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Monday, 21 August 2023

Fosbury Flop / Stories of Jim Corbett / Easy Mental Maths/Tiny Sci-fi Stories


"𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙩."

I know, this is the answer you get when you ask 𝐰𝐡𝐲 something is done a certain way?

Specially when you work in a legacy driven company.

𝔻𝕚𝕔𝕜 𝔽𝕠𝕤𝕓𝕦𝕣𝕪, an athlete, heard this too when he started competing in the 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗷𝘂𝗺𝗽. 🦘

𝘏𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥🧐 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘳.

He eventually came up with a 𝖓𝖊𝖜 𝖙𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖓𝖎𝖖𝖚𝖊 where he jumped his b̾a̾c̾k̾ ̾t̾o̾w̾a̾r̾d̾s̾ ̾t̾h̾e̾ ̾b̾a̾r̾ and was able to jump much higher than before.

And in the 1968 Olympics, he shocked the world with his new style, winning the 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗹 🥇 with an 𝙊𝙡𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙘 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙.

The technique was named

Fosbury Flop

and all the athletes started using it.

𝐁𝐲 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐃𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐅𝐨𝐬𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫.

You will find 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 of

★彡[ꜰᴏꜱʙᴜʀʏ ꜰʟᴏᴘ]彡★

in life.

iPhone 📱 was the Fosbury Flop for Steve Jobs as he was looking for a better smartphone.

SpaceX was the Fosbury Flop for Elon Musk who was in search for a better way to send rockets 🚀 in space.

♥ Did we find ours? ♥

Are we able change the "𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙖𝙪𝙡𝙩" settings in our life, workplace or business.

Just think 🤔

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**One Video I Enjoyed**

This video shows chimpanzee's are quite smart and have wonderful memory.

Click here

**Two Tweets I Enjoyed and Liked**

Stories of Jim Corbett through a thread.

Get the MOST out of the BOOKS from Paras Chopra.

**Three New Websites I Enjoyed and Liked**

Funny indeed

https://bohemianrhapsod.ai/

Login to visit the Guided Tour of the full interior Great Pyramid on the Giza Plateau.

https://giza.mused.org/en/guided/266/inside-the-great-pyramid

Get a view of surface of moon through this website.

https://murray-lab.caltech.edu/CTX/V01/SceneView/MurrayLabCTXmosaic.html

**Three Quotes and Phrases I Liked**

You know you're living in an age of excess when it costs more to get rid of stuff than to buy it.

Feeling stupid now is better than feeling stupid in 10 years.

If someone is successful but there are no specific problems they solved, it's probably because they're good at persuading people rather than solving problems.

**Two Write Ups I Enjoyed and Liked**

Useful Life Hacks

https://guzey.com/lifehacks/

Mental maths made easy.

https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/everyday-math-shortcuts-to-memorize-254594

**One Photo I Enjoyed and Liked**

Source: Tiny Sci-fi Stories

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