Wisdom I Pondered This Week
- “The willingness to make sacrifices for others, to be able to wait for a reward, the devotion to work; for me, these are everlasting values.” — Brunello Cucinelli
- Average/Normal people think in linear, logical terms and achieve a linear, logical outcomes. Smart people think differently and generate non-linear, asymmetric outcomes.
- “Wisdom tells me I am nothing. Love tells me I am everything. And between the two my life flows.” — Nisargadatta Maharaj
- Abundance is not something we acquire. It’s something we tune into.
- “Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Things I Learned This Week
- Scandinavia most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.
- The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute (KI) awards the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
- GUI (Graphical User Interface) v.s GDI (Graphics Device Interface)
- Tenured Professor 終身教授
- 在 Netflix, HBO 等串流平台尚未崛起前，「百視達 Blockbuster」曾是全球出租影業龍頭
