Being

and wellbeing. somewhat a big long mess on here so far. to sort and merge with philosophy

"Do not follow in the footsteps of sages. Seek what they sought."

General

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_science

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology

• http://castle.eiu.edu/~psych/spencer/Existential.html

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactance_(psychology)

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_psychology
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanistic_psychology
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatic_psychology

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioural_economics - see also ux

Wellbeing

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existential_therapy
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person-centered_therapy

Modern forms of CBT include a number of diverse but related techniques such as exposure therapy, stress inoculation training, cognitive processing therapy, cognitive therapy, relaxation training, dialectical behavior therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closure_(psychology)
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemic_closure
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_behavioral_therapy
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectical_behavior_therapy

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness_(psychology)
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e3z9KNxM80

• Raw Nerve
• Optimism Reg Braithwaite - raganwald
• Rejection
• Everything is my fault
• http://robertheaton.com/2013/03/11/coding-with-gumption/

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_care
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-help

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flourishing
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategy
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariadne's_thread_(logic)
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deconstruction
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_theory

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Task_switching_(psychology)

• http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/03/rubber-duck-problem-solving.html - vocalising issues helps resolve them
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging
• http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5239673

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon's_razor
• http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/AssumeStupidityNotMalice -

• HOWTO: Be more productive
• http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5119213

• http://www.theatreoftheoppressed.org/

• What’s a mathematician to do?
  • "You keep on learning and learning, and pretty soon you learn something no one has learned before."

Habit

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habit_(psychology)
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habituation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addictive_personality

• http://lesswrong.com/lw/fc3/checklist_of_rationality_habits/

• Willpower Isn't Enough
• Your Goals Are Holding You Back - on habbit creation
• How to hack the beliefs that are holding you back
• Want to create a new habit? Get ready to break it.
• You’re nothing more than a mass of habits
• Unfuck Your Habitat - Terrifying motivation for lazy people with messy homes. Habitat habit.
• http://jstorimer.com/2012/11/30/naivety.html
• http://www.addictionandsubtraction.com/

Direction & change

"The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing." --Stephen R. Covey

• http://blog.idonethis.com/post/37113345206/peter-thiels-unorthodox-management-philosophy-of

• Dont Follow Your Passion, Follow Your Effort - Mar 18th 2012
• Understanding Change with Cynefin
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubi_sunt

• http://lifehacker.com/5965703/the-science-of-storytelling-why-telling-a-story-is-the-most-powerful-way-to-activate-our-brains

• The Age at Which the Fire Dims.

"(By the way, try thinking about Imposter Syndrome and the Dunning–Kruger effect in a loop sometime. Fastest way to feeling worthless and confused that I've ever found.)"

Persona

• How to be less boring - 22 Nov 2012
• I’m trying to be less hyperbolic.

to sort

• The Worst
• The Fixer’s Manifesto

• http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/LeakyAbstractions.html
• http://words.steveklabnik.com/deleuze-for-developers-assemblages
• http://words.steveklabnik.com/deleuze-for-developers-will-smooth-spaceopen-source-suffice-to-save-us

• http://bookofhook.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/smart-guy-productivity-pitfalls.html
• How to Beat Procrastination - 05 Feb 2011
• The Art of Being Still

• Human Task Switches Considered Harmful for certain kinds of flow
• http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2011/06/09/mental-context-switches-are-evil/
• http://blog.ninlabs.com/2013/01/programmer-interrupted/
• http://www.businessinsider.com/why-programmers-work-at-night-2013-1

• Transforming Negative Self-Talk: Some advice that worked

• http://lesswrong.com/lw/frp/train_philosophers_with_pearl_and_kahneman_not/
  • http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4891502

• http://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/14xjma/how_about_a_real_confession/
• http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4928031

• Bipolar - It’s not a bug it’s a feature. - Nov 23 2012

• http://mcfunley.com/effective-web-experimentation-as-a-homo-narrans

• The Four Types of Activist

• http://www.patternlanguage.com/bios/douglea.htm
• http://placepatterns.org/ - random patterns

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_magic

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphorism

• http://creativeintelligencebook.com/post/41570210573/stop-fetishizing-failure [1]

everything is X all of the Y

• (snowclones)

• http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4979938

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cU56SWXHFw

See also Mythology

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Reich

• http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-harsh-truths-that-will-make-you-better-person/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_resilience

• http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=26380

• http://www.xeromag.com/fvpoly.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compersion

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happenings

• http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/51465/how-to-differentiate-between-trivial-and-non-trivial-software

• https://www.superbetter.com/ - gamification, see organisation
  • http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_the_game_that_can_give_you_10_extra_years_of_life.html

• http://threads2.scripting.com/2013/january/weExpectTooMuchOfGeeks

• http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2013/01/the-end-of-ragequitting.html

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_medium_is_the_message
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_your_own_dog_food

• http://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2013/01/theres-no-such-thing-as-everlasting-love-according-to-science/267199/

• http://philosophy-of-cbt.com/2013/02/03/a-simplified-modern-approach-to-stoicism/

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desiderata

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonviolent_Communication
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus_decision-making

• http://ymaa.com/articles/violence-dynamics

• http://weeklysift.com/2012/09/10/the-distress-of-the-privileged/
• http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5192348

• https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2201941

• http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5197155== General ==
• http://tonyadam.com/blog/1091-put-your-thoughts-on-paper/
• http://careercarrot.wordpress.com/2012/06/20/its-okay-to-say-i-dont-know/

• http://daltoncaldwell.com/zen-the-art-of-startup-advice

• http://www.youtube.com/user/zefrank1
  • http://youtube.com/watch?v=RYlCVwxoL_g , http://youtube.com/watch?v=qj3JZ6N9Be8 , http://youtube.com/watch?v=xJ9e32MNEOk , http://youtube.com/watch?v=QNnS24qfMSs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness

Tao

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao

Buddhism

• Wikipedia:Buddhism

http://www.slideshare.net/Nutchawin/existentialism-vs-buddhism-4239069

Third/middle path/way differs from certain existential values. to reread and rethink.

Existentialism

• Wikipedia:Existentialism

is a humanism

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iW74PnBIGo - sartre was a bit of a dick to camus (was camus a dick?) (though often it's dickish to point out a dick is being a dick (though we're all dicks))
• http://philosophyforchange.wordpress.com/2010/05/17/camus-authenticity-and-revolt/

Humanism

Edinburgh

• Facebook: Edinburgh Humanists
• Meetup: The Edinburgh Humanist Society of Scotland
• University of Edinburgh Humanist Society
• The Not-Quite-So-Friendly Humanist

Scotland

• Humanist Society of Scotland
• Humanist Society of Scotland Forum
• Humanist Weddings in Scotland

UK

• Humanists for a Better World Links
• British Humanist Association news
• New Humanist
• The Pink Humanist An LGBT magazine for Atheists, Humanists, Sceptics and Freethinkers]
• BHA: Humanist Life

Europe

• European Humanist Federation Links

Social sites

• Think Humanism

• Reddit: humanism
• Reddit: SecularHumanism

Education

• Humanism For Schools | Humanist Perspectives

Feminism

Articles

http://tommorris.org/posts/2506

Systems

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_theory

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compatibilism

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory

Culture

• http://www.seattleweekly.com/content/printVersion/1927649/ - on punk [2]
• http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/opinion/sunday/relax-youll-be-more-productive.html?_r=0

• http://blogtarkin.com/2013/01/28/there-is-no-combat-without-movement-enders-game-as-maneuver-warfare-primer/

• http://marktattersall.com/2013/02/managers-as-curators/

• http://matt.might.net/articles/work-life-balance/
• http://franzisk.us/2013/02/18/boost-your-productivity-kill-some-variables-in-your-life/

• http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/innovation/facebook-philosophy-move-fast-and-break-things

• http://fighttheurgetofade.com/

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_attraction - the 'secret'

• http://www.jamesshore.com/Change-Diary/

• http://neojaponisme.com/2011/11/28/the-great-shift-in-japanese-pop-culture-part-one/

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perception_management

• http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5312484

• http://www.metafilter.com/125555/The-Psychology-of-Human-Misjudgement-1995-talk-by-Charlie-Munger

• http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2013/03/how-to-get-off-of-bottom-once-and-for-all/

• http://www.techdisruptive.com/2013/03/14/you-have-one-job-eliminate-my-fear/

• http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/derren-browns-guide-to-overcoming-awkward-situations

• http://calnewport.com/blog/2011/11/11/if-youre-busy-youre-doing-something-wrong-the-surprisingly-relaxed-lives-of-elite-achievers/

• http://tonyadam.com/blog/1091-put-your-thoughts-on-paper/
• http://careercarrot.wordpress.com/2012/06/20/its-okay-to-say-i-dont-know/

• http://daltoncaldwell.com/zen-the-art-of-startup-advice

• http://www.youtube.com/user/zefrank1
  • http://youtube.com/watch?v=RYlCVwxoL_g , http://youtube.com/watch?v=qj3JZ6N9Be8 , http://youtube.com/watch?v=xJ9e32MNEOk , http://youtube.com/watch?v=QNnS24qfMSs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness

Tao

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao

Buddhism

• Wikipedia:Buddhism

http://www.slideshare.net/Nutchawin/existentialism-vs-buddhism-4239069

Third/middle path/way differs from certain existential values. to reread and rethink.

Existentialism

• Wikipedia:Existentialism

is a humanism

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iW74PnBIGo - sartre was a bit of a dick to camus (was camus a dick?) (though often it's dickish to point out a dick is being a dick (though we're all dicks))
• http://philosophyforchange.wordpress.com/2010/05/17/camus-authenticity-and-revolt/

Humanism

Edinburgh

• Facebook: Edinburgh Humanists
• Meetup: The Edinburgh Humanist Society of Scotland
• University of Edinburgh Humanist Society
• The Not-Quite-So-Friendly Humanist

Scotland

• Humanist Society of Scotland
• Humanist Society of Scotland Forum
• Humanist Weddings in Scotland

UK

• Humanists for a Better World Links
• British Humanist Association news
• New Humanist
• The Pink Humanist An LGBT magazine for Atheists, Humanists, Sceptics and Freethinkers]
• BHA: Humanist Life

Europe

• European Humanist Federation Links

Social sites

• Think Humanism

• Reddit: humanism
• Reddit: SecularHumanism

Education

• Humanism For Schools | Humanist Perspectives

Feminism

Articles

http://tommorris.org/posts/2506

Systems

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_theory

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compatibilism

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory

Culture

• http://www.seattleweekly.com/content/printVersion/1927649/ - on punk [3]

Audio

• Charlie Kaufman Gives 70-Minute Screenwriting Lecture

Video

• - TEDxHouston - Brené Brown - on vulnerability
  • Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability - TED followup
• Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are - on power

• Why You Should Rather Die Than Miss A Day In The Gymon work ethic

• http://words.steveklabnik.com/how-do-you-find-the-time/
• Ze Frank: Supposedtobes

"Let me find and use metaphors to help me understand the world around me and give me the strength to get rid of them when it's apparent they no longer work"

Personality tests

http://shkspr.mobi/blog/2012/12/astrology-for-businesses/

Other misc points

[4]

• Wikipedia:Virtue epistemology

• Wikipedia:Logotherapy
• Wikipedia:Intersubjectivity
• Wikipedia:Perspectivism
• Wikipedia:Metacognition
• Wikipedia:Semiotics
• Wikipedia:Conceptual framework
• Wikipedia:Value pluralism

• Wikipedia:Social constructionism
• Wikipedia:Post-structuralism
• Wikipedia:Humanistic psychology

• Parenting
• http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/13gwee/i_m_a_nutritionist_i_often_over_hear_people_talk/c73vqgt

most links on this wiki will give you some kind of, like, metaphor...

joining dots, theory and praxis

golden thread;

• http://www8.georgetown.edu/departments/medieval/labyrinth/info_labyrinth/ariadne.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariadne's_thread_(logic)
• http://axtria.com/the-golden-thread-connecting-strategy-and-execution-with-targeting/

finding voice

inner funk (idm)

chaaaaange see organisation etc.

• http://xkcd.com/1154/

creating opportunities

• http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/02/25/why-wait-for-the-opportunity-create-your-own/
• http://kherize5.com/are-you-creating-opportunity-or-waiting-for-it-to-come-to-you/

• http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-folly-of-scientism
• http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/12/08/the-folly-of-the-folly-of-scientism/

times for the specific, times for the general. FOCUS.

old habbits die hard

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potential_well

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law