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Well if it was that easy, your world would look already different after reading the sentence before, right? But you are not some logical calculating system, where 1 + 1 = 2 always.

You are human. In your life, perception gives you situations, where one plus one equals zero. Situations that doesn't make any sense.

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Taking Action!

Taking Action!

Can you take action?

Science says yes! But that is the beginning of another story.

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One Encounter

One Encounter

... can change the way how we perceive the world and how we live our lifes. One new observation, one new conversation or one new piece of wisdom.

As long as we keep our mind open for constructive criticism and questioning the taken granted, we can continue growing.

How could questioni...

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Answers

Answers

We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.

— Lloyd Alexander

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Better than a wish lamp?

Better than a wish lamp?

Lifelong learning is like having three wishes and using them to have more.

Does never ending learning aim for growth beyond your own reality? When learning is expanding the horizon of your current reality, what is holding you back then? Can you do something about it? Are you the on...

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What can you hear?

What can you hear?

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

— Jimi Hendrix

...listening...

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Attention! What are you looking at?

Attention! What are you looking at?

When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has opened for us.

— Hellen Keller

So at the end changing your perception is coming down to – Are you willing what it takes?

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READ ME

READ ME

Please excuse possibly occurring spelling/grammar mistayxs, as non-native they are like John Cena — You can't see me. Consider this - What would this kind of criticism tell about yourself, when you are using a platform for non-professional created content

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Limited Perception = Limited Information

Limited Perception = Limited Information

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

— Maya Angelou

Are our (automated) prejudices legit?

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Just Karma?

Just Karma?

You get what you deserve. Instead of being a good person today, you choose instead to become one tomorrow.

— Markus Aurelius

But why do we tend to push change away? Isn't the quote a little too monocausal? Has everyone equal external circumstances for internal changes? Are yo...

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The face of change

The face of change

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

— James Baldwin

Why does ignorance outweigh attention sometimes? How can you reflect your subconscious perception filters? In situations of realisation? In what-if situations? Could reg...

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The power of encounting questions

The power of encounting questions

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

— Markus Aurelius

Can you influence your thoughts? What triggers them intern-/externally? Can you contol your exposure to these triggers? Can others control their exposure to their triggers? Is your or the...

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Wise Quotes

Wise Quotes

Pieces of condensed wisdom that can change someones perception of the world. (I call them growth-steroids ;)

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Connection & Sharing

Connection & Sharing

We are gifted. We can share, discuss, (ex)change perceptions, opinions, convictions with total strangers from other parts of the world.

Diversity means wealth for innovation, as different think-tanks can be geniusly recombined.

Thanks to Deepstash to ...

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So... what about You?

So... what about You?

Now to the main question – Can you change your perception?

Science says Yes! End of story.

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gerald

Just a curious forever-child appreciating to question taken for granted things constructively.

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  • System 2 - Slower. We tend to avoid using it too much, but it is mandatory for complex problems...

My take: What we should do?

My take: What we should do?

One approach to distinguish yourself is to rehearse your actions in the most unusual situations. Because you've already done the task in situations where others couldn't have expected to begin, this can make a huge difference in your mental power and endurance for the game day.

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Some distractions are more difficult to spot because they look a lot like work. Email is one of them. Nobody cares if you achieve inbox zero.

If a task doesn't contribute to your vision, then it's a distraction. Only work on tasks that accomplish something. 

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