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Meditate every day because it improves your wellbeing and your mind by helping you to become more relaxed, focused, and aware of all the unnecessary thoughts in your head, which can make you happier and more relaxed and focused on each day you meditate.
What
- Sit down and breathe slowly and deeply for some amount of minutes at least once a day
- Attempt to clear your mind of thoughts and focus on one thing, such as your breathing
- Focus on your breath, body, surroundings, or close your eyes to focus on one thing
- Don't worry if thoughts creep into your mind, just try to let them go, breathe, and focus
- You can also try saying a mantra like "I'm grateful for today. I'm hopeful for the future."
- You may also spend time focusing or contemplating on single projects, goals, or dreams
Why
- Breathing deeply may provide oxygen to the brain which is key for our brain functioning
- Relaxing our mind may allow it to make new connections, which occurs when we sleep
- It may help us become more focused, improve our concentration, and get things done
- It may help us become more relaxed, improve our happiness, and feel naturally calmer
- It may help us process our thoughts, be more creative, and improve our critical thinking
- It may help us slow down and recognize that the thoughts in our head are not our reality
April 1, 2025
The solution or explanation with the fewest amount of steps or assumptions should often be preferred in order to simplify the solution down to its essential factor or factors.
- In philosophy, Occam's razor (also spelled Ockham's razor or Ocham's razor; Latin: novacula Occami) is the problem-solving principle that recommends searching for explanations constructed with the smallest possible set of elements.
- It is also known as the principle of parsimony or the law of parsimony (Latin: lex parsimoniae).
- Attributed to William of Ockham, a 14th-century English philosopher and theologian, it is frequently cited as "Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem", which translates as "Entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity", although Occam never used these exact words.
- Popularly, the principle is sometimes inaccurately paraphrased as "The simplest explanation is usually the best one."
- This philosophical razor advocates that when presented with competing hypotheses about the same prediction, one should prefer the one that requires the fewest assumptions and that this is not meant to be a way of choosing between hypotheses that make different predictions.
Occam's Razor - Wikipedia
When you say anything of extreme importance and honesty, expect others to react quickly, negatively, and defensively.
I wonder if we should show respect for those that are currently weaker or younger than us, and shake hands after we win instead of gloating or putting others down at the end of a competition.
Dear Anonymous Athlete,
Thanks
- You should be very proud of yourself for everything you have achieved in your life
- You have had an exceptional career as a basketball player due to your hard work
- You have made your own life as well as your family much better in many ways
- You have brought joy to many people who enjoy watching a fun competition
Gifts
- You are also lucky to have been given some incredible and uncommon physical gifts
- You are lucky to have been given an amazing opportunity and life partially by chance
- We should realize we could easily have been born as someone else without such gifts
- We should consider treating opponents and others as we would our young children
Respect The Weak
- Unwritten rules like not scoring at the end of the game can be confusing to understand
- I think the reason for this unwritten rule is not so both teams stop trying at the end
- The weaker team losing should always keep competing until the very end to catch up
- The stronger team should show some mercy, not run up the score, and shake hands after
Competition Can Be Good
- Competition is good because it makes all of us better, even the weakest and youngest
- Competition is good if the older and stronger show respect for the younger and weaker
- Competition can be bad if the stronger and older do not show some level of respect to those that are currently weaker or younger than them for competing and taking part, which could cause some people, who are not lucky enough to be as intelligent or strong, to give up and not want to compete or contribute to society at all
- Competition can be bad if the strong rub it in the face of the weak or young at every opportunity and never come to realize or learn to understand that the goal should be to ultimately pass on their superior skills and knowledge to future generations through competition and to make us all better in the process
Quote
- "Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box." - Italian Proverb
March 25, 2025
Ask open-ended questions by remembering the acronym WHI and starting with why, what, how, and in what way, in order to become a better listener who encourages longer and more revealing answers from people.
- WHI? - Why? - What? How? In what way? - Yes/Open
- WHO? - Who? - When? Where? Would you? - No/Closed
- Asking open-ended questions allows others to share their thoughts
- Asking open-ended questions allows you to become a better listener
- Why, what, how, and "in what way" encourage long open answers
- Who, when, where, and "would you" encourage short fixed answers
March 25, 2025
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. - Anais Nin
Consider using simple text files to help you get things done and keep track of your tasks, todo lists, projects, and goals, instead of using a complicated tasks app.
- While I love the apps mentioned above, I personally look for super simple.
- So I’ve settled on a setup taken from Gina and Adam’s articles on Lifehacker (read the tutorials: Geek to Live and Hack Attack).
- Text files: Basically, I organize my tasks in a series of text files.
- That’s because they’re super simple, easy to manipulate, and small.
Amazing Mac apps for getting things done (plus a custom-rigged setup) - Zen Habits
I think we should rename and change the pronunciation we use for the letter "w" from its three syllables of "duhble-yoo", to a simpler sound of only one syllable, just like every other letter in the alphabet. I suggest "wee".
What
- Pronounce the letter "w" as "wee"
Why
- All other letters in the alphabet are a single syllable
- Saying the letter "w" becomes shorter and simpler
- Spelling out words becomes shorter and simpler
- Reciting the alphabet becomes shorter and simpler
Options
March 11, 2025
A person who has and does many different practices, habits, activities, or interests.
polyprax
noun
- A person who has and does many different practices, habits, activities, or interests, possibly instead of having only one job or working for a living.
- A person who may have many different purposes or roles, and who follows their own goals and dreams to do things for themself, others, and the world.
- A person who may have many different purposes, goals, missions, or aims throughout their lifetime.
- A person who may have many different roles, crafts, positions, or professions throughout their lifetime.
- A person who may choose to try and live a simple life focused on action and practices instead of money and materials, or doing and being instead of paying and buying.
- A person who may focus on thinking about and doing things for themselves and other people instead of paying for things or buying things for people and themselves.
Similar New Definitions
- Polyprax - A person who has many different practices, habits, activities, or interests.
- Polyskop - A person who has many different purposes, goals, aims, or objectives.
- Polyepan - A person who has many different roles, crafts, positions, or professions.
- Polyergo - A person who has many different jobs, duties, work, or chores.
- Polytech - A person who makes many different things, crafts, objects, or artworks.
- Polykano - A person who does many different things, actions, deeds, or tasks.
Similar Existing Definitions
- Polymath - A person who knows or understands many different learnings or subjects.
- Polyglot - A person who can speak or write many different languages or vocabularies.
Updated - March 11, 2025
Original - September 4, 2024
Matter not losing or failure, only learning for the future.
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. - Buckminster Fuller
All we need is food, water, shelter.
All we want is touch and affection.
They expect us to pay for their food and drinks.
They expect us to buy gifts and the kitchen sink.
They want luxuries and money from we.
They want everything, with our slavery.
March 3, 2025
Remember everyone is emotional and people are all going through the ups and downs of life, so try not to take it personally when people get angry, and try to comfort or support others when they are in a bad mood.
- Perhaps this is an exaggeration.
- But the core of the message is that people tend to have stronger feelings about something than they let on.
- People who regularly have outbursts of anger, depression or flamboyant enthusiasm are generally frowned upon in most cultures.
- This especially applies to men (for women trying to figure us out).
- The application of this rule is to not assume everything is fine just because someone isn’t having a nervous breakdown.
- We all have our individual problems, angst and upsets that are normally contained.
The critical 7 rules to understand people - Scott H. Young
Sometimes when we're happy our life isn't as good as we think it is. Sometimes when we're sad our life isn't as bad as we think it is.
Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars. - Les Brown
Exercise every day because it improves your body, your mind, and makes you happier and more productive on the day in which you exercise.
- A recent study from Penn State university shed some light on the matter and the results are more than surprising.
- They found that to be more productive and happier on a given work day, it doesn’t matter so much, if you work-out regularly, if you haven’t worked out on that particular day.
- Think about starting small and then start even smaller: Here is a little secret.
- When I first started exercising, I did it with 5 minutes per day, 3 times a week.
- Can you imagine that? 5 minutes of timed exercise, 3 times a week?
- That’s nothing you might be thinking.
- And you are right, because the task is so easy and anyone can succeed with it, you can really start to make a habit out of it.
- Try no more than 5 or 10 minutes if you are getting started.
What happens to our brains when we exercise and how it makes us happier - Buffer
Happiness may be easier not knowing how everything really works.
If you don't build your dream someone will hire you to help build theirs. - Tony Gaskins
I organized my entire music library so that every album now has either 2, 4, 6, or 8 singles or picks in it. Believe it or not, I don't think I have OCD, but it was incredibly rewarding and worthwhile nonetheless.
Turn your problems into challenges or goals that you can overcome or accomplish in order to be happier and improve your life.
- Happy people will see problems as challenges, as opportunities to explore new ways of doing things, expressing their gratitude for them, understanding that underneath them all lay many opportunities that will allow them to expand and to grow.
15 Powerful things happy people do differently - Purpose Fairy
