Tuesday's Teachings (From Life)

YOUTUBE.COM -- Which is your favourite? And what's stopping you from making a beautiful moment in someone else's life? ...

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IFSTUDIES.ORG -- In 2011, a Wall Street banker became curious about people unlike him. A couple of years later, he forsook his Wall Street job so he could drive all the over the country determining where to stop by one rule: go to the places that everybody else said he shouldn't visit. Now, Chris Arnade has written "Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America," a book that documents through photos and stories the people whom America's "front row" of college-educated experts typically ignore. In Dignity, the essential message that America's back row conveys to America's front row is that there are goods and ties beyond credentials and degrees and economic growth. It is a message we should all heed. ...

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OZANVAROL.COM -- If you're like most people, you'll picture the bad outcomes--the business that never took off, the penalty kick you missed, or the job interview you bombed. Poker players, as Annie Duke argues in Thinking in Bets, the quality of the input isn't the same as the quality of the output. It's possible for good decisions to lead to bad outcomes. But we reward bad decisions that lead to good outcomes and change good decisions merely because they produced a bad outcome. You have to take the lenses off--by pivoting your focus from the seemingly awful outcome to the inputs--in order to see clearly. ...

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[H/T MOHIB EBRAHIM] -- YOUTUBE.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: A short, inspiring and innovative perspective on personal search.] ARTICLE: This is a story for people who follow their hearts and make their own rules ... people who get special pleasure out of doing something well, even if only for themselves ... people who know there's more to living than meets the eye: they'll be right there with Jonathan, flying higher and faster than ever they dreamed. ...

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YOUTUBE.COM -- GOOD MORNING BRITAIN -- Lindsay Lohan talks about how she credits Oprah with helping her to leave her infamously wild lifestyle behind. ...

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EVIEMAGAZINE.COM -- Trish Regan (the only woman to hold the 8PM/ET primetime slot) is happily married and mother to three beautiful children. "If you want to be a mother and have a successful career, it's very hard to strike a balance. I think there's something fundamentally different in women. When my kids are sick, they want their mom. They love their dad, too, but they want their mom. Men automatically take that promotion but women, we feel the responsibility. It makes it harder, which is why I bring my kids to the office and spend as much time with them as I can. I have so much respect for those that stay at home and take care of their kids because that's our future." ...

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DAILYSTOIC.COM -- You can go around in this life looking out for every insult and snide comment. You can hang onto every time you've been wronged and investigate every case of possible bad faith. Or you can tune it out, be a little deaf to it and let things go. Not stupidly of course, not completely or utterly forgetful, but just enough that you can function above the fray and the muck and the things that catch other people up. Just enough that you don't go around angry all the time. ...

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MEDIUM.COM -- When it comes to leadership, you want a broad education. And when I say "education," I mean it in a sense that's distinct from training. The concepts often get blurred, but training is about learning how to do specific things well. Education is about broadly increasing your capacity to learn, and it may not be immediately practical. Think of it as learning to look at ideas from different angles, examining them and gaining new perspectives. You're creating questions, not answers. Here are the three types of books I'd recommend for giving yourself that education ...

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QUIETLYROMANTIC.COM -- To many of us, death is an abstract thing that we believe is so far in the future that it's not even worth thinking about. Maybe it's worth thinking about it. No man is an island, and your relationships are one of those few things that truly matter in this world. Give your family and friends a call. Because you never know when it's your last chance to talk to them. We live in a world where being overworked is almost like a badge of honor. [But] people regret working so hard that they missed out on all their relationships, just like that old song "Cat's in the Cradle". ...

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YOUTUBE.COM -- My son turned ten just the other day. He said, "Thanks for the ball, Dad, come on let's play. Can you teach me to throw." I said, "Not today. I got a lot to do." He said, "That's OK." And he walked away but his smile never dimmed and said, "I'm gonna be like him, yeah, you know I'm gonna be like him." And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon. Little boy blue and the man on the moon. "When you comin' home dad?" "I don't know when, but we'll get together then, son. You know we'll have a good time then." ...

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ARTOFMANLINESS.COM -- While there are some ageless principles of manliness, characteristics celebrated by hundreds of different cultures in many different eras, some of the ideals of manhood have varied across peoples and time periods.... The definition of manliness clearly needs to be rooted in a firm and immovable foundation. One that works across time, place, and culture and is attainable for any man, in any situation. While the definition of manliness has been endlessly discussed and dissected in scholarly tomes, my definition of manliness is actually quite straightforward. And ancient. Manliness as ...

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MAYOOSHIN.COM -- Long before Disney's success, and the fairy-tale, 'happily ever after' Disney films, Disney lived a much less privileged life. A life of poverty, adversity and failure. At the tender age of nine years old, Disney was working seven days a week as a newspaper delivery boy for his father's newspaper business. Unlike other kids his age, Disney would wake up at 3.30 a.m. each day, deliver newspapers before heading to school and return back to work before the end of the school day. The work was especially grueling during the winter. Oftentimes, Disney would ...

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MAYOOSHIN.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Though inspired by business, Ray Dalio's advice applies to all decisions we are called on to make.] ARTICLE: In his book, "Principles: Life and Work" Ray Dalio elaborates on his idea of "Radical Transparency": "Radical open-mindedness and transparency are invaluable for effective change ..." Conventional wisdom suggests success is the by-product of surrounding ourselves with positive people who cheer us along and support our ideas. The opposite is more likely to be true: surrounding yourself with smart people who disagree with you will improve your odds of success. The more we run away from critics and towards cheerleaders, the more delusional we become about our strengths and weaknesses. More times than not, our biggest critics open the door to crucial opportunities to learn and make better decisions. ...

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ARTOFMANLINESS.COM -- Dinner was mostly cleared from the table, but there were still a few random dishes out. As I was at the sink, I heard a giggle or two from the kids, who were playing in the living room. Then those giggles grew into full-on belly laughs, and my wife's laughter joined the chorus. So I turned around to get a look at the action. I simply soaked it in and tried as hard as I could to absorb every detail; I immediately knew this was a moment I'd never want to forget. This is the stuff that life, and parenting, is made of. After my wife caught me looking, I told her ...

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YOUTUBE.COM -- UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO INSTITUTE OF POLITICS -- "But there's another view about safe spaces that is now I think ascendant, which I think is just a horrible view, which is that 'I need to be safe ideologically. I need to be safe emotionally I just need to feel good all the time.' I think that is a terrible idea. I don't want you to be safe, ideologically. I don't want you to be safe, emotionally. I want you to be strong. That's different.... You can't deal with a mean tweet?! You are creating a kind of liberalism that the minute it crosses the street into the real world is not just useless, but obnoxious and dangerous." ...

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DAILYSTOIC.COM -- Verity Smith is a blind international dressage rider, singer, songwriter and author. Smith gradually lost her vision from the age of eight.... "It was brilliant that I went blind at the age of 8, before the clutter of my life got a look in." Her courage and grace in the face of adversity has not relented since. She has represented Great Britain in the Paralympics, and is now training with the aim of qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo games to fulfill her dream of competing on the Able Bodied Team. ...

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OZANVAROL.COM -- The transition of Johnny the gospel singer to Johnny Cash the legend holds important lessons for us all. Most people try to emulate the titans that came before them. Our internal narrative tells us to play it safe and go with what's worked in the past. But, as Cash quickly realized, there are way too many aspiring gospel singers. You can't get ahead if you're simply following. It's only by embracing your distinctive qualities -- those that the world tries so hard to beat into conformity -- that your inner Johnny Cash can emerge. ...

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UNMISTAKABLECREATIVE.COM -- Teachers don't often get to see the impact they have on their students because they only get them for one chapter of their lives, maybe a year, or longer if they're lucky. And they are, unfortunately, some of the most under-appreciated people in society. Whether you're a billionaire or best-selling author you've had a teacher who made an impact, the best that you've ever had. They all plant the seeds for who we ultimately become. ...

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[H/T MOHIB EBRAHIM] -- MAYOOSHIN.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Highly recommended. Quite profound.] ARTICLE: How did Franklin achieve so much more than his contemporaries, given he had the same 24 hours each day to get things done? The answer is Franklin's daily schedule. Before putting pen to paper on his daily schedule, Franklin created a list of virtues to live by. He referred to these as his 13 virtues: a list of values designed to help guide his daily schedule. Here's the list of Benjamin Franklin's 13 virtues ...

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[H/T SAHIL BADRUDDIN] -- YOUTUBE.COM -- CARL SAGAN -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Magnificent!] ARTICLE: Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic ...

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YOUTUBE.COM -- If you will humor this old sailor for just a moment, I have a few suggestions that may help you.... And while these lessons were learned during my time in the military, ... it matters not your gender, your ethnic or religious background, your orientation or your social status.... Every morning we were required to make our bed to perfection. It seemed a little ridiculous in light of the fact that we were aspiring to be real warriors, but the wisdom of this simple act has been proven to me many times over. ...

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UNMISTAKABLECREATIVE.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Happy New Year!] ARTICLE: What follows are my 5 immutable rules for a terrible, no good, deeply unfulfilling 2019. Follow these rules and I guarantee you misery. Here's to your misfortune. 1. Keep yourself distracted. 2. Prioritize everyone & everything else. 3. Have many projects but don't commit to any of them. 4. Set ambitious goals with no timelines or consequences. 5. Nothing is your responsibility, nothing is your fault. ...

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STANFORD.EDU -- Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories.... The first story is about connecting the dots.... My second story is about love and loss.... My third story is about death.... Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you. ...

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THEFEDERALIST.COM -- Pew Research Center has just released a major new report on a very important question: Where do Americans find most meaning in life? ... When asked the open-ended question about what brings the greatest meaning to their lives, 69% of Americans said family. When it came to a similar question: "What is the MOST important source of meaning in your life?" family was still the run-away winner. Second to family in this more specific close-ended question, but by half, was one's religious faith ...

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QUILLETTE.COM -- As a young child, I remember being told "You can be anything you want to be if you're prepared to work hard enough."... One day, my math teacher, Ms. Chu, asked me to see her after class in her office, where she presented me with my mark on the most recent test, which was 3 percent (that number is not missing a digit).... She said, "if you were putting in the effort, you'd get the results." By then, I was sick to death of hearing this ...

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OZANVAROL.COM -- 1. It often takes a beginner's mind to enable revolutionary changes.... 2. If you do anything new, the world will try to beat you into conformity.... Fosbury was no ordinary athlete. He was a contrarian. He prided himself on disrupting conventional wisdom, taking risks, and exploring new possibilities.... A newspaper called him "The World's Laziest High Jumper." ... Fans often laughed at him ... The laughs eventually turned into cheers when he took home Olympic gold -- doing the exact opposite of everyone else. ...

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OZANVAROL.COM -- The line stretched as far as my 10-year old eyes could see. I had never seen a line that long for anything-let alone a movie. It was 1991. My father and I were standing outside on a cold Istanbul afternoon waiting for tickets to see Terminator 2. He had promised to take me to see the hottest new Hollywood action flick, and ...

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MEDIUM.COM -- THE MISSION PODCASTS -- Why are we so stressed about things that matter little, especially when we won't be remembered for them? For many, there's a preoccupation chasing material objects, symbols and status when few will remember them for their achievements.... The value of human connections is something money cannot buy and what really matters are those who will remember us for the times we spent together. ...

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MAYOOSHIN.COM -- #1. Nobody cares about your goals and dreams. Let's get real here for a second. Do you care about my goals and dreams? ... But, nowadays, most people live in the illusion -- usually on social media -- that their goals and dreams are special ... they expect the world to press pause, take note and offer a helping hand. ...

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[H/T SAHIL BADRUDDIN] -- YOUTUBE.COM -- MOTIVATIONHUB -- Jeff Bezos's Life Changing Advice (Must Watch!!) The $160 billion dollar man share's his greatest advice with you. ...

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