you’ll need to avoid the extremes. In life, I think it’s also better to look at averages, rather than extremes.

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“A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job.” — Thomas A. Edison

There’s not much of a chemical difference between diamonds and coal. We’re not that different from monkeys. A potato and an apple share similarities.

Yet, I like the 1%, the 5%, the 10% that make the difference.

When running for Olympics, there’s only a tiny difference between the Olympic gold medalist and the person who finishes last in that race.

The worst Olympian athlete in the final race is better at running than the huge majority of people on this Earth.

Still, he finishes last.

Understanding the differences can make you wonder – “What should I do to go from position 8 to first place?”.

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“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies… The man who never reads lives only one.” — George R.R. Martin

While the statement may be exaggerated, there’s some truth in it.

It’s true, in my opinion, that if you read you expand your horizon, you find out about new things, you experience the world in ways others can only … dream. :)

Reading can do wonders for one’s education.

I don’t believe in a one-fits-all scenario. Other ways of art consumption can bring good results.

Also, there’s a difference between consumption and creation.

There’s one thing to read 100 books in a year and another thing to write 300 blog posts a year.

There’s one thing to read a blog and another one to keep a journal.

There’s one thing to read an article and another one to post a tweet.

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“Being pleasant and having a good attitude is a simple way to become luckier.

Opportunities come through people, and people are more likely to bring opportunities to people they like.

It’s hard to win if your attitude adds friction to every interpersonal experience.” – James Clear (Newsletter)

I used to be grumpier than today, to express things like “I don’t like this”, “I think this could be made better”, “You should focus on”.

While it’s nice for me to set boundaries, some people can get offended pretty easily.

How did I find out of this? By offending them, easily. :)

I now try to be pleasant, although I still am grumpy to some degree. Old habits die hard.

Attitude is key, also. Optimistic, cheerful, eager to work – they all matter.

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“The biggest risk to productivity is always the same: working on the wrong thing.” – James Clear (Newsletter)

I love this piece of advice!

Yes, it’s good to be successful, it’s great getting results.

But if you focus on the wrong things, that won’t help much.

The solution? Always try and find the right KPIs, don’t focus only on being successful with them.

I previously wrote about this.

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abcdef_hijklmnopqrstuvwxyz⁷ (they/them) – @burnonblackhome:
Most ppl think being poor means you’re in a shanty with no TV, no phone, only a jar of pickles in the fridge… Because the reality of what poverty looks like might hit too close to home.

This is so true. Poverty is not making the ends meet, but sometimes this can be closer to you, the reader, than you may want it.

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