Month: August 2026
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Johann Hari: “Next to me there were two men in, I guess, their mid-twenties. I shamelessly eavesdropped on their conversation while pretending to read David Copperfield. It was clear they had met on an app, and this was the first time they had seen each other in person. There was something about their conversation that…
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I will study the book Clean Code by Robert C. Martin.
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“questioning is an attentional mechanism. We can all harness this mechanism; we can all shift attention and influence thoughts, feelings and actions, just by asking questions. You can choose to intentionally use this ability, or not, and this choice will have an impact on everything from your professional achievements to your personal relationships.” Lani Watson
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“The essence of Winifred Gallagher’s Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life is that the quality of your life depends to a surprising degree on what you choose to pay attention to. Gallagher’s central claim is not merely that attention improves productivity. It is much broader: your lived reality is largely constructed out of the things…
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I enjoy taking walks around the city where I grew up. Most of the time, I meet people I know on these walks and have a chat with them, or I talk to people I haven’t met before. It’s a nice way to deepen existing connections and develop new ones.
Non-Fiction Notes 