El Dirko
Expert Speaker, Coach and Trainer on Emotional Intelligence, Behavioural Change and Unconscious Bias
- "I have always found it quaint and rather touching that there is a movement [Libertarians] in the US that thinks Americans are not yet selfish enough." (Christopher Hitchens)
- I don't know why I gained 1.000 followers in the last 3 days, but I am doing my best to follow back. Might need the weekend for it, though. 😇
- It's easy to forget that just because people agree with our opinions on certain matters does not automatically make them decent human beings. Affinity bias wants us to believe that if someone shares a viewpoint, it means that they must be smart and nice, just because we are.
- Happy Cinco de Mayo! #cincodemayo
- Imagine the next Pope being female. Can't you almost see her standing in front of an open cupboard in the Vatican kitchen with her hands on her hips and shouting: “Here is the Holy Grail. Have you even been looking properly?” #pope #conclave #catholicism #holygrail
- Does anyone know if there are studies showing whether social media has made people more likely to think in simple dichotomies (black/white, true/false)? So many people don't seem to be able to consider more complex viewpoints or even properly discuss them anymore.
- If you are not sure on how to behave in any given situation: "Be a mensch!" #compassion #humility #Humanity
- Mike Waltz is the pawn sacrifice for the Signal affair. www.spiegel.de/ausland/mike-waltz-sicherheitsberater-von-donald-trump-mwss-gehen-a-1bd4e3d2-9c21-4ffe-84bd-6e803283e633 #trump #hegseth #mikewaltz #signal
- Next time I think of myself as being highly intelligent (probably tomorrow), remind me of this: We had feta and on the pack it said "From goats' and ewes' milk." And I said "A ewe is a female sheep, but why don't they state whether the goats' milk is from male or female goats?" Si tacuisses...
- Hurt my foot. Texted my partner to ask her to bring home an ankle brace. Apparently, autocorrect turned it into ankle bracelet. Anyway, I feel very pretty right now.
- Eric II, King of Denmark, passed away in 1137. He was known as Eric the Memorable. No one can remember why.
- Slept for 10 hours, got up and poured coffee over the cornflakes. Obviously not enough sleep -> back to bed!
- I only ever seem to hear things like "I'm not sure.", "Let me check that.", "That is a bit too complex for a simple answer." from the most intelligent people I know. Don't fall for people who are peddling simple answers!
- He seemed to be a very decent human being. May he rest in peace. edition.cnn.com/world/live-n... #pope #popefrancis #catholicism #decency
- A short message for those people out there that take everything personally: "Have you ever thought: "Oh, what a beautiful rainbow. Is that for me? Thank you!" ?
- “The authoritarian character worships the past. What has been, will eternally be. To wish or to work for something that has not yet been before is crime or madness. The miracle of creation is outside of his range of emotional experience.” (Erich Fromm) #resist #fascism #gop #project2025
- Common sense isn't very common. #commonsense
- Am I the only one who doesn't answer the phone if I don't recognise the number?
- Just overheard the most accurate and confusing usage of the word "literally": "I was LITERALLY very angry!"
- "If I’m worth anything later, I’m worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is grass in the beginning." (Vincent van Gogh)
