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This is part of a Nerdist Podcast episode with Neil Gaiman. On deliberate writing: "If you only write when you're inspired, you may be a fairly decent poet but you will never be a novelist because you're gonna have to make your word count each day and   those words aren't going to wait for you whether you're inspired or not, so you have to write when you're not inspired and you have to write the scenes that don't inspire you.   And the weird things is that six months later, a year later, you'll look back at them you can't remember which scenes you wrote when you were inspired, which scenes you wrote because they had to be written next." On the writing process: "The process of writing can be magical. There are times when you step out of an upper floor window and you just walk across thin air, its absolute nutter happiness.   Mostly it's a process of putting one word after another.   It's like out in p[---] district in Englan...

Don't crave novelty. Appreciate it. Don't seek it Be grateful for new things, but don't get upset when you don't get to have them. There's a virtue in the boring. In structure In consistency

Entrance to the Book Museum The Book Museum cum Ethnology Center is currently a division of three buildings. The first houses a collection of books and other items from different countries by the owner, Atty. Dominador Buhain, who is also president of the publishing company, Rex Bookstore. The next two is a collection of artifacts showcasing the Cordillera Region's cultures and the Southern Areas of the Philippines. The museums have a quiet sense to it. It's an impressive collection of items from all over the world and from the culturally-rich areas of the country. The one's that stand out the most are the "smallest book in the world", sizing at about 3.3 x 3.3  millimeters; the smallest tablet, which contains a Chinese poem; the smallest wood-carved crucifix from Munich, Germany and the smallest wood-carved "The Last Supper" from Angono, Rizal. The area devoted to the Cordillera Region and Visayas/Mindanao, houses artifacts from tribal periods...

Incredibly insightful book. To list some of the important things, or simply what I think is most helpful, to me. In no particular order.

i'm not at all fearful at the coming elections. i'm fully aware and i know with certainty that whoever i vote for may not win the elections. that's just a fact. and you can't know for certain. whoever wins, i have faith in people that whoever wins, people are going to stand up and speak up if bad things come up. i'd be more fearful if someone wins and no one questions him/her in anything.

Gregg Popovich is truly a force of character. Following around his ideas is always informative. Here are some from his talk with FIBA coaches some time around 2015.  On Character: " Usually, they am what they am. ... If this kid is selfish, you're not changing him. It's gonna come out in the wash, it's gonna come out in an important part of the game and you gotta get rid of him. The fiber of your team is the beginning of everything that you do .  We talk about we want players who have gotten over themselves.  If you've gotten over yourself, you know it's not about you. It's about this person and this person, and  what we do as a group. So how do you figure that out? In our case when we're drafting somebody, or signing someone.  It's not the game that i want them to watch. that easy you can tell, He can play, He can shoot. He's a  rebounder, he plays good D.  How do they react to their teammates in timeouts?  They're losing t...

This was from a post game interview from Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens, after losing a game. Q: Brad, You're down five entering the fourth. Then suddenly you're down, I mean you lost by twenty-two. Are guys getting discouraged in the fourth quarter? Brad Stevens: "That's yeah I saw some of that. You probably saw some of that too. But you can't do that. All of us can't do that. That has to be something where you have the toughness to say " Hey, Something goes wrong. I'm gonna make the next one right. And you focus on doing what you need to do to make the next play right on both offense and defense. I mean this is professional basketball. Things are gonna go against you. and you have to respond. Things are gonna go for you. and you have to respond." Interesting take. This idea seems pretty consistent among most successful teams, or industries. I've seen or heard a version of this in the last couple years. And he's r...