Arif Vakil

A lesson I yet need to internalise.

I miss Steve Jobs...

Great speech by @taimurabdaal on Constructionism and the Future of Learning. taimur.me/posts/construc…

Thank you @taimurabdaal. Now I understand what's a Monte Carlo Simulation and also can attempt them.

Before you try to change something, increase your awareness of it. —Tim Gallwey

Answer to Can someone logically explain how Modi wasted the Indian economy? by Balasubramaniam Kanthaswamy quora.com/Can-someone-lo…

Engage from a space of reflection. Not from impulse.

"To understand is to know what to do." ~ Wittgenstein So if you don’t know what to do, your next action is to spend time asking questions to know more about the problem. Till you know what to do.

Write! The instant inspiration strikes. Make the most of it when it’s alive, burning through you.

Some more Marshall & NVC love

Isn’t that closer to the truth? You’ve done some things you wouldn’t have done if you knew then what you’re going to learn now, what you’ve already learned. So, yeah, we don’t have perfect information, we’re not all knowing." ~Marshall Rosenberg

"I’m very confident that you have never done anything wrong, you never will. As I put it in a song, I’ve taken some chances and more than once have gotten my fingers burned and done some things I wouldn’t have done if I knew then what I since have learned...

"Media travels and earns while you sleep. It searches the world for opportunities for you. Code is even better." - @naval

"Decisions:• If you can’t decide, the answer is no.• If two equally difficult paths, choose the one more painful in the short term (pain avoidance is creating an illusion of equality).• Choose the path that leaves you more equanimous in the long term." - @naval

I love stories of persistence.

"The beauty you see in me, is a reflection of you." ~Rumi

Using Batched Inbox I’ve set to receive my email just twice a day & I’ve turned off my WhatsApp notifications. I’ve not felt this Presence since I first started practicing #GTD

Life: its what you experience after you turn off WhatsApp notifications.

youtu.be/IlFRPkT-hVc Stunning footage of Planet Earth. Would you believe he’s 93 years old!