Posts tagged: interesting
As always, i still maintain that i’m one of the luckiest people I know :). Read an interesting article today about how being Lucky is a skill which can be learnt.
The article is from 6 years back, got it on Hacker News today. It lists three easy techniques to maximize good fortune. More like three observations about lucky people:
And a bonus fourth point (from me):
Good read, that article. Wonder what its doing in the technology section of the telegraph though!
From this post on Reddit:
“You can’t reason someone out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into”
“Build a man a fire, and he’ll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life.” (lolz)
“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.” - Bertrand Russell
“The plural of anecdote is not data.” (majorlolz)
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. - Mark Twain (the undisputed)
“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.” Mark Twain (strikes again!)
“A man without a god is like a fish without a bicycle.” (death by laughter)
“Give credit where credit is due” - Anon (get it?)
