The greatest peril of “self-taught” mentality is the bubble of greatness you blow around yourself, also referred to as “ignorance”, “Dunning–Kruger effect”, et al. It’s not that KNOWLEDGE isn’t there It is But you applying it — within your echo chamber of self-satisfaction — prevents you from receiving the crucial negative feedback The …
Revealing
You are what you’re revealing to the world. And what you’re revealing to the world is what you are. Whatever urged you to present yourself the way you present yourself — is part of you. Your urge is part of you How you present yourself, what you reveal to the world — is part …
being “hard”
being “hard” is no more no less then knowing who you are — then standing by it (hard) being “hard” is no more no less then knowing what you want — and then doing it (hard) anything else but that is just naive appearances, pretense, or delusion you’re not hard in how …
Details Are Distractions
details are distractions details only matter once you’ve handled the fundamentals to cling to details is a mark of an amateur amateur obsesses over details he will focus on minutia — without comprehending the whole he will obsess over tools — then make no use of them he will talk a lot but …
EVERYONE IS IGNORANT BUT THE REAL-WORLD DOERS
here’s the Truth, and I mean it when I say it, THE TRUTH: —EVERYONE IS INVARIABLY IGNORANT BUT THE REAL-WORLD DOERS —EVERYTHING WHICH IS NOT APPLIED IS NONSENSE —ONLY REAL WORLD ACTIONS MATTER There are infinitely many possibilities. A “possibility” is by definition logical. It’s a possibility. It “could” happen. Nothing’s illogical about it. …
Gratitude and Broccoli
you are grateful when you’re eating steamed cauliflower with butter, and soft-boiled eggs, broccoli, you know, fresh bread, you name it, what you like the point is that gratitude is simple and means no more no less but being GRATEFUL TO BE ALIVE and it’s a natural state it’s a natural state it’s …
You Are Only What You Did TODAY
The more we understand the more nuance we unravel. When we don’t understand then we tend to think very black-and-white, either-or; It’s understandable, since the first nuance we pick is INDIVIDUATION: how something is distinguished from other things. This creates the fundamental dichotomy between the THING discussed and everything else (that this thing is …
Don’t Fail Without Reason
Don’t fail without good reason Don’t make a habit out of failing The purpose of failing is to win You fail many small times so that you can win big-time You experiment and explore so that you can innovate You fail so that you can discover a new way New, by definition, is …
The Paradox of Cluelessness and Individuality
You are obliviously born clueless. I don’t know how, but somehow over time you come to believe that you’re not so clueless; Now you have opinions and what not. Chances are you are still clueless. Chances are you’ll die clueless. And the worst part is — you have to make decisions and take actions — …
Free From SIN, or The Antifragile Being
You want to be free from sin. You want to be free from vice. Do you know why you want to be free from sin? Because you’ll go to heaven. Now, I wouldn’t count on going to heaven after you die. After you die — chances are you’re going to go to the …