If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!
A little off-topic but I read an old essay a long time ago that was written by an academic I think and it talked about how one needs to sow many seeds along their career so as to be able to reap some fruits. It was very nicely written essay and I want to reread it but am unable to find it now.
Not tech related: The power of vulnerability by Brenè Brown (audiobook/course). Worth every single penny.
You can get a glimpse of what's it about on the netflix documentary about her.
Readit News
Alain de Botton - The Consolations of Philosophy: https://indefenseofbatman.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/alain_...
Web articles
Maria Popova - 13 Life-Learnings from 13 Years of Brain Pickings: https://www.brainpickings.org/2019/10/23/13-learnings-13-yea...
Philip Larkin - This Be The Verse: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48419/this-be-the-ver...
Bertrand Russell - In praise of idleness: https://la.utexas.edu/users/hcleaver/368/368RussellIdlenesst...
Videos
Bluebird by Charles Bukowski (read by Tom O'Bedlam): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVdpfhsj6uI
Autumn Song by W H Auden(read by Tom O'Bedlam): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwNpsUZlZpo
Alternate World by Son Lux (music): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1u79rmMd8g
Evidence by Faith No More (music): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHPlZjgfWh4
If you can dream—and not make dreams your master; If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it, And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTtJ5JFjI30