Lifestyle Philosophy

Consuming Knowledge and Stories

You want to do more — then learn more, know more You want to live more — then learn more, know more (stories)   You want to do more — then learn more, know more: RELATE your ACTIONS to the body of knowledge You want to live more — then learn more, know more (stories): …

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Lifestyle Spirituality

VULNERABILITY is SELF-CHALLENGING is GROWTH

Is vulnerability weakness or is it strength, actually?   Vulnerability exposes your weaknesses. Therefore it exposes you. The real you, complete you: which is not just a fragmented, “perfect” you — but one which is complete: including your weaknesses. Therefore vulnerability exposes you to criticism. Therefore it exposes you to the (UN)TRUTH. It exposes you …

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KNOW Your Relationships

Every relationship/organisation has a purpose Whether it’s building a rocket to space — or a 5 minute chat. Every relationship realises that purpose in accordance to certain rules: explicit or implicit For the relationship/organisation to realize those goals effectively there must be the division of responsibilities Thus you are responsible for “A” and “B” — …

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To Judge or Not To Judge

Update 2024.05.26: I have since written a more pragmatic take on the subject: To Judge or Not To Judge (#2)   There’s observing And then there’s judging and comparing and labelling   Indeed you must judge. Judge those you work with. Judge who to trust. Judge the potential dangers. Indeed you must compare. This is …

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Humour Is Fitness

Humour is fitness There is no stupid humour   There is no stupid humour There are only stupid men Like there are unfit men And fit men And intelligent men And adept men And fertile men (Fit men and fit women and intelligent men and intelligent women and adept men and adept women and fertile …

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The Time Manifesto

THE GOAL: The goal is to LIVE RIGHT NOW. The goal is to LIVE CONSCIOUSLY right now. This is the foundation. Tomorrow you die. Today you live. But what does it exactly suggest about how we should live?   To be conscious is to be conscious of the characteristics, details, attributes… One such characteristic of …

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The PRAGMATIC

“PRAGMATIC” gets bad reputation Some think it’s too cold, too practical, too calculated, too sterile, Some think it’s not creative, not imaginative, not interesting Nonsense   When you want to be creative — you’re creative When you want to be fanciful — you’re fanciful When you want to have fun — you have fun When …

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You Will Waste Your Potential

You will waste your potential. You will waste your potential and you won’t even realize it — until it’s too late   Do you know why you will waste your potential? Because your potential is INFINITE. Alas your time is finite.   You can’t have it all And chances are you can’t even have a …

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Gratitude and Inspiration

You want to be grateful, AND inspired. You don’t want to be dissatisfied, and ambitious.   Dissatisfied means not satisfied. There’s something to be satisfied in life about — but you are not. The gift of life alone is something to be happy for — but you are not.   Ambitious means NEEDING. It’s a …

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The Language Barrier

To speak with someone you must speak the same language To name something there must be a word for that thing in that language And to describe something there must be words capable of describing that thing   Given two individuals not always speak the same language Sometimes an individual refers to concepts which are …

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