Whatever you are, whoever you are, YOU ARE YOU. Take a moment to revel in who, and what you are and know that you are an incredible unique individual that cannot be replaced or replicated. You have a purpose and a place in this world and regardless of whatever happens in your life, allow that fact to fill you with confidence and determination, to let your light shine bright from deep inside and know this: the brightest light always springs forth from the darkest of places. Celebrate and love yourself and let your insecurities and negativity be a thing of the past.
A black swan event is an incident that occurs randomly and unexpectedly and has wide-spread ramifications. The event is usually followed with reflection and a flawed rationalization that it was inevitable. The phrase illustrates the frailty of inductive reasoning and the danger of making sweeping generalizations from limited observations. The term came from the idea that if a man saw a thousand swans and they were all white, he might logically conclude that all swans are white. The flaw in his logic is that even when the premises are true, the conclusion can still be false. In other words, just because the man has never seen a black swan, it does not mean they do not exist. As Dutch explorers discovered in 1697, black swans are simply outliers -- rare birds, unknown to Europeans until Willem de Vlamingh and his crew visited Australia. Statistician Nassim Nicholas Taleb uses the phrase black swan as a metaphor for how humans deal with unpredictable events in his 2007...
Comments
Post a Comment