Posts Tagged with "beliefs"
How You Are Stopping Yourself from Getting What You Want
A few days ago, Henri Juntilla tweeted if anyone would like to have a guestpost. An offer I couldn’t refuse. To make it even better, Henri asked me if there was a specific topic I had in mind. All I gave him was a quote that has been on my mind a lot latetly to [...]
Continue reading...This Is Why Your Theories Are Useless
Thursday, December 2, 2010
I have this theory that theories are utterly useless. Although they attempt to describe and predict a facet of reality, they never succeed. And because you can’t experience reality when you’re hiding behind your theories, they are effectively cutting off your connection with this reality. Sure, theories are nice to try and explain things or [...]
Continue reading...Truly learning or just reinforcing current beliefs
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Yesterday a tweet came along in my screen I really would like to share with you: Amazing how often when we think we’re learning, we’re really not. We’re just seeking evidence to reinforce our current beliefs – Jonathan Mead I would like to follow this quote with another one that I’ve taken from someone I [...]
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