The only way to learn is to live.
THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY BY MATT HAIG
Learning and Living
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Learning from Failure
It didn’t matter, but Sabik had just learned from his error. What felt like sneaking through enemy territory was actually a leash leading him in. What felt like craftily avoiding mines and sensors in an attempt to gather intelligence against their enemy was a carefully crafted path by his enemy. What felt like success was actually failure. He allowed himself to be led into a rebel kill zone like an animal to its slaughter. But could he escape?
–Doom Sayer by Thane Keller
Learn Without Fear
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“What we lack in education and experience, we more than make up for in gumption, and a willingness to put ourselves out there. We know a lot more today than we did a year ago, and each new lesson has empowered us with a deeper understanding of how capable we are, if we allow ourselves to simply learn, without fear.”
–Browsing Nature’s Aisles: A Year of Foraging for Wild Food in the Suburbs by Wendy Brown and Eric Brown
Listening, Learning and Pride
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Often, humor was the antidote to loss. The more I listened, the more I learned. Sometimes the lessons cost me my pride.
–White Birch, Red Hawthorn: A Memoir by Nora Murphy
- Nora Murphy on LinkedIn
- Interview with Nora Murphy on YouTube
Getting Started
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“The best way to get started on the path to sharing your work is to think about what you want to learn, and make a commitment to learning it in front of others.”
–Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered by Austin Kleon
Discipline of Hope
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“Perhaps desire will never be fulfilled. But to live is only worth the effort if you live in hope. And living in hope is a discipline, a practice that can be learned.”
–Fire Logic (Elemental Logic)
Don’t Be Stupid
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“We tend to learn more completely and better through acting in ignorance. Nature is not a cruel teacher, exactly, but has little patience for careless stupidity.”
–Browsing Nature’s Aisles: A Year of Foraging for Wild Food in the Suburbs by Wendy Brown and Eric Brown