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 …
Tag: Purpose
“Positive” is Nothing but Will to Improve
There’s the situation. This situation has positive aspects and negative aspects. To improve it is to: -amplify the positive aspects -eliminate the negative aspects This is all there is to it. “Positive thinking”, Optimism, “Law of Attraction”… Give me a fucking break THERE’S THE SITUATION YOU AMPLIFY THE POSITIVES So of course you …
Go Harder Yet Go Softer (Blazing Fire, Calm Water)
Go harder Go softer What does it mean to go hard? We put many labels on it, “going hard” “being hard” “hard work” “be very motivated” why don’t you dispense with all those labels… …and just try… FOCUSING ON A SINGLE THING FOR A SINGLE FUCKING HOUR Get a timer — set it …
The Direction Is Always Up
The direction is always up The direction is always up, for you, for me, for everyone that is the direction The direction is always up You want to go up You want the world to go up You want your brother to go up You want everything to go up The world gains …
Speak More (Honestly), Speak Less (Nonsense)
Writing and talking is so much fun that the temptation to talk and write without having anything to say can sometimes take hold Do you always need to have something to say? Sometimes you only learn you had something to say once you started talking So on one hand we have the meaningless …
“Wasting Time” , Part 2
apparently I wrote a substantially identical text: “Wasting Time” I suppose I repeat and contradict myself we have this ideal of not wasting time which is empty it is empty because we have no ideals no mission no purpose no sense of urgency not this clarity about the preciousness of existence so …
FIRE
It’s about that FIRE At the end it’s all about that fire It’s not what you do — it’s whether there’s that fire in that The relevance of WHAT YOU DO only concerns FUELLING that fire But once it burns — it just burns It consumes The relevance of WHAT YOU DO only …
Charisma and Energy and Life
Charisma is energy The more energy you have the more “charismatic” you are The more energy you have the more “attractive” you are This is because there is nothing more desirable than energy There is nothing more desirable than energy. To have energy is to be alive To not have energy is to …
VISION (The Ultimate Formulation)
Lets say you want to GO SOMEWHERE. That SOMEWHERE is something in-between known and unknown. It can’t ever be completely unknown — because then you would not be able to conceive of it. It’s never entirely known either — because nothing is truly certain . Therefore this SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU WANT TO GO is partly …
Only God Can Judge Me
How do you decide what is right and what is wrong? You TEST it Only reality cures ignorance, only action, real world action How do you decide if you’re right or wrong? You TEST it, obviously. How do you decide if you’re living right? You TEST IT. Can someone else decide for you …