Fixed vs growth interests
Urging people to find their passion may lead them to put all their eggs in one basket but then to drop that basket when it becomes difficult to carry. Source: Implicit Theories of Interest: Finding Your Passion or Developing It? When I first pulled up the paper, I jumped right to the abstract. After reading…
Listle creates a daily news podcast for Android, iOS and web users
Source: Listle – Daily news and top stories turned into podcasts Listle is an Android, iOS, and web app that takes news articles from various services and adds human narration. The website talks about creating a podcast, but it’s not automatic. Once you have registered and signed in to the app (Email or Google accounts…
Let’s talk about Mac backups
I was browsing Reddit instead of working, and stumbled upon I just lost all my writing. Let’s add this as a warning for anyone using a newer Mac (since they started adding the T2 chip for security). iMac Pro Mac mini introduced in 2018 MacBook Air introduced in 2018 or later MacBook Pro introduced in…
What doesn’t kill you DOES make you stronger!
Scientists at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management have established a causal relationship between failure and future success, proving German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche’s adage that “what does not kill me makes me stronger.” Source: Science demonstrates that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger: Researchers find that early-career failure promotes future professional success — ScienceDaily…