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The only way to truth is to take a s.i.d.e

Skepticism - do not accept things at face value

Inquiry - ask questions

Doubt - never stop sharpening your beliefs

Evidence / Empiricism - rely on logic and the scientific method

#logic #truth

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Why is it that you want to show your goodness to others? What is your motivation? Do good things, regardless of your audience.

#goodness #kindness #humility #fashion #men's fashion #women's fashion #character

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Louche (loosh/adj) - disreputable or sordid, but in a somewhat appealing way...

Photo courtesy of the Daytona Beach News-Journal

#spring break #beach #vocabulary #daytona beach #florida

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If you've ever considered whether it be a good idea to write someone a personal note, do so; you've probably underestimated the happiness it will bring.

#writing #happiness

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Contests, whether geopolitical, financial, athletic, or social, determines the winning side, and is the best chance for the world to move forward

shown: a Russian submarine

#submarine #ideas

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Fashion or optimization? DFS is a world leading travel retailer under the umbrella of LVMH (DFS in this instance stands for "Duty Free Shoppers").

"DFS" is also another way of describing the beginning method of business optimization, with D standing for "Description" (of the process to be optimized), F (formulation of the issue mathematically), and S (for its solution, feasible or optimal)

#lvmh #fashion #business optimization

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91 pages dedicated to a discussion of faith, reason, and what it (may) mean to be alive.

#leo tolstoy #tolstoy #faith #reason #meaning #book review #god #happiness #russia #war and peace

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Material possession is, in its heart, not aspirational. It is a distraction.

If it is your sole desire to pursue success with the only motivation being acquisitiveness, you will find 100% disappointment in your cupidity.

#success #women's fashion #fashion

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Simple thinking is preferred; when caught up in life with too many things that require too much of your attention, scrape away all that doesn't really matter and focus specifically today on one simple concept: How to be better (today). Define it, publish it, take action, and persist.

#fiat #sports car #car #collector cars #orange #progress #success

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Make Resolutions

Publish them

Act on them

Persist

#habits #routines #success #self restraint #philosophy #william james #psychology

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#adam smith #service #motivation #sales #management #communication #philosophy #psychology #listening #success #friendship

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Communication

"I submit my words into public scrutiny, to be tested, analyzed, teased and tossed about, by my peers, not for reflexive approbation, nor equal damnation, but as a method for improvement of mind, organization, and meaning, so that the concepts that I carry may, in time, improve and benefit those who listen." -me

#management #success #free speech #communication #friendship #listening

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23 lovely pages...

#psychology #william james #friendship #pragmatism #success #happiness

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syndexioi - loosely translated from Latin, meaning "united by the handshake"

In case you may not know, on the left is Richard Nixon, the 37th US President, and on the right, Elvis Presley, a rock-n-roll legend.

#vocabulary #elvis #elvis presley #richard nixon #latin #handshake #funny #history

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Speaking

"The capacity to speak is not to simply unload our opinions but equally for our desire to hear what is said back to us when our speeches have been completed"

#communication #christopher hitchens

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"Vis a tergo" - a propelling force. In speech this phrase could be substituted for "motivation" or "raison d'etre" (a primary moving desire)

#vocabulary #turbojet #aeronautics #latin

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Point out the value and simply drop the offer; write only to the reader.

#success #marketing #business #business development #sales