Lifestyle Philosophy

Gentlemanly Lessons From Chess

“Play stupid games — win stupid prices”. Chess is no exception Even if you’re a grandmaster — quit chess, it’s a waste of life Gods are embarrassed with you   That’s one lesson of chess — don’t waste life on fake games, fake competition, and fake prices   Ok, there’s one more lesson to chess …

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Lifestyle

Old Age and Wisdom

Some of the highest forms of wisdom is wisdom of that which persists That which persists — it just works That which persists — it has actually proven itself There’s enough brilliant ideas that don’t work And there’s enough brilliant ideas which seem to work — only to fail spectacularly That which actually works, not …

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Lifestyle Philosophy

Time Mastery

Time mastery is mastering the use of time. Mastering the use of time means getting the most out of the time that you are given.   Getting the most out of time you are given requires two conditions: -Understanding the VALUE of time -Ability to manage the time-resource   The value of time is equal …

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Lifestyle Philosophy Spirituality

Life as a Candy Shop

Imagine you went to a candy shop. You only had 10 $, and there were 1000 different candies, each for a 1$, and each and every single one of them delicious,   Now imagine you went to a candy shop, You only had 10$, but there were only 5 different candies,   Now imagine you …

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Lifestyle Spirituality

The Time Manifesto

THE GOAL: The goal is to LIVE RIGHT NOW. The goal is to LIVE CONSCIOUSLY right now. This is the foundation. Tomorrow you die. Today you live. But what does it exactly suggest about how we should live?   To be conscious is to be conscious of the characteristics, details, attributes… One such characteristic of …

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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 …

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Philosophy Spirituality

“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 …

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As Hard As Possible And No Harder

There’s as hard as you go There’s as hard as you think you can go There’s as hard as you can go There’s as hard as you could go And there’s as hard as it’s possible to go   To say “I can’t go any harder” is ignorant. Maybe you can To say “it’s impossible …

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