Freedom is an exercise of choice To make a choice there must first be choices to be made, there must be options You perceive choices by being conscious, aware Therefore freedom is a function of consciousness We tend to believe that doing “whatever” is an exercise of freedom “Freedom to do whatever” But it’s …
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Intelligence Is Slave To Emotions
Your intelligence doesn’t protect you from being influenced, being conditioned You can be intelligent and still be naive You can refute the silly arguments with your sharp mind — but you can’t refute emotions And intelligence is slave to emotions Intelligence is slave to emotions You think you are rational rather than emotional …
Neither Innovative Nor Traditional Can Be Appraised
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 …
“Poisoned Gifts”
Everything that happens to you can bring you closer to reality — or farther away from it You view the gifts of fate in regard to the short-term benefits they entail If you like something — you’re happy with such gift If you don’t like something — you curse such gift There’s a …
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 …
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 …
100x
You could get 100x returns You could get 100x returns if you’re pure of heart When you’re absolutely absolutely in love with something — you will tap into the energy unavailable to mere mortals When you’re absolutely dedicated to your mission(s) — you tap into resourcefulness fathomless to mere mortals Have both and you …
Compensation as Distraction
There’s an insidious form of DISTRACTION — which is that of COMPENSATION When you failed — you ought to compensate When you know you’ll fail — you COMPENSATE But what if you can do the thing right? If you can do the thing right — like it’s supposed to be done — then …
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 …