There’s this idea that you should be “obsessed” It’s great being “obsessed” It’s a terrible idea to try being “obsessed” Can you force love? Can you force inspiration? Can you even force interest? And even if you can force things — how healthy do you think it is to rely on force And is …
Author: Janus
“Wasting Time”
the solution to the problem of “wasting time” is not the “being productive” the solution to the problem of “wasting time” is “NOT wasting time” we think this problem and this sin of “wasting time” emerged in relation to our shortcomings: -we want things -but we fail to produce them, fail to produce desired …
Don’t Let The Loser Succeed
I don’t want the loser to succeed What does it mean when a loser succeeds? It means we did something wrong Loser can succeed if he turns himself into a winner. I.e. if he becomes competent If a loser succeeds — if an incompetent person succeeds — then what does it say about your …
What YOU Think of YOU
There’s what they think of you and it bothers you and stifles you or compels you There’s also what YOU think of you and it bothers you and stifles you and compels you In either case you’re likely not fully aware of that opinion influencing you With what they think of you …
Not Below You
I wrote that no work is below you No subject is below you either If you think someone’s reasoning and argumentation is stupid — then prove it by refuting it I’m not saying it’s not stupid But it’s very difficult to prove it And it reveals to you your own intellectual pretentiousness You …
Attachment Alone Is Holding You Back
Attachment alone can be holding you back Not lack of effort Not lack of opportunities Not lack of insight Not lack of luck Not other people but Attachment You once got what you once wanted Now you want more Which want is the real want? Past want or current want or future want? It’s …
Social Capital
The very first step to building your social capital is realising the value of social resources Once that is understood — the rest is straight-forward The rest is straight-forward: —you gather valuable resources —you offer your own resources in exchange (nothing’s free) When you don’t understand the value of social resources — …
Is Complaining the Best Use of My Time?
Old adage that COMPLAINING DOESN’T HELP seems lost on our valiant defenders of poor minorities, poor planet earth and poor oppressed I neither agree with theirs complaints nor disagree I just think complaining is not the best use of my time There’s no time for nonsense While you’re there constructing your brilliant argument …
Subjectivity > Objectivity
We have ideas about how good something is and how attractive and how desirable This car is more premium then that car This career is more lucrative then that career This girl is more attractive then that girl This lifestyle is more desirable then that lifestyle This food is more healthy then that food This …
Pep-talk Is Evil after Certain Point
pep-talk is evil after certain point pep-talk is ignorance and delusion acta non verba, therefore stfu and no more pep-talk, no more distraction any statement which pertains to action yet doesn’t conclude with action is pure self-indulgence and self-deception, therefore evil whatsoever you say shall conclude with action and eventually even …