Normal morning with the cat
(Source: photosofthecat)
Today, Jared conducted our All Hands staff meeting in a hot dog suit. That is all.
Normal day at work
Laser cut calendar by Nando Costa hung up on the window.
morality is not a ritualistic obedience to a code of behavior imposed by an external authority
If you just sit and observe, you will see how restless your mind is. If you try to calm it, it only makes it worse, but over time it does calm, and when it does, there’s room to hear more subtle things—that’s when your intuition starts to blossom and you start to see things more clearly and be in the present more. Your mind just slows down, and you see a tremendous expanse in the moment. You see so much more than you could see before. It’s a discipline, you have to practice it.
Steve Jobs (Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson)
I’ve really got to get back to practicing Vipassanā meditation.
If you’re thinking of getting started, I highly recommend Mindfulness in Plain English. You should also read An Introduction to Mindfulness by Dan Benjamin.
And as far as I’m concerned, once something becomes a common verb, it’s a done deal. We don’t search, we google. And from now on, we don’t crowd-fund, we Kickstarter. Massive props to them for choosing a way less stupid word than ‘Google’—which still makes me cringe.
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