Truth is one of the themes that runs through Nectar of Time. Below is everything in the Nectarium that touches on it.
Where it comes up 1
Within this theme 12
Concepts 3
- Car crash perspective
Colin's image: two people on different corners see the same car crash from different angles. The same reality looks different depending on where you stand, which he says is both a good…
- Chinese whispers
The children's telephone game, where a message changes as it passes around a circle. Colin uses it to explain how religious texts written decades or centuries after the fact drifted from…
- Facts vs feelings
Colin's complaint that public debate is driven by people's feelings, often on behalf of others who aren't upset, rather than facts. Tamir adds that feelings don't magically become hard…
People 1
- Elizabeth Holmes
Colin calls her the antithesis of authenticity: she went around telling everyone how authentic she was, everyone believed in her, and she ended up with an 11-year prison sentence. Tamir…
Quotes 3
Whatever you do, don't lie, Colin. Just don't lie, 'cause you'll get caught at some point.
That's the ultimate litmus test for me: in order to judge a tree, you have to judge it by the fruit that it bears.
The biggest problem is most legends are built on lies. It's somebody's fantasy of themselves that they promulgate.
Insights 3
- Self-help has no performance indicator
Self-help tells you you're getting better while giving you nothing measurable to track. Believing you're improving is not the same as improving, and resolve in the real world, such as sales…
- The rest of the world never heard of your guru
People caught inside a self-help group forget that the whole world outside is succeeding without ever hearing of their technique, book or leader, using the simple things a parent, boss or…
- Success is common sense
Success comes down to two words, common sense. It gets drowned out by the voices of people who hurt you or by authority figures, not by any lack of books.
Stories 1
- The fake rocket scientist
At a motivational event the speaker claimed he had once been a rocket scientist, and the crowd was in awe. Colin looked him up and found he was 'so full of crap'. His lesson: the people…
Organizations and movements 1
- Theranos
Elizabeth Holmes's blood-testing company, which was built on fabricated claims. Cited as fake authenticity that fooled investors.