“If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I knew the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes.” — Einstein
I saw this quote today while working [...]

“Good stories have wings
and like birds fly from mountaintop to mountaintop”
– Romanian proverb

The complete text for Marvin’s Walt Whitman quote (see previous post):
"Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take [...]

Tonight I had the pleasure of finally going to see a Storytelling session at The Moth: monthly gatherings in cool old and/or obscure NY places where people come and tell 5min tales on the prescribed topic to a judging (and drinking) audience. The theme of the eve ‘wheels’.

Picture a NY cafe/bar scene: converted warehouse, complete [...]

Sometimes it helps to just laugh.
(thanks again Gus)

"Anything or anyone that does not bring you alive is too small for you."
- David White via Gil Friend
I caught the above quote on Gil Friend’s blog. I like its sharp-, clear- and frank-ness. 
Though not completely (un-)related it made me walk on a tangent to a conversation I was having yesterday about a decision I made [...]

A birdseye NY image, courtesy of photoblog blablabla

The road to wisdom? - Well, it’s plainand simple to express:    Err    and err    and err again    but less    and less    and less.
- Piet Hein
(my favourite gruk!)

I am a big believer in if things don’t make sense to me, chances are they probably don’t actually make that much sense at the big picture level. So re-finding this quote makes me suddenly wonder whether I need to be more accepting of things that don’t?
"In mathematics you don’t understand things. You just [...]

What are your favourite questions?
Some of mine:
- why?
- what do you want to be when you grow up? (intent: curiosity, imagination, fun)
- what about before then? (history, question it and honour it)
- what is the smallest thing you can do that has the largest impact (smile; change your attitude; change your questions)
- best of…? (bring [...]