Lifestyle Philosophy Spirituality

Truth is Hard to Bear

There is no truth without the spine Only the strong can bear the weight of truth   This is because truth stands alone Therefore whoever bears it stands alone himself And to be alone requires the greatest strength   To be alone requires the greatest strength — because it’s difficult to survive alone It’s easier …

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Lifestyle Philosophy Spirituality

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 …

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Philosophy World

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 …

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Philosophy

Growth is a “Perverse Incentive”

“A perverse incentive is an incentive that has an unintended and undesirable result that is contrary to the intentions of its designers.” — WIKIPEDIA Perverse incentive, or the cobra effect, is a misformulated incentive, such as: -attempting to get rid of cobras in the city – by incentivising killing cobras, through offering a bounty for …

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Lifestyle Spirituality

Small Empowerment

Anytime you do something new you become a little bit more empowered   It doesn’t matter how small the thing, It doesn’t matter if it’s “beneath you”, It doesn’t matter if it’s NOT GRAND Get your hands dirty and do it If it’s new, or more new then your usual bread and butter,   Again, …

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Lifestyle Philosophy

Should You Sell You

You come into this world, You have your hands and your eyes and your ears and your brains, Ready to watch and listen and learn and think and DO You’ve some time for all those escapades, and then you’re going to die, and that’s the end of it, You’re going to die and you know …

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