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 …
Tag: Strength
Weight of Problems, One’s Strength, and Evil
Men have problems. Problem is not just something that is causing you obvious hassle at the moment. Problem can be something that is causing you anxiety at mere thought of, even something you’re not even aware of. You don’t have to be consciously aware of something for it to trouble you, poison you, Depending …
The Falsely Humble, the Deluded Arrogant, and the Problem of Growth
-There’s what you say -There’s whether it’s true or not -There’s whether other’s find it true or not -The definition of arrogance is being very wrong when you say you’re very right -Therefore if others think you’re very wrong, and you are very confident that you’re right (and reveal it) — you are dubbed arrogant …
Solvable and Unsolvable Problems, Overcoming
There are problems you solve — and there are problems you consistently fail to solve. What characterises problems you consistently fail to solve? -Too big and complex for you to even get going. Barrier of entry, barrier to even starting to make a change is too steep -“Simple but not easy”: hidden layers of …
You Can’t NOT Pick Side (And Can’t Avoid Conflict)
There’s knowable and there’s unknowable. Then there’s whether you think it’s knowable or unknowable — whether you think it’s known or not known. When you think it’s knowable and that you know it — you are confident — and confidently take a strong position. But what do you do when it’s unknowable — and you …
Assess Quality Via Negativa
What someone can’t do reveals more about their ability than what they can do Anyone can do a whole lot of things Anyone can think they know a whole lot of things and think they can do a whole lot of things Anyone can talk big Anything looks easy until you’ve tried and failed …
Weakness Transcends the Weak and Corrupts the Whole
The moment we permit weakness — in ourselves OR others — we open the gate for degeneration and withering “Oh but isn’t weakness human?”, you might ask Weakness isn’t human To fail is human, yes To stay weak isn’t human To stay weak is to die To live is human To die is to …
No Virtue In a Vacuum
There’s the “negative” It affects you. It affects you, more or less, In a sense something is only “negative” IF it affects you, and only as negative as much it affects you E.g. there’s something horrible happening out there somewhere in the world — but it doesn’t affect you, you’re not aware of it, …
VULNERABILITY is SELF-CHALLENGING is GROWTH
Is vulnerability weakness or is it strength, actually? Vulnerability exposes your weaknesses. Therefore it exposes you. The real you, complete you: which is not just a fragmented, “perfect” you — but one which is complete: including your weaknesses. Therefore vulnerability exposes you to criticism. Therefore it exposes you to the (UN)TRUTH. It exposes you …
You Can’t Change Because You Can’t Own It Publicly
To change is to make changes You don’t make changes in a vacuum. The changes you make, the actions you take — are NOTICEABLE not invisible, not in a vacuum, not “secret” (your business-changes are visible in the business world, your social changes are visible in your social life, social circle, your community, …