Supporting others is basically investing Investment is leverage for judgment You want to leverage your prudent judgment of others by supporting them If you don’t support promising people — you are leaving money on the table Support is obviously not about altruism — which doesn’t exist Support is predicated on self-interest …
Category: World
Be Very Good At Many Things
“To do many things at once or not…?” This a pointless dilemma which misses the point It’s not about how many things you do — it’s how you do them. You can do as many things as you’re good at. Very good at. You only want to do less things if you are not …
We Need That Savoir-Vivre
You need rules and guides where your intelligence can’t manage As society we needed rules of conduct to merely bear each other You don’t need rules of conduct and politeness if you know what you’re doing: if you know what you want, understand what others want, then move in the space of mutual interest …
Get Your Hands Dirty
Unless you get your hands dirty from time to time — you lose touch with the real life — and with it your perspective becomes narrow and artificial Gratitude comes from appreciation. Appreciation comes from perspective. You obviously don’t appreciate what you take for granted. You need that perspective to, literally, put things in …
Pop Culture Reflects Us
Pop culture reflects us… and makes us, whether you’re “above it” or not Learn from your reflection of who you are You’re not so different than the POP culture Maybe it reflects the worst of you or maybe worst of you reflects it There’s a link some of us are trying to deny …
Your Disdain
If “lower levels” provoke disgust in you, provoke bitter mockery or criticism — you are likely not much “higher”, and bearing elements of those yourself Your disdain for failure betrays your own insecurity Your derision of the system betrays your own fecklessness in life Your cynicism betrays your inertia Your arrogance betrays doubts about your …
We’re Are Just Not Ready For Social Media
Yes, social media can be used positively or negatively Unfortunately it just happens that at the current level of our societal consciousness it is mostly used negatively. Drugs are an easy and disproportionate way to make oneself happy. Temporarily Social media are the same. Social media don’t necessarily have to be used as a …
Discriminate Not Hate
whether I hate you or love you whatever I label you or don’t label whether I offend you or please you doesn’t change the only thing of substance, and that’s: WHETHER you are USEFUL to me OR NOT just because I don’t want to associate with you doesn’t mean I hate you just because …
Be Useful
Conditioned narrative has you ask a lot of questions and do a lot of strange things but it fails to point you at the single most crucial determinant of success: BEING USEFUL. When you understand the simple necessity of USEFULNESS and obvious inevitability of the CAUSE AND EFFECT — everything makes sense Otherwise — …
Begone Foolish Past
Look back at everything you’ve seen in life and realize how EVERYONE has been WRONG so many times We have a certain strange reluctance to admit our own cluelessness and of those around us There’s a whole lot of inane nonsense one is subjected to as a child, without having a choice on the …