When rain hits your windshield, it impairs your view. You see droplets, but you don’t see through them. The more it rains, the less you see. That is, until enough raindrops fall to merge into one sheet of water, through which you can then see clearly. In the same way, little droplets of thought descendContinue reading “1IQ #5: Do I Have To?”
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1IQ #4: Stalin’s Choreography
On the geopolitical level, Stalin was facing off with an estranged American dance partner from back in WWII, in a confrontation we now know as the Cold War. On the political level, Stalin was a choreographer, manipulating some of history’s most malevolent characters for his own purposes. On the all too human level, Stalin was a spectacular bully, making grown men dance for his own perverse amusement.
1IQ #3: Mike Tyson’s Mantra
“Everybody’s got a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” – Mike Tyson
1IQ #2: A Russian Proverb
Take risks, reap rewards, and savour your champagne.
1IQ #1: The Deathbed
“Most people get truthful only when death is imminent… Suppose I’m going to die now. Have I done things that are really worthwhile in my life? Things that I could be proud of? Things worth spending my life on?”
