Anna Mouchref

Writing is more than a vehicle for communicating ideas. It's a tool for crystallizing ideas. Writing exposes gaps in your knowledge and logic. It pushes you to articulate assumptions and consider counterarguments. One of the best paths to sharper thinking is frequent writing.

Nearly 1 in 3 women have been abused in their lifetime. We say, no more! #OrangeTheWorld

Politeness is not the same as kindness. Being polite is saying what makes people feel good today. Being kind is doing what helps people get better tomorrow. In polite cultures, people withhold disagreement and criticism. In kind cultures, people speak their minds respectfully.

You can't be an important and life changing presence for some people without also being a joke and embarrassment to others.

Brain training games don't actually make us smarter. Controlled experiments and longitudinal studies: so-called brain training programs have no benefits for reasoning, attention, or working memory. We're better off reading, exercising, or socializing. psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi…

The person you marry is the person you fight with. The house you buy is the house you repair. The dream job you take is the job you stress over. Everything comes with an inherent sacrifice — whatever makes us feel good will also inevitably make us feel bad.

Just as one must suffer physical pain to build stronger bone and muscle, one must suffer emotional pain to develop greater emotional resilience, a stronger sense of self, increased compassion and a generally happier life.

Ultimately, the most meaningful freedom in your life comes from your commitments, the things in life for which you have chosen to sacrifice.

We all have many things that we are good at, but generally we each only have one thing that we’re excellent at. What are you excellent at?

“I do not trouble my spirit to vindicate itself or be understood.” How to keep criticism from sinking your soul – Walt Whitman and the discipline of creative self-esteem: brainpickings.org/2019/01/03/whi…

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“The point of it all is not to exhaust myself trying to build a body of work that eclipses my life, but to create a heart-centered body of work.” — @HolleyMurchison getharvest.com/time-well-spen…

The world needs more humans who walk in bold self acceptance.

@just_rashida 😂♥️

She’s the only friend I’d skip school for.

@KatjaPloner @gm_adenau @Sue_Bre @koala9876 @HottmannDenise @GaelleHotellier @MKnorpel @MourinoEva @KonstanzeSom @MLeitmeyr ♥️!

Stop deluding yourself that you're not ready or that you need something before you start. You have everything you need: a brain, a desire, and a lack of shame. Go get it. That's all from me today.

@ZonePhysics @KabuschChris 😂

The internet is for friendship. If we haven’t talked in a while or ever, hit the DM. **If we beefin, we should probably stay that way but know I got love for you.

“Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but most of all, endurance.” James Baldwin's advice on writing: brainpickings.org/2016/02/08/jam…