Tag: quotation

Wednesday Wisdom #25: Distraction

Posted on February 11, 2015February 11, 2015 by Doug Belshaw

This is from a blog post by Andy Lark that I came across serendipitously via an article linked to from Hacker News. Andy also says in the same post:

Improving the quality of decision making doesn’t require we completely banish the computer – but rather we put it to good use when and were we need it, and then recognise the conversation can’t happen with its glow present. Or at best, the quality of the conversation wont be what we want.

Wise words indeed. Choose your tool/weapon carefully!

I think that the drift towards distraction can be mitigated by mindfulness – as well as things like #ScreenFreeSunday and my #BelshawBlackOps. It’s about living intentionally, I guess.

The whole set of Wednesday Wisdom images can be found in my Creative Commons-licensed Flickr set.

Wednesday Wisdom #24: Courage

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Doug Belshaw

I also like the text underneath the image I used this week: Courage is not a strong oak resisting the storm, but a fragile blossom bursting out of the snow.

The whole set of Wednesday Wisdom images can be found in my Creative Commons-licensed Flickr set.

Wednesday Wisdom #23: Clash of Mythologies

Posted on January 28, 2015January 28, 2015 by Doug Belshaw

This quotation is taken from Joseph Campbell’s Myths to Live By. Although written around fifty years ago, I think he’s making a good point that’s extremely applicable today. Mythology, rituals and rites are important parts of culture. I very much enjoyed the novel American Gods by Neil Gaiman, which is a modern take on all this.

The whole set of Wednesday Wisdom images can be found in my Creative Commons-licensed Flickr set.