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crankyangela: Which Personality Type Are You? This test is devised using Carl Jung’s and Isabel Briggs Myers' definitions of sixteen varying personality types.

If you want to choose your lifestyle, you cannot be picky about what careers you want to pursue. If you want to choose your career, you cannot be picky about what cities/lifestyles you want to live in. — Francis Chen (via Life: What has life taught you? – Quora )

Inspired by a shared interest in the striking dress codes of various social groups, they have systematically documented numerous identities over the last 19 years. Rotterdam’s heterogeneous, multicultural street scene remains a major source of inspiration for Ari Versluis and Ellie Uyttenbroek (…) They call their series Exactitudes : a contraction of exact and attitude. By registering their subjects in an identical framework, with similar poses and a strictly observed dress code, Versluis and Uyttenbroek provide an almost scientific, anthropological record of people’s attempts to distinguish themselves from others by assuming a group identity....

It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. Invictus , poem by William Ernest Henley in 1875 (Victorian)

It’s pretty incredible when you think about. Could you say ’no’ to millions, I repeat, MILLIONS of dollars of merchandise money? I don’t know if I could. Would you stop creating your art if millions of people admired your work and kept wanting more? I don’t know if I would. Life, goals, and advice in the illustrated words of Bill Watterson (via ZEN PENCILS – 128. BILL WATTERSON: A cartoonist’s advice )

Ignorado na hotelaria e no desporto Recusado em lotarias Omitido em autocarros, aviões, ruas e edifícios Os supersticiosos temem-no Os triscaidecafóbicos sofrem com ele Mas ninguem se recorda de que a 13 de janeiro de 1969 os BEATLES lançaram o álbum Yellow submarine Que o rato Mickey nasceu num dia 13 Que, em cada ano, a lua dá 13 órbitas completas à terra Que, numa terça feira, dia 13, começou a unificação das duas Alemanhas...

It’s a great day to make a mistake. Jennifer Gresham (via The perfectionism cure – Everyday Bright )

Anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness and surprise. (via Seth’s Blog: Millions of words and only six emotions )

We cannot see our reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see. Taoist Proverb (via Garr Reynolds – Lessons from the Bamboo – TEDxTokyo )

Willpower and cognitive processing draw from the same pool of resources. (…) Since both willpower/self-control and cognitive tasks drain the same tank, deplete it over here, pay the price over there. One pool. One pool of scarce, precious, easily-depleted resources. If you spend the day exercising self-control (angry customers, clueless co-workers), by the time you get home your cog resource tank is flashing E. (via Your app makes me fat — Serious Pony )

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey (1932-2012) Be proactive Begin with the end in mind Put first things first Think win-win Seek first to understand and the to be understood Synergize Sharpen the saw … and the eighth habit is to: Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs Old, but timeless!

Step outside of your tiny little world. Step inside of the tiny little world of somebody else. And then do it again, and do it again, and do it again (…) And suddenly without realizing it you’re seeing the world differently. Everything has changed. Everything in your life has changed. TEDxPSU – Sam Richards – A Radical Experiment in Empathy (by TEDxTalks ) ( Source: https://www.youtube.com/ )

“inspiration” also means to breathe in. (…) But don’t forget to breathe out. Derek Sivers in Seeking inspiration?

Make the transition from learning to thinking to creating! Jacob Barnett in Forget What You Know, at TEDxTeen – YouTube

You can measure a man’s character by the choices he makes under pressure Winston Churchill

Role is something you play, model is something that you make. Both of those things are fake. Russell Brand, paraphrasing Tupac Shakur in the “Home Affairs Committee Drug Evidence, April 24 2012”

Apple – Making a difference. One app at a time. (by Apple ) THIS!

(via Just For Fun: ADHD and Routine )

(via a show :: thoughts on the creative career ) If you wanna be something, start being it. (…) Not tomorrow, but today! Get your work in front of other people (…) you really respect. When you get a criticism, you don’t have to take all of it, or none of it. You get to piece it a apart and take the part which you think are valuable and throw away the ones you think aren’t really worth it....

You Are Boring — The Magazine A few years ago, I had a job that involved listening to a ton of podcasts. (…) The people who were interesting told good stories. They were also inquisitive: willing to work to expand their social and intellectual range. Most important, interesting people were also the best listeners. They knew when to ask questions. (…) Here are the three things they taught me. Listen, then ask a question...