All big things come from small beginnings. The seed of every habit is a single, tiny decision. But as that decision is repeated, a habit sprouts and grows stronger. Roots entrench themselves and branches grow. The task of breaking a bad habit is like uprooting a powerful oak within us. And the task of building … Continue reading Habits
Month: August 2021
A wish
My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your act of kindness. Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heartMaya Angelou
Statistics
The surprising success of equal-weighting schemes has an important practical implication: it is possible to develop useful algorithm without any prior statistical research. Simple equally weighted formulas based on existing statistics or on common sense are often very good predictor of significant outcome. In a memorable example, Dawes showed that marital stability is well predicted … Continue reading Statistics
Freedom
I had an invitation to a zoom class yesterday, it's a financial management class, the title was Freedom from debt. Interesting. So I checked in. 6 minutes late, and the host was asking everyone in the class, what do they think about debt, is it good or bad thing? I read the answers from the … Continue reading Freedom
Persistence
Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature's laws wrong, it learned to walk without having feet. Funny, it seems to by keeping it's dreams; it learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else even cared.Tupac Shakur, The … Continue reading Persistence
100 days
I have posted some writings, photos, quotes for a hundred consecutive days. I am definitely a writer! Every single day for the last 100 days I have been thinking :"what should I write today? Some days, I was full with ideas, some other days, nothing comes up... Literally nothing, which is very strange.. since I … Continue reading 100 days
Everlasting
Hearts united in pain and sorrowwill not be separated by joy and happiness.Bonds that are woven in sadnessare stronger than the ties of joy and pleasure.Love that is washed by tearswill remain eternally pure and faithful.Khalil Gibran, Love Letters in the Sand: The love poems of Khalil Gibran
Guru
Guru means teacher in Bahasa Indonesia. Yes, we can found teachers everywhere at any time although we may not able to always understand the lessons. Understanding takes times... And often.. a very long time..I was 35 years old when I finally understand that only very few people will be genuinely happy for your success, it … Continue reading Guru
Space
I am creating space in my head, in my heart and in my life to invite some new opportunities and exciting possibilities to emerge. What's working? Regular work out definitely need a huge commitment to clearing up some space. What's not? Too much great plan to make self improvement is not going to work for … Continue reading Space
Success
A few years ago, John Brockman, who edits the online magazine Edge, asked a number of scientists to report their "favorite equation." These were my offerings: Success = talent + luckGreat success = a little more talent + a lot of luck. Daniel Kahneman; Thinking, Fast and Slow; page 176
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