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I just had a short conversation with a machine. I asked silly stuff, and the software, by sourcing and blending ideas and words from a vast database, came up with some answers. Some are better than others, but overall the results are pretty fascinating.
"How do I change an existing label that is not serving me anymore?" After yesterday's apple, a friend sent me this question. And it's a very good one. I believe a label is like a habit—something we do regularly that reinforces our identity. As James Clear says in Atomic Habits…
If you are familiar with learning theories, you probably know the famous learning cycle developed by David Kolb in 1984. I'm not getting into its details - there's plenty of material online - but I'd like to focus on the word "cycle". Learning does not happen linearly.
Words are powerful; they create worlds. So, we should choose wisely the words that we use. Particularly the ones we use to describe ourselves. I always struggled to describe who I am. No description or label ever feels exhaustive; some part of me is always left out. And even when…

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I had a breakthrough conversation with Perry Knoppert, a nonlinear thinker and the founder of The Octopus Movement, "a global mycelial network of…
I know. I wrote about time only a few days ago (here), and here I am again. What can I say? I don't plan what to write about and when. It just happens…
One of the weird ways I like to spend my free time is watching videos on youtube from a program called Forged in Fire. It's a competition where amateur…
I came across a beautiful extract from an interview with Michael Caine, the famous English actor. I'll put it at the end of this post, and it's only 90…
On a video that I can't find right now (this is one of the downsides of having only 15 minutes to write my morning posts, anyway I think it was related…
This morning, I woke up late, I have a flight to take, and I'm not done packing up. That means I have to compress my morning practices in less time. Not…
If I were richer... Have you ever started a sentence with these words? Or maybe with something similar, like "if I were taller, smarter, stronger…
In Atomic Books, James Clear shares a fascinating fact about two great athletes with apparently nothing in common: Michael Phelps and Hicham El…
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