Practice makes perfect.

I read something that I really liked.

" It's only when you are alone that you can engage in Deliberate Practice, which was identified as the key to exceptional achievement. When you practice deliberately you identify the tasks or knowledge that are just out of your reach, strive to upgrade your performance, monitor your progress and revise accordingly"

Quiet by Susan Cain

Gustave Flaubert

Ati citit Gustave Flaubert? Nici eu pana azi.

"ABSINTHE. Extra-violent poison: one glass and you're dead. Newspapermen drink it as they write their copy. Has killed more soldiers than the Bedouin.

ARCHITECTS: All idiots. Always forget to put stairs in houses.

ARTISTS: All pranksters. Boast their disinterestedness (old). Wonder what they are dressed like everyone else (old). Earn huge sums of money, but throw them through windows. Often invited to dinner in town. Female artist can be a whore. What they do can be called work

BEARD: A sign of strength. Too much beard hair gives baldness. Useful to protect ties.

ADVERTISING: fortune source."
Dictionary of Received Ideas - 1911

The School of Life

Suna tare neserios nu?
Niste baieti si fete destepti, impreuna cu Alain de Botton au fondat scoala asta.
Cursuri? Cum sa fii cul, Care e necesitatea unei relatii, Cum sa fii un prieten bun.

Stiu ca suna ca toate trainigurile si workshopurile pseudosmart de la noi, aparute ca ciupercile dupa ploaie, care-ti promit marea cu sarea, dar cu prima ocazie in Londra ma duc. Pentru ca ai sansa sa-l auzi pe Alain de Botton vorbind.
Alain de Botton pe langa cartile minunate pe care le scrie, pe langa Scoala Vietii, este implicat intr-un proiect foarte interesant Living Architecture.
Si are si cont de Twitter.

Boring stuff

Pentru ca e sezonul, mai ales daca nu te-ai miscat mai deloc in vacanta de iarna, adica practic ai stat la caldura si te-ai uitat la filme, am vazut cateva pe care voiam de mult sa le vad.
Adica mult asteptatul Black Dynamite - despre care cred ca putea sa iasa muuult mai bine. In afara de cateva faze geniale, filmul este batut ca in multe cazuri de trailer.
Where the wild things are - care a fost dragut.
Zombieland - neasteptat dar mi-a placut, poate din cauza lui Woody Harrelson si a lui Bill Murray.