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Fix You
Untuk memberikan koreksi terhadap kesalahan orang lain, dibutuhkan setidak-tidaknya dua syarat: Kemampuan membedakan mana yang benar dan mana yang salah Kemampuan bertindak dan berkomunikasi sehingga...
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On Fear
“You think you know the difference between a hero and a coward, Mike? Well, there is no difference between a hero and a coward in what they feel. It’s what they do that makes them different. The hero...
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Street Wisdom
Sewaktu ke Yogya, aku dan teman-teman dari Malang ketemu dengan seorang lelaki penjual es teh dan minuman dingin lainnya di depan Museum Benteng Vredeburg. Usut punya usut kami pun ngobrol sambil...
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On Walking
“I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least—and it is commonly more than that—sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely...
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Gardens as Islamic Invention
“Take gardens as a place of relaxation rather than just a place for growing vegetables or herbs, for instance. They came to us from Persia. ‘Early Muslims everywhere made earthly gardens that gave...
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What A Man Is In Himself
“A quiet and cheerful temperament, happy in the enjoyment of a perfectly sound physique, an intellect clear, lively, penetrating and seeing things as they are, a moderate and gentle will, and therefore...
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The Positivity Ratio
The key to be more optimistic, it turns out, is to be aware about the ratio between positive and negative thoughts, and that ratio seems to be around 3:1. “Interestingly, Fredrickson found that 3:1 was...
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Fundamental Attribution Error
“First, we need to change how we judge people. One of the first things students learn in “Introduction to Social Psychology” courses is the concept of fundamental attribution error (FAE), which is the...
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Needless Decisions Are Harmful
As a coder, I sometimes deal with difficult mental tasks. When that happens, I get annoyed quickly when asked to make decisions on unimportant stuffs. Now I know why: “Further, as researchers Kathleen...
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Subconsciousness’s Way Of Thinking
As Adam Galinsky from the Kellogg School of Management explains, “Conscious thought is better at making linear, analytic decisions, but unconscious thought is especially effective at solving complex...
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Prehistoric Rabbit
“I’m assuming that since you’ve read this far in the book you are not a prehistoric rabbit, but let’s pretend for a moment that you are” —Excerpt From: Achor, Shawn. “Before Happiness.”
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Jerat Pesimisme
Satu hal celaka tentang pesimisme adalah dia membuatku lengah terhadap keindahan. Pagi ini hujan. Yang terbersit pertama adalah tukang yang renovasi rumah nanti bagaimana ya kerjanya. Apakah nanti aku...
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How To Talk To Yourself
Inner voice is something I’ve been interested to for a long time. Saat engkau berbicara pada dirimu sendiri, suara siapa yang kau pakai? Karena bisa jadi penilaian-penilaian dan self-criticism yang...
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Kenyataan Soal Credit Card Company
“The credit card companies will tell you their ridiculously high interest rates are necessary insurance against people who defraud them or default on their balances. But the truth is that they make...
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2013: Year in Review
2013 is the year where I make stuffs. Tahun di mana aku memulai hal-hal baru. Tahun di mana aku memulai transisi dari seseorang yang membuat sesuatu untuk kebutuhan klien, menjadi seseorang yang...
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Celah
Membaca Markesot Bertutur, ada satu kisah tentang seorang penjaja kacang yang berkeliling di malam hari dan tentang bagaimana dia adalah seorang yang mulia, hidup dari keringatnya sendiri, bekerja...
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Validation
I had an idea for a business a while ago but failed to execute it. Same old story. But now I’m seeing other people executing it and getting the kind of response I had previously assessed. People do...
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Decoupling
Sedang punya pemikiran begini. Awalnya dari hadits bahwa Rasul berkata, seluruh amalnya tidak akan memasukkan beliau ke dalam surga. Semata-mata rahmat Allah saja yang memasukkan ke dalam surga. Maka...
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Kesejajaran Kecemasan
Ada pendapat menarik dari buku Status Anxiety, tulisan filsuf Alain de Botton. Katanya, sistem demokrasi itu justru yang menyuburkan status anxiety, kecemasan yang timbul dalam masyarakat karena...
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Belajar Pengendalian Diri dari Dunedin
Untuk mengadakan satu penelitian berskala besar dalam rentang waktu usia manusia dari lahir hingga dewasa, kota Dunedin adalah tempat yang tepat. Salah satunya karena warga New Zealand, tempat Dunedin...
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