Ultimately, how you feel about life is how you feel about yourself, and vice versa. Because whatever it is that you call “yourself” — is ultimately but a collection of your life experiences. Unjust life creates unjust people. Tough life creates tough people. Loving world creates loving people. Boring life creates boring people. Comfortable …
Author: Janus
What MORE RESPONSIBILITY Means
“More responsibility” means more responsibility. Therefore “more responsibility” does not mean the same amount of responsibility, and it obviously does not mean LESS responsibility. What many do is they TRADE responsibilities, They will take more responsibility for one thing — and give up responsibility for something else -1+1 = 0. You didn’t take more …
You Talk In Lieu of Action
You talk in lieu of action. When you don’t know what to do — you start talking. When you’re reluctant to do something — you start talking. When you know what to do — you just do it. There’s nothing to talk about. It’s ok to pause and think — if it’s followed by …
Excitement is Within
Excitement is within. Outside excitement is boring and numbing. Excitement is within. It’s like a kid playing with toy soldiers, If he doesn’t have toy soldiers — he will play with any stick or rock, He will joke and laugh and say what he wants. That’s not to say he won’t ever get bored, …
Rigid vs Completely Ossified Minds
Most men are rigid. Most men eventually consolidate in their beliefs. The psyche wraps around those beliefs protectively. The entire machinery of schemas and biases makes it immensely difficult to penetrate. Don’t hope for an average person to change. People don’t change. Most men are rigid. There’s little chance of them changing. There’s little …
Politics Doesn’t Matter, Politics Matter
Politics won’t save you. Politics won’t solve your problems. Politics doesn’t make you a better human being. Not having a clue about politics is a virtue, rather than a vice. ….until it’s not. When politics go bad — it’s bad. When politics go bad — it can kill you. When politics go bad — …
The Falsely Humble, the Deluded Arrogant, and the Problem of Growth
-There’s what you say -There’s whether it’s true or not -There’s whether other’s find it true or not -The definition of arrogance is being very wrong when you say you’re very right -Therefore if others think you’re very wrong, and you are very confident that you’re right (and reveal it) — you are dubbed arrogant …
Being Calm vs Being a Calm Man
You don’t want “be calm” — you want to “be a calm man”. “Be calm” has wrong connotation in our culture. We make virtue out of staying calm when we’re provoked. We remind ourselves to “be calm” when we’re already LOSING our calm. This already presupposes LOSING one’s calm. Why do you even …
Live Two or Three Lives
You live one life and then you die. That’s what makes it so valuable. You go on vacations for a week and then you return to your old boring reality. Monday you are on vacations and next Monday you are back at work. Your vacations are even more boring than your work. But it’s …
THE GRAND THEORY OF CONCENTRATED ENERGY
Energy is as potent as it is CONCENTRATED. If you have energy pulling in all directions — then you’re going nowhere. You have some energy pulling you right and some energy pulling you left and as a result you move a little left and then you move a little right again, and ultimately, you …