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FS | BRAIN FOOD No. 512 — Feb 19th, 2023 — Timeless ideas and insights for life. FS Adding
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FS | BRAIN FOOD No. 512 â Feb 19th, 2023 â [Read on FS]() Timeless ideas and insights for life. FS Adding Exceptions is easier than updating: âOnce the mind has accepted a plausible explanation for something, it becomes a framework for all the information that is perceived after it. Weâre drawn, subconsciously, to fit and contort all the subsequent knowledge we receive into our framework, whether it fits or not. Psychologists call this âcognitive rigidityâ. The facts that built an original premise are gone, but the conclusion remainsâthe general feeling of our opinion floats over the collapsed foundation that established it. Information overload, âbusyness,â speed, and emotion all exacerbate this phenomenon. They make it even harder to update our beliefs or remain open-minded.â â [Source]() Insight âNothing can make our life, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than perpetual kindness.â â Leo Tolstoy Tiny Thought The cost of being who you are is conflict with those who want you to be someone else. The cost of being what others want you to be is conflict with yourself. [(Share this on Twitter)]() Etc. Attention to detail is the winning attitude: âWolff is a self-admitted stickler for even the smallest details. He told me that when he first visited the Mercedes teamâs factory, in Brackley, England, he walked into the lobby and sat down to wait for the team principal he would come to replace. âOn the table were a crumpled Daily Mail newspaper from the week before and two old paper coffee cups,â Wolff recalled. âI went up to the office to meet him, and at the end of our conversation I said, âI look forward to working together. But just one thingâthat reception area doesnât say âF1,â and thatâs where it needs to start if we want to win.â He said, âItâs the engineering that makes us win,â and I replied, âNo, itâs the attitude. It all starts with an attention to detail.ââ ... This mindset has contributed to the emergence of an organization that is obsessed with excellenceâone that constantly aims to raise its standards and set the benchmark within its sport.â â [Source](=) Sponsored by MetaLab MetaLab has helped some of the worldâs top companies and entrepreneurs build products that millions of people use every day. You probably didnât realize it at the time, but odds are youâve used an app that theyâve helped design or build. Apps like Slack, Uber Eats, Facebook Messenger, Coinbase, and many more. Let them take your product idea and turn it into the next big thing. Check them out at [metalab.com]( Cheers, â Shane P.S. A [vision of the future](), from 1930. P.P.S. Want to share this issue of Brain Food with someone else? Copy and paste this link: [() Upgrade Yourself You're getting the free version. Members not only support our free content, but they also get access to an online community, hand-edited podcast transcripts, ad-free everything, early access to podcasts, and more. [See What You're Missing]( = Overwhelmed by email? No need to unsubscribe. [Try a 30 day break](). You won't get any emails from us for 30 days. [Update your profile]( to change your email address or [unsubscribe from everything](. 201-854 Bank Street, Ottawa, ON K1S 3W3
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