There’s what makes you feel right and what makes you feel wrong Then there’s what you consider to be advantageous to you and what you consider to be disadvantageous And then there’s everything else and everything in between What makes you feel right, really right, really deeply right, is likely what is right, on …
Author: Janus
Win an Argument
We have this phrase: “WIN AN ARGUMENT” it betrays everything wrong with the way we discourse You don’t win an argument. The argument is already won before it even begun Your role is to reveal that result The argument is already won because the truth already exists You don’t “win” the truth, you …
On Respect
Respect is a deal you make Deal entailing what you give and represent And Deal entailing what you expect from someone (to give and represent) Self-respect is also a deal — the deal you make with yourself You don’t show respect if you don’t have a deal with someone. You have no expectations …
How Could You Love Yourself If You Don’t Even Know Yourself?
how could you love yourself if you don’t even know yourself? how could you believe in yourself if you don’t even know yourself? how could you respect yourself if you don’t even know yourself? how could you improve yourself if you don’t even know yourself? how could you help yourself if you don’t even know …
You’re Not Qualified To Have An Opinion
You’re not qualified to have an opinion You are only qualified if it’s: -your direct experience/observation -or a result of thorough study of the subject Everyone is good at talking Everyone has an opinion I won’t say no one is qualified — most people are qualified to speak of some subjects But they …
Truth is Hard to Bear
There is no truth without the spine Only the strong can bear the weight of truth This is because truth stands alone Therefore whoever bears it stands alone himself And to be alone requires the greatest strength To be alone requires the greatest strength — because it’s difficult to survive alone It’s easier …
What Doesn’t Make You Stronger — Kills You Slowly
“What doesn’t kill me, makes me stronger” You move up or down When you don’t move up — you move down Do you die? Yes But not immediately. Slowly You die piece by piece Real gruesome How it works in practice is that life THROWS things at you Throws challenges Some are …
Memetic Growth
There’s such thing as Memetic Growth, Growth implies growing, improving, Memetic implies imitation, replication, Memetic Growth is then GROWING VIA IMITATION. Memetic Growth is real. It happens all the time. Many phenomenons are centered around it. Industrious man gather in big cities. Innovators pull to technological hubs. Researchers and academics spawn in academic centers. …
Perils of Learning Alone
The greatest peril of “self-taught” mentality is the bubble of greatness you blow around yourself, also referred to as “ignorance”, “Dunning–Kruger effect”, et al. It’s not that KNOWLEDGE isn’t there It is But you applying it — within your echo chamber of self-satisfaction — prevents you from receiving the crucial negative feedback The …
Revealing
You are what you’re revealing to the world. And what you’re revealing to the world is what you are. Whatever urged you to present yourself the way you present yourself — is part of you. Your urge is part of you How you present yourself, what you reveal to the world — is part …