All memos tagged #notecard

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

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...

In gardening "there are parts of the plant that you can propagate and parts you cannot." ~John Zdanowski talking about pruning businesses to survive the Coronavirus crash Contexts notecard

Pandimensional means something of, or pertaining to, all dimensions of reality. Contexts notecard

Sustained good is Self-reliant organization doing good without asking for permission (payment) to do so. OLD DEF: an outcome of an organization's recognition that the integration of values, and the...

"I trust you to be an adult." ~ Lawrence Lanoff Tags notecard

Grief never gets any smaller so you have to make yourself bigger around it. Open up, let people in. Quote above from Locke & Key on Netflix. Tags notecard

To unite (one thing) with something else already in existence: incorporated the letter into her diary. To admit as a member to a corporation or similar organization. To cause to merge or combine...

A reflection is, to me, an image given back by a reflecting surface. This could be a thought, an idea, or an opinion formed or a remark made as a result of meditation. I often ask for reflections as...

An epic is a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation. All epics are stories but not...

A cooperative, or co-op, is a member-owned and member-controlled business that operates for the benefit of its members; those who use its products, supplies and/or services. Cooperatives can vary in...

Nothing matters and everything counts. Reflections "Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water." "Enlightenment is measured in degrees of...

The alpha phase of the release life cycle is the first phase to begin software testing (alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet, used as the number 1). In this phase, developers generally...