We live in a complex world. To navigate in a complex system you need a detailed map. To navigate in this complex world you need a detailed understanding. To get a detailed understanding — you should be LEARNING ALL THE TIME. I’m usually very critical of the professor, the theoretician, the bookworm, the egghead, …
Tag: Action
Will To Change = Know The Price
One’s willingness to change is measured in how much one is willing to PAY, to GIVE (to make that change). The idea of “no excuses”, or conversely of “Excuses” — are both meaningless. They say absolutely nothing about how much you’re willing to pay “No excuses” is an outright lie. Are you willing to …
BOTH Optimistic And Pessimistic
I spoke against optimism in place of realism. I spoke against scepticism in place of possibility, which is just pessimism and defeatism. I spoke for philosophically fundamentally positive attitude to existence I also spoke for seeing more “negative” as your perception improves I want to once again stress it, if it’s not yet clear: …
Explaining vs Knowing
There’s explicit knowledge and implicit knowledge Explicit knowledge is knowledge which can be readily passed, written down, coded, recorder, verbalised, conveyed… Implicit knowledge is knowledge which is difficult to convey, difficult to teach, and often difficult even to be aware of (e.g. try writing instructions on how to WALK properly, as a human being, or …
FUN, CREATIVITY and JOY are HOW YOU DO EVERYTHING
You don’t do art to be creative You don’t dance to have fun You don’t joke to laugh You don’t seek thrills to get excited You don’t indulge to experience pleasure You don’t do things to be happy You don’t seek love You are creative therefore do things creatively (including art) You have fun …
REAL TIREDNESS vs RESISTANCE
There’s energy and there’s resistance. There’s your physical energy. You can have more of it or less of it. We can argue all day about you being able to access more energy and do more, But there’s no denying the existence of physical energy One day you’ll have less of it, and eventually you’ll …
You’re CLUELESS About Risk Management
We all have some innate sense of risk-management. E.g. FEAR. And then we also have plenty learned methods of risk management. E.g. DIVERSIFICATION Alas we keep failing our “risk-management” in the modern world FEAR fails most of the time because most our modern “threats” are NOT mortal. Therefore you actually SHOULD take more …
You’re Doing The Stress Wrong
You’re doing the stress wrong Your muscles do the stress right: -muscle is stressed -it adapts (by growing and/or becoming stronger) -it is now more adapted to handle that stressor You make one of the two mistakes with how you work with stress: -you don’t stress yourself appropriately -or you don’t adapt …
Create, Give, And Be Moral
You should create more and then give more. It is morally obligatory. In doing so you take good care of yourself, and appreciate the gift of life — which is morally obligatory. In doing so you contribute to the world, making it a better place — which is morally obligatory. Why is it morally …
Don’t Find Yourself In The Wrong Pursuit
You are only what you did today. Only what you tangibly improved today matters. Only what you tangibly improved today is real. You are only defined by what you tangibly did better today. You are only worthy if you were worthy today. Only good if you were good today. Not yesterday, and NOT tomorrow. I’ve …