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Most people assume that divine names — whether in Gregorian chant, Sufi qawwali, or the repetitive Hebrew of the Psalms — work by pointing at God like a finger pointing at the...
Name one conviction you hold that you've never seriously tried to disprove. What would it cost you to be wrong?
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Most people treat their commitments like a shopping list — discrete items to check off, each one separate from the next. But the 12th-century Jewish philosopher Maimonides noticed...
Which commitment, if you let it slip, would make your other commitments slightly easier to rationalize breaking?
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The medieval Jewish philosopher Maimonides made a distinction that most productivity systems miss entirely: he separated knowledge you *possess* from knowledge you *use*, arguing...
Name one idea you've 'captured' in the last month that has changed zero behavior since you saved it. What kept it...
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The medieval Jewish philosopher Maimonides argued something that sounds almost clinical until you sit with it: the self you act from is not fixed — it is a skill. In his Mishneh...
Which quality you've worked hardest to build has received the least deliberate attention in the last 30 days — and what...
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The medieval Jewish philosopher Maimonides made a strange distinction that most leaders miss: he separated 'knowing what to do' from 'being ready to do it.' In his Mishneh Torah,...
In the last 48 hours, which known habit did you skip — and what did you tell yourself instead?
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The 12th-century Jewish philosopher Maimonides — who was also a practicing physician — argued that the doctor's first obligation is to treat the person who has the disease, not...
Think of a patient or person you've cared for recently. What did you learn about their life that changed how you...
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The medieval Jewish philosopher Maimonides made a strange claim in his Guide for the Perplexed: that the highest form of self-knowledge comes not from looking inward, but from...
What is one thing you said about yourself this week — to someone else or in your own head — that you stated as fact,...
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