Skip to content
7 Takeaways
  • Home
  • Latest
  • About
    • Reading List
    • Sources
    • Support

Love

A carved relief art image of a person struggling to extricate themselves from a tar pit. The carving depicts the person in a dynamic and emotional pose, with their upper body and arms reaching upward as their legs and lower body are partially submerged in the viscous tar.

Hate Is a Sticky Substance – 7 Takeaways No. 209

Populism is marketing. Sunk costs are sunk. Respect defeats shame. Create value. Writing vs. imposter syndrome. Go ahead, be weird. Letting hate define you. Cherish your friends.

A woman taking offense at some perceived slight. She has a short, blonde bob haircut, is wearing trendy clothes, and has an indignant expression on her face. Her hands are on her hips, and she is standing in a modern, well-lit retail store. Other shoppers in the background are glancing at her with curiosity.

You’re Easily Offended – 7 Takeaways No. 184

Grief as a measure of love. People problems. Being liked, or not. You know nothing. But offending you is easy. Criticism will do it. Worrying about the wrong things.

A photorealistic image that resembles a Baroque tapestry, illustrating a man walking away from the camera on a cobblestone road into the sunset, capturing the moment he joyfully jumps and clicks his heels together.

I’ve Been So Lucky In Life – 7 Takeaways No. 166

Ranging from appreciating a lucky life to dealing with inevitable assholery, with stops along the way including obstacles, stereotypes, friendship, and more.

Silhouettes couples holding hands on sunset.

When In Doubt, Love – 7 Takeaways No. 158

Consequences, Labels, Savoring, Love, Wisdom, Listening, Ideas

Arguing at ends of a blue-red gradient.

Right And Wrong Are Fuzzy Concepts – 7 Takeaways No. 131

Love, Beliefs, Right/Wrong, Mortality, Privilege, Bullshit,

Love

It’s All Love — 7 Takeaways No. 91

Cyborg, Workout, Trigger Warning, Experiments, Foolish Ideas, Friendship, Queen Elizabeth II, Love

Brain

Brains are Obsessed with Change — 7 Takeaways No. 62

Change, Perspective, Happiness, Caring, Love, Sleep, Aging

Argument

Stop Trying to be Right — 7 Takeaways No. 61

Anger, Listening, Connection, Habits, Love, Streaming, Learning

So Tired

Therapists are Tired — 7 Takeaways No. 55

Therapy. Difficult days. Email. Weaknesses. Love. Lockdowns. Mortality.

© 2020-2025 Leo Notenboom
Privacy Policy, Terms & Conditions