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Narrative Research, OrgDev, OrgHealth, Sustainability Support @narrativelab. Ultra MTB affliction. Mental skills coaching @mentalworksZA

South Africa
Joined January 2009
PSYCHOLOGY MEGATHREAD 40 psychological defences (often used outside of our awareness) introduced and simplified as much as I could manage in 280 characters. Ask questions, add your own & share 🧵🛡️⬇️
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Pure gold.
Every time I see an image of the Three Wise Men, ubiquitously so at this time of year, I am reminded that nowhere in the Bible does it say that there were three of them. A myrrh technicality, I know, & nothing to be frankincensed about, but still.
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Whatever.
What's the most harmful (non-expletive) word in the English language?
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There you go @RichMulholland
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Desk junkie finger strength.
What's stopping you from doing this?
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This might be a moment when the way history and the way it rhymes may have just been disrupted. Perhaps, just perhaps, we’ve been pulled away from the precipice.
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Proof that my hourly sprints to the fridge inbetween video meetings during lockdown has improved my performance.
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Gertrude.
85% of people who own Roombas give them a name. (Image: Tibor Antalóczy)
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Could this be a template for a reimagined economy?
This is remarkable: 170 Dutch academics put together a 5-point manifesto for economic change after the C19 crisis, building on #degrowth principles. It has gone viral in Dutch media. In this thread I'll summarize the points in English. trouw.nl/duurzaamheid-natuur…
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RIP Bill Withers, understated Genius of Soul. Who else could recite the words "I know, I know, I know", over and over in a song, and make it sound like a mantra for the end of the world; and then leave us with another song about the promise of a Lovely Day dawning.
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In statistics, a small sample often gives a weird result, especially if the samples aren't independent. A family is a small, non-independent sample of the population. This is why your family is so weird.
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Freudian slip of the decade. Saved by an email feature from the decade before.
One of the most useful features of Gmail is Undo Send. It's a life-saver. I just sent someone an email wishing them a "proper sour 2020". I meant to say prosperous. I typed too fast & the word got befuddled. I undid send just in time.
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News24.com | Clem Sunter I The World and South Africa in the 2020s: The latest flags, scenarios and probabilities news24.com/Columnists/ClemSu…
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With a few falls and bars smacking into the crotch along the way.
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Too late to send a set of demands for a replacement ref?
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Can we please have some visibility with regards to their working conditions?
It takes approximately 600 cows to make enough footballs for one NFL season.