Obviously what you love is valuable. It’s valuable because you love it. It’s valuable to you because you love it. But then: Obviously if it’s valuable — you would love it. Obviously if it’s valuable, truly valuable, then it is meaningful. When you don’t love what you have — it’s because it is …
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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): …
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 …
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 …
Simple But Not Easy
There’s what’s difficult and there’s what’s simple. But then there’s “simple but not easy”. How can something be “simple but not easy”? In truth, it can’t! It doesn’t make any sense, it’s paradoxical. The true meaning of “simple but not easy” is that it is UNKNOWN The difficulty is ultimately UNKNOWN, in how: -it …
Doers are NOT Sceptics
Have you ever seen a highly successful sceptic? Have any of the greatest visionaries been a sceptic? Have you ever seen a high-achiever, someone busy DOING THINGS — have you seen him BICKER how THIS and THAT is NOT GOING TO WORK? There is no place for scepticism outside of science* (where it is …
The Burden of Leadership
In any organisation, 1-man or or 1-million-men — there must be a leader, and leaders Because in any organisation, in any activity — decisions must be made — and actions must be taken Leadership is a burden Why? Because ideally — no one would have to LEAD Ideally every decision would be obvious, and …
Too Good To Be True
“It’s too good to be true” No, not necessarily There’s what you know is possible There’s what you know is not possible And there’s what you don’t know is possible That which you don’t know if it’s possible — that will elude your imagination You’ll say it’s “too good to be true”, or …
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 …
Criticism as Betterment
There’s who you are, what you believe, what your goals and values are There’s what you do THIS is what matters Does it matter what someone else does? Only to the extent to which it overlaps with your own values and goals and actions There’s who you are, what you do… For as long …