You want to know what’s the next big thing going to be You want to know what’s the next big thing NOT going to be You want to know where to put your resources: your time, your energy, your capital, your attention You live in the world therefore you’re interested in the world therefore you’re …
Category: Philosophy
There Is No One To Put In Place (But You)
there is no one to put in place there is no one to put in place but you there is no one to put in place but you, putting others in place is a distraction from putting yourself in place from climbing the mountain yourself there’s no one to put in place …
Anything But (The Thing) Is A Distraction
Anything BUT (the thing) is a distraction Either you do the thing — the right thing, the most important thing — or you’re distracting yourself Whatever else you do, it well may be, and surely will be, of great value (that’s what makes it a perfect distraction, a perfect excuse) But there is only one …
Time Management as Resource Management
Time is obviously a resource. It’s a resource which is limited Therefore it must be carefully managed, so as to get the best return of investment. How do you manage anything? To manage anything — you must understand how it works — and what you want to achieve in the first place. Do you …
Power IS and Is Good
Power is Power is You can Perhaps your can outstretches to others That’s one of the many manifestations of power But power is far more than that It has always been And it is Power is not equally distributed Power can’t be equally distributed because power can’t be distributed We can reduce …
Marketing is Even Worse
Marketing is even worse than you think Marketing is mass confusion Marketing is mass brain-washing Marketing is mass delusion Marketing is mass hysteria Marketing only works because you are confused When you don’t know what you want — marketing tells you what to want When you can’t decide what is the right choice — …
The Misunderstanding of Binary Thinking
We abuse the idea of non-binary thinking to justify our fecklessness and foolishness. There is the idea that few things are black-or-white. Indeed most things in life have both pros and cons. Some things have more advantages and some things have more disadvantages. Some things have a lot of advantages and a lot of …
Nostalgia is Defeatist in Nature and Delusional Too
You should literally forget your past There is literally nothing worth remembering IT is utterly impossible to bring back the past Even if you bring “back” the past — you’re really only creating the future Past, as you recall it — has nothing to do with what happened Past is idealized or demonized …
Discordant Hierarchies
From a perspective distant enough we’re equal and identical . From up close we’re all different and unequal Are we thus equal or unequal? We’re not objectively equal nor unequal — our equality or inequality depends on the situation. In one situation you are better suited to make decisions In other situation I am …
When You Do The Right Thing — You Become Peaceful
When you do the right thing — you become peaceful When you do your best — you become peaceful Life is really not that complicated There’s whatever is necessary, truly necessary And then there is only how you settle it You can settle it the best you can, do your best, do the right …