Karim Vaes

William Li presents a new way to think about treating cancer and other diseases: anti-angiogenesis, preventing the growth of blood vessels that feed a tumor. The crucial first (and best) step: Eating cancer-fighting foods that cut off the supply lines and beat cancer at its own game.

Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better start running.

A while back Garr Reynolds posted an article about the “Tips for creative success from Pixar“.

An interesting quote from this article is the following statement :

Accept every offer. Don’t judge it, you’ll stop it. It becomes a dead end if you judge it, but unlimited possibilities if you go with it.

To be honest, when being a junior engineer, you accept a lot more tasks without judging it. It’s a zen saying that one must approach things with the child’s mind. So approach it without judgement. Creativity & openness is something we have to maintain, as it’s something we loss over the year due to our prejudices & the context we’re accustomed too.

Source of inspiration : Wisdom from the principles of Budō: Lessons for work & life

The article from Garr states that the teachings of Budo are based upon the following pillars :

• The Three Prohibitions
  • (1) To give up
  • (2) To misbehave
  • (3) To be clumsy
• The Three Joys
  • (1) Vicissitude (change)
  • (2) Honesty
  • (3) Skillfulness
• The Three Evils
  • (1) Fear
  • (2) Doubt
  • (3) Confusion

When going through this list, one can see that these points are also valuable for any business.

Where I do love sushi and sashimi, I was unaware that there was a certain etiquette involved…