You don’t have the luxury of “self-acceptance” Not unless you’re already improving By default — when we see something we value, we like — we go ahead and take it, and utilise it, enjoy it, and we call it progress, call it an improvement — to have gotten hold of value, to have gotten …
Tag: Psychology
Intelligence Is Inseparable From Action Is Inseparable From Will
Let’s define intelligence in terms of cause and tangible effect It doesn’t have to be perfect cause and effect The point is that we get an effect at the end — which can be measured — and which adheres to the previous intentions This would be intelligence Let’s NOT define intelligence as mere coherence …
Answer Disagreement with More, More, More Depth
There exist views and opinions and perspectives which are extremely repugnant to your views and opinions and perspectives and beliefs The default response is more conflict, more repudiation, more stubbornness The false adaptation is argumentum ad temperantiam — argument to moderation. Like all fallacies is distorts the reality in some way, by imposing it’s …
Genius Is Indeed Madness
There’s the regular and there’s the exceptional. There’s the normal and there’s the abnormal. Abnormal, which can be positively abnormal (genius) — or negatively abnormal (madness). With the normal being normal, regular, predictable, common, mediocre, and quite functional. Thus already the common denominator of both genius and madness is that both are abnormal, both …
Your Needs Are But Bad Habits
What does it mean you need something? Does it mean it is required for you to accomplish your goals? Does it mean it’s presence has a positive impact on your well-being, your happiness? Does it mean it’s absence has a negative impact on your well-being, your happiness? I suppose if this was the …
Investment, Return, and Opportunity Perception
Whether you like it or not — you are an investor. You invest your attention. You invest your time. And of course you invest your money — anytime you’re buying something One invests to get something in return So the point is obviously to get that thing in return indeed, And then it’s better …
Human Flaws vs MIND-viruses
There are normal, ubiquitous, domesticated, elementary human flaws. And there are MIND-VIRUSES. Natural, normal humans flaws, are for instance: -laziness -lack of energy -desire -moods -carelessness -imperfection, fallibility -etc FLAWS are not even always flaws, really: Emotions have a purpose Desire obviously has a purpose Energy obviously is exhausted — then regenerated The …
Challenges, Strength, Confidence
At any given time of your life you face challenges Challenge, of course, is only a challenge if it challenges you For some breathing is a challenge For others conquering the world is a challenge And for some breathing is not a challenge And for some conquering the world is NOT a challenge Challenge …
The Gift of Suffering The Gift of Gratitude
Gift of suffering is gift of gratitude Gift of good fortune is poisoned NOT ALWAYS, I don’t want no martyrs. Martyrdom and pessimism are self-fulfilling prophecies Kill yourself like a martyr and tell me what good it brought, if you can But yes You become virtually DISABLED from gratitude, appreciation — when you: …
To Change Is The Only Thing Left
“The only thing that is constant is change” I often wonder about the hope for the hopeless Most of us have something to hope for But there are those man who don’t even have hope There’s nothing they hope for They are unhappy either way To those that have any hope — one …