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 …
Category: Lifestyle
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 …
What To Do Before You Die
When you: -do your best -ALWAYS seek to still do better, never satisfied -stay utterly humble: perfectly separated from your work, verily just an instrument of god (or world, or devil, or money, or muse, or destiny, you name it) -ITERATE LIKE FUCKING CRAZY -and get lucky +aren’t crazy (we all are a little) then …
Complaining vs Changing vs Accepting
There’s complaining There’s making changes There’s accepting There’s complaining = merely expressing dissatisfaction There’s making changes = taking responsibility and changing the dissatisfying There’s accepting = accepting the situation, whether changed or not changed Of course complaining is not accepting And of course complaining is not making changes But it can be confused …
You Can’t Change Because You Can’t Own It Publicly
To change is to make changes You don’t make changes in a vacuum. The changes you make, the actions you take — are NOTICEABLE not invisible, not in a vacuum, not “secret” (your business-changes are visible in the business world, your social changes are visible in your social life, social circle, your community, …
The World Knows
There is the ridiculous idea that one can hide the truth No The world KNOWS The world knows the truth The world doesn’t know all truth (all truth about all things) There’s much you don’t know and as much the world doesn’t know But there’s the truth you’re hiding Your little secret Your secret …
Happy For Others, Envious Of Others
You’re envious of others if you believe they gain and possess at the expense of you gaining and possessing You’re happy for others if you believe you gain when they gain Material resources Social Status, recognition Power Pleasure Happiness Life Health Self-acceptance Self-respect Love anything At any one of those matters you may …
That Which Doesn’t Solve Your Problem — Creates It
You have a problem You need a tool, a solution You solve the problem and discard the tool It’s dead weight It could even be used against you Once you have a problem you need solution If you don’t have a problem — then you don’t need solution If you solved your problem — …
Measure Everything
“Effectiveness is the capability of producing a desired result or the ability to produce desired output.” How does one produce anything? One utilises resources time + energy + physical resources + tools + labour + knowledge + skills, etc To produce anything one has to manage resources To effectively produce something is to effectively …
Don’t Be Sceptical — Be NAIVE
In life-living : you want to be NAIVE. You don’t want to be cynical. You don’t even want to be sceptical Of course you don’t want to be too naive. You don’t want to hit an absorbing barrier: you don’t want to die, you don’t want to go broke, you don’t want to damage your …