Anything BUT (the thing) is a distraction Either you do the thing — the right thing, the most important thing — or you’re distracting yourself Whatever else you do, it well may be, and surely will be, of great value (that’s what makes it a perfect distraction, a perfect excuse) But there is only one …
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100x
You could get 100x returns You could get 100x returns if you’re pure of heart When you’re absolutely absolutely in love with something — you will tap into the energy unavailable to mere mortals When you’re absolutely dedicated to your mission(s) — you tap into resourcefulness fathomless to mere mortals Have both and you …
Compensation as Distraction
There’s an insidious form of DISTRACTION — which is that of COMPENSATION When you failed — you ought to compensate When you know you’ll fail — you COMPENSATE But what if you can do the thing right? If you can do the thing right — like it’s supposed to be done — then …
At The End You Have No Edge
at the end you have no edge no advantage, no superiority you start from nothing you don’t yet walk don’t yet talk we all start from nothing, truly you start from nothing you have no advantage yet, you’re no one, nothing then you gain your advantage you get lucky you do things …
Discordant Hierarchies
From a perspective distant enough we’re equal and identical . From up close we’re all different and unequal Are we thus equal or unequal? We’re not objectively equal nor unequal — our equality or inequality depends on the situation. In one situation you are better suited to make decisions In other situation I am …
Effortless Hustling Is Real
effortless hustling is real most dream of it or fake it but you know you made it when TV bores you and you’d rather go and do something creative, go and build things, if it’s the opposite than it’s an uphill battle passion IS the way. true motivation, honest motivation, “SINGLE-MINDEDNESS”, are the way. …
What Doesn’t Make You Stronger — Kills You Slowly
“What doesn’t kill me, makes me stronger” You move up or down When you don’t move up — you move down Do you die? Yes But not immediately. Slowly You die piece by piece Real gruesome How it works in practice is that life THROWS things at you Throws challenges Some are …
Memetic Growth
There’s such thing as Memetic Growth, Growth implies growing, improving, Memetic implies imitation, replication, Memetic Growth is then GROWING VIA IMITATION. Memetic Growth is real. It happens all the time. Many phenomenons are centered around it. Industrious man gather in big cities. Innovators pull to technological hubs. Researchers and academics spawn in academic centers. …
Perils of Learning Alone
The greatest peril of “self-taught” mentality is the bubble of greatness you blow around yourself, also referred to as “ignorance”, “Dunning–Kruger effect”, et al. It’s not that KNOWLEDGE isn’t there It is But you applying it — within your echo chamber of self-satisfaction — prevents you from receiving the crucial negative feedback The …
Details Are Distractions
details are distractions details only matter once you’ve handled the fundamentals to cling to details is a mark of an amateur amateur obsesses over details he will focus on minutia — without comprehending the whole he will obsess over tools — then make no use of them he will talk a lot but …