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I find @AlexHonnold fascinating because he so vividly illustrates a dynamic we all experience: Our PERCEPTION of the relative safety or danger of a situation can significantly affect the risks involved. Not always true, but more often than we realize. 1/
I can't watch that video without getting sweaty palms and a pit in my stomach. I'll never be able to perceive that situation as safe. But his ability to perceive it as such is what makes it safe for him. The risk still exists, of course, but he's able to navigate it. 2/
The same is true for all of us in many--not all, but many--situations we must navigate in the course of an ordinary day. Being mindful of our PERCEPTION of danger is an essential step in creating the safety we need to successfully take on bigger risks. edbatista.com/2017/01/dont-j… 3//
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I don’t believe “everything happens for a reason”—that strikes me as absurd. I *do* believe that every instance of suffering has something to teach us, and being open to those lessons makes it possible for us to find meaning there.
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Chapter 3 of Andy Grove’s “High Output Management,” titled “Managerial Leverage,” is 32 pages of incredibly crystalized thinking. A few gems... amazon.com/High-Output-Ma…
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Fintwit is abuzz with the peculiar 3 day pattern completed today. From 2009, this has occured 12 times earlier. 11/12 times, the low of the middle candle was broken in the next maximum 12 days ( earliest 5 days). Sorry bulls :)
observation 1 : if we don't close the very next day above the high of today, fall starts
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He wakes up once again to an empty room. He looks for his phone which he finds at the dresser with his car key. His shoes neatly arranged next to the closet and curtains drawn.

He checks the bathroom but there is no sign of the younger.

Failing to have his call picked up,
he sends a text and starts to feel anxious.

Did Kyungsoo run away?

He opens the closet and finds their bags with their wallets inside. It means the other only has his phone with him.

And he's not answering any calls and texts.

He's seriously getting worried.
If before, he could contact his cousin and ask of his whereabouts, right now he doesn't have anyone to turn to.

Just then the door opens, revealing a drenched Kyungsoo. The younger just stands there, at the doorway with a bashful smile.

"What happened to you? Why are you wet?"
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I keep thinking back to a discussion a few months on reddit about THE BELGARIAD. Several comments were made about it being cliche and pedestrian, and someone said, “Yeah, it’s a fine story, but it’s never going to be a classic.”
And all I could think to respond was, “It’s over thirty years later and we’re still talking about it. How is that NOT ‘a classic’?
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