“PRAGMATIC” gets bad reputation Some think it’s too cold, too practical, too calculated, too sterile, Some think it’s not creative, not imaginative, not interesting Nonsense When you want to be creative — you’re creative When you want to be fanciful — you’re fanciful When you want to have fun — you have fun When …
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If Life Doesn’t Humble You…
If life doesn’t humble you then you’re not challenging yourself How does one grow prideful, arrogant? By thinking he’s doing (so) well When does one think he’s doing well? Usually one thinks he’s doing well AFTER he DID DO WELL, with something And this sense of “doing well”, sense of contentment about oneself, it …
You Will Waste Your Potential
You will waste your potential. You will waste your potential and you won’t even realize it — until it’s too late Do you know why you will waste your potential? Because your potential is INFINITE. Alas your time is finite. You can’t have it all And chances are you can’t even have a …
What To Do Before You Die
When you: -do your best -ALWAYS seek to still do better, never satisfied -stay utterly humble: perfectly separated from your work, verily just an instrument of god (or world, or devil, or money, or muse, or destiny, you name it) -ITERATE LIKE FUCKING CRAZY -and get lucky +aren’t crazy (we all are a little) then …
Simple But Not Easy
There’s what’s difficult and there’s what’s simple. But then there’s “simple but not easy”. How can something be “simple but not easy”? In truth, it can’t! It doesn’t make any sense, it’s paradoxical. The true meaning of “simple but not easy” is that it is UNKNOWN The difficulty is ultimately UNKNOWN, in how: -it …
Doers are NOT Sceptics
Have you ever seen a highly successful sceptic? Have any of the greatest visionaries been a sceptic? Have you ever seen a high-achiever, someone busy DOING THINGS — have you seen him BICKER how THIS and THAT is NOT GOING TO WORK? There is no place for scepticism outside of science* (where it is …
Happy For Others, Envious Of Others
You’re envious of others if you believe they gain and possess at the expense of you gaining and possessing You’re happy for others if you believe you gain when they gain Material resources Social Status, recognition Power Pleasure Happiness Life Health Self-acceptance Self-respect Love anything At any one of those matters you may …
The Burden of Leadership
In any organisation, 1-man or or 1-million-men — there must be a leader, and leaders Because in any organisation, in any activity — decisions must be made — and actions must be taken Leadership is a burden Why? Because ideally — no one would have to LEAD Ideally every decision would be obvious, and …
Measure Everything
“Effectiveness is the capability of producing a desired result or the ability to produce desired output.” How does one produce anything? One utilises resources time + energy + physical resources + tools + labour + knowledge + skills, etc To produce anything one has to manage resources To effectively produce something is to effectively …
Too Good To Be True
“It’s too good to be true” No, not necessarily There’s what you know is possible There’s what you know is not possible And there’s what you don’t know is possible That which you don’t know if it’s possible — that will elude your imagination You’ll say it’s “too good to be true”, or …