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Start Before You’re Ready, How to Regain Focus, Avoid Premature Death
Mario Peshev
November 26, 2022
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3 Ideas For Better Habits
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Stop Waiting to Have the Perfect Plan
Novelist, Kurt Vonnegut on the importance of getting started before we’re ready, trusting that we can figure it out along the way.
“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.”
Source: If This Isn't Nice, What Is? 2
The Entrepreneurial Approach to Failure
Rwandan blogger, Bangambiki Habyarimana on how the entrepreneur’s way can help us all in the face of failure.
“An entrepreneur is a man who knows he can fail, but he does not accept to fail before he actually fails, and when he fails he learns from his errors and moves on.”
Source: Pearls Of Eternity
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The Scientific Method Can Lead us to The Truth
The late French novelist & pioneer of Science Fiction, Jules Verne on the journey to find truth.
“Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.”
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Refocus With Free Meditation
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Brain Food
Today I Learned: People started wearing pajamas, originally spelled “pyjamas,” instead of nightgowns so they’d be prepared to run outside in public during World War I air raids in England. (Source)
Science: New research gives strong evidence that vitamin D deficiency is associated with premature death, prompting calls for people to follow healthy vitamin D level guidelines. (Source)
Have a productive week,
The Smarter Brain Team
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