As usual: -There’s the thing / the quality / the attribute -And there’s what it looks like First off — anything but professionalism is nonsensical Everything must be done PROPERLY — or not at all Because everything has a designated purpose And that purpose itself has a purpose The whole model is predicated on …
Tag: Success
You Can’t Judge Me Too Harshly
You can’t judge me too harshly Because you could never judge me harsher than I already judge myself I am my harshest judge, Because I’m in love with myself I am my harshest judge because I want the BEST for myself Reality doesn’t give a fuck what we think about it And I …
Should You Be Strategically Self-Effacing?
The real humility is epistemic humility You should just be REAL. As confident as warranted by data. No more, no less Reality tempers your confidence. You can be good but you’re never good enough. If life doesn’t humble you — you’re not challenging yourself enough Pretending you’re smaller than you are is …
Losers Are First to Pass Moral Judgement
Someone is doing well Couple options follow: -it’s great and inspiring — lets do the same -it’s great for them but not good for me — let’s not do this -it’s great for them but not good for anyone else — let’s not do this +I don’t know what to make of it now …
Not Being Honest About What You Are Is Often Worse Than What You Are
Maybe you’re ugly or maybe you’re beautiful Either way you’re not perfect You’re a bit ugly and a bit beautiful And usually that means you’ll accentuate the beautiful aspects of yourself And then you’ll also put a fucking spin on it, make-up on it — and make yourself a little extra beautiful And …
What You Want, What The World Wants, And Self-esteem
There’s what you want There’s what the world wants What you want divides into: -What you want from you -What you want from the world What the world wants divides into: -What the world wants in general -What the world wants from you I suppose I wrote that to get WHAT YOU …
AI Is Intelligence and Without It You’re Less Intelligent
AI is now basically a fucking FACTOR OF PRODUCTION, It’s a crucial factor in our venture to fashion reality – physical and abstract – according to our design Therefore AI shall be the engine — wait for it you’ve never heard it — new industrial revolution therefore… NOT USING AI is basically NOT PARTICIPATING …
Use Past Gains to Motivate Today’s Actions
Your PAST actions result in your CURRENT OUTCOMES You can’t perfectly maintain coherence between today’s actions and their fruits Indeed I advise to do more things that benefit you IMMEDIATELY (but CONTINUOUSLY), aka ‘WHAT YOU IMPROVED TODAY’ -because you can VERIFY them immediately -AND because they grant you the REWARD immediately (even if …
Truth Eventually Prevails Because It’s Useful
Truth eventually prevails because it’s USEFUL Self-interest is good because it at least requires calibration to a certain ideal Get it? The only problem we could ever have is if we DON’T EVEN CARE. Because then we can’t even AIM. There’s nothing to aim because we don’t care. And if there’s no aim — …
how to GET WHAT YOU WANT (2026 version)
You getting what you want is NOT completely mysterious, but it is confusing First It has to be POSSIBLE, and preferably plausible There are CRAZY goals that are likely impossible -having everything, sacrificing nothing -being remembered, immortal physically or historically -having THAT PARTICULAR thing, that particular way -etc Then there are AMBITIOUS …