thoughtful in relationship

If I want to have a good relationship, I need to be thoughtful. Be aware of what she likes, be aware of the opportunities to praise her, to thank her. Relationship needs maintainer, it need nourishment, it needs work.

the universe conspires to make me happy

Believe it and it will happen. This believe will make me notice the good things that are happening to me. Notice those things that make my heart smile.

word matters

The name and verb we use really can change how we view things. We need to be really careful about the words coming out of our mouths. It’s not just for the impressionable minds of children around, the words are actually affecting how we think, how we perceive things. Everything that matters comes from us. That space between the stimuli and our response is solely ours. That tiny space is how we interpret the world. That is the whole world. And what we say has a huge effect on that space.

leverage the large sample to test knowledge

When there is a new piece of idea, test it against the largest samples we know. They are the history of the universe, the history of biology, and because we are human, the third one is the history of human beings. If the idea holds in all three buckets, we can really trust it.

Compounding is awesome

Not just in finance, but compounding can happen everywhere. Knowledge can compound. Social network can grow faster with more connections. Habits build on habits. And confidence beget confidence. And those additive effects are showing up in the exponents.
Need to be persistent. Small progress continuously is the way to go.

do it first

Newton’s 3rd law can be applied to people interaction too. What you want to see more, kindness, affection, or just a smile, do it first and the equal reaction (in the opposite direction) will come.

change the perception and not the behavior

If I want to change people’s behavior, I will need to know how they see the situation and how they think their role is. Change that and the action will change.

tough in the mind and tender in the heart

Make the heart simple and the brain complex. Dove in the heart and a serpent mind. I have heard this several times from different sources. I am not yet fully understand what it entails. I interpret it as dealing with things (brain) and people (heart). When thinking about things, think more, think deep, think of all the backgrounds and possibilities, be thorough, be calculating. But when it comes to dealing with people, be kind, be trusting, and relax more.

brain development

The changing period is 9-32 years old. Although the brains are different at the different ages, the development process is similar among those ages. An analogy: even though the velocities are very different, it is the acceleration that is similar in that phase. The phase is like building highways between cities. And then in the phase of 33-66 years old, the main activity is for maintaining the roads.

cancer cells steal

Cancer cells can steal the healthy mitochondria to escape immune system detection. It’s been shown in mice so far.

variety over quantity for fiber

Variety of fiber we eat is more important than the amount we eat because different types of fiber are feeding different types of microbiota. We want the wide variety of microbes in our gut.

sodium battery

There is a sodium battery that can in the future replace lithium battery. Good for EV and energy storage.

personalize gene editing

There is a personalized treatment using new generation of crisper technology that can change out individual letters of the DNA