“Unfortunately, being physically equipped to hear has little to do with the actual predilection to listen. Sharing a common tongue does not ensure earnest or successful communication. Missed connections occur among hearing people all the time, splitting open countless minor chasms and yawning gulches, fissures that no vaccine or technilogical advance will ever be able to mend or prevent. That task will always fail to us.” PeopleLittlesDoeAbleCommonSuccessfulFailingCommunicationTasksConnectionsHearingTongueMinorsEarnestVaccinesChasmsSplittingYawningMissed ConnectionsSuccessful Communication Author:Leah Hager Cohen
“A sure sign of a crisis is the prevalence of cranks. It is characteristic of a crisis in theory that cranks get a hearing from the public which orthodoxy is failing to satisfy.” FailingTheoryEconomicsCrisisHearingComplainingCharacteristicsOrthodoxyCrank Book:Contributions to Modern Economics Source: Contributions to Modern Economics
“your soul needs to be lonely so that its strangest elements can moil about, curl and growl and jump, fail and get triumphant, all inside you. Sociable people have the most trouble hearing their unconscious. They have trouble getting rid of clichés because clichés are sociable.” PeopleNeedsSoulFailingTroubleLonelinessElementsLonelyHearingYour SoulUnconsciousCurlsTriumphantSociable Book:The passionate, accurate story: making your heart's truth into literature Source: The passionate, accurate story: making your heart's truth into literature
“Think about the difference between how your local gas station and congressman respond to a spike in oil prices. One has the price placard outside changed to reflect the reality of the market within hours. The other sends out a press release, tries to organize a hearing, and at the end of amount accomplishes nothing. Meanwhile, the gas station has already made at least thirty additional adjustments to the realities of the market while your politico fails to get anything more than easy media.” ThinkingTryingMadeEndsRealityEasyHoursDifferencesFailingMediaChangedAmountPressesHearingAccomplishOilLocalsReleaseThirtyGasStationsOrganizeAdjustmentCongressmanGas StationsAccomplish NothingOil PricePress Release Author:Joel Miller
“When the liver is diseased, the eyesight fails; when the kidneys are diseased, the hearing is adversely affected. The disease is not visible, but its effects are. Therefore, enlightened people, wishing to be free from obvious faults, first get rid of hidden faults.” PeopleFirstsWishFailingEffectsDiseaseFaultsObviousHearingVisibleEnlightenedTaoismAffectedLiverKidneysDiseasedEyesight Author:Zicheng Hong