All memos tagged #notecard

Reflections "Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." ~ Albert Schweitzer Related Your success is not a story...

Reflections “Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” ~ Marcus Aurelius “Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of...

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Contexts 'The Importance of Perseverance' via r/wholesomememes notecard

Aftercare refers specifically to the attention given to a partner at the end of a scene. Aftercare often includes one partner utilizing various pampering techniques on the other in an effort to...

Reflections "Ultimately, it is the path of self-love that will necessarily bring us back into love with the world. This path is not without its pain; indeed, it encompasses all the pain that there...

Synesthesia is a perceptual phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway. Contexts Synesthesia,...

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An amalgam is a mixture of different elements. Contexts notecard

Biomimetics, or biomimicry, is the imitation of the models, systems, and elements of nature for the purpose of solving complex human problems.[1] The terms "biomimetics" and "biomimicry" derive from...

doula a person trained to provide advice, information, emotional support, and physical comfort to a mother before, during, and just after childbirth, Contexts notecard

Cooperation, not competition, is the primary basis of life and the primary engine of evolution. Reflections "Whereas in primitive societies, cooperation was the rule. In our society, it is...

Reflections "Genius sees the answer before the question." ~ Oppenheimer "Genius is obvious, only after it was crazy." ~ Scott Galloway Tags notecard

Panarchy, coined by Paul Émile de Puydt in 1860, is a form of governance that would encompass all others.[1] The Oxford English Dictionary lists the noun as "chiefly poetic" with the meaning "a...

Tsundoku (Japanese: 積ん読) is acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in one's home without reading them.[1][2][3] The term originated in the Meiji era (1868–1912) as Japanese slang.[4] It...

In philosophy and certain models of psychology, qualia; singular form: quale) are defined as individual instances of subjective, conscious experience. The term qualia derives from the Latin neuter...

The Zeigarnik effect, a principle of psychology,states that people remember uncompleted or interrupted tasks better than completed tasks. In Gestalt Psychology, the Zeigarnik effect has been used to...

Reflections "A man who does not understand the benefit of suffering does not live a clever and true life. Mankind has never achieved greatness but through suffering." ~ F. Robert De Lamennais...

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Reflections "There are at least two types of games. There are those played for the purpose of winning, and there are those played for the purpose of continuing play." ~ James Carse, Finite and...