MINUTES of a MONDAY #89
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BRAIN FOOD > Not so Random
“In June 2001, a 10 year old Laura Buxton of Stoke on Trent, England stands in her front yard holding a red balloon, on which she’s written “Please return to Laura Buxton” onto, with her full address on the other side. She lets it go, the wind grabs it, and it quickly disappears from sight.
The balloon quickly travels south, across the neighbouring counties of England, until it touches down in the middle of the village of Milton Lilbourne in Wiltshire, 140 miles away, in the yard of… another 10 year old Laura Buxton.
Southern Laura followed up with Northern Laura, and eventually they met - when they discovered:
:: they were both wearing pink sweaters with jeans;
:: they both have a 3 year old black Labrador Retriever; and
:: they both have a grey rabbit.
They both have guinea pigs, which they both brought with them the day of their meeting - and they looked “identical”.
Extract from the article You're Not As Random As You Think
SOUL FOOD
“Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.”
E. B. White, March 1973
LOL
Andrew Schultz tries to figure out where a red headed gentleman is from:
APPENDIX
“If you service low-impact activities, therefore, you’re taking away time you could be spending on higher-impact activities. It’s a zero-sum game. And because your time returns substantially more rewards when invested in higher-impact activities, than low-impact activities, the more of it you shift to the latter, the lower your overall benefit.”
Extract from Cal Newport’s book, Deep Work.
A.O.B.
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And, as always, mind how you go out there - Niall.