KNOW the difference between a COMPROMISE and a WIN-WIN Some always compromise and some never compromise False dichotomy You could just kill two birds with one stone You have one stone but you want two birds You compromise and aim at the fatter bird You don’t even get that bird, with your sloppy …
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Make up Twice
Always make up twice for your shortcomings When you always make up for your shortcomings — you don’t lose respect for yourself. And others may even respect you more. Few can admit to falling short and fewer still are generous enough with their efforts to overcompensate When you always make up for your …
Make It Harder AND Make It Easier
Some always make it hard for themselves Some always make it hard for themselves and sometimes it results in arriving where no one else has been Sometimes it results in nothing but hardship Some always make it easy for themselves Some of those find a clever way to solve the same problem: quicker, easier …
Mistakes Are the Real Résumé
Your failures are your real résumé The more the better A few big failures is a terrible résumé Many small and medium failures are a great résumé Means you’ve TRIED Likely you’ve learnt Anyone can replicate “success”, once or twice Anyone can pretend “success”, look success And yet there’s no success without failure If …
Perfection Is Boring and Sick
perfection is boring this is not even to vindicate imperfection this is to destroy perfection perfection is a malicious aim perfection is a poisonous dream perfection is a product of an imperfect artist, imperfect creator there’s nothing interesting about perfection nothing perfect about perfection perfection is not real it’s a sick …
It’s Not Supposed To Fit Into Any Framework
It is not supposed to fit into any framework If it does — you just don’t get it Language is ever limited Systems are ever limited Concepts are ever limited Reality — both THE reality, and reality of given subject — is infinite Obviously we can’t ever fully encapsulate it in any closed system …
Do Better Job
Virtually everything can be done better or faster or both If you do it faster you earn faster If you do it better you earn better We over-complicate this business business Money-making business Just do something useful Then do something more useful Or more of something useful, and quicker No job is …
The Right Way
Some do what pays the bills or what’s lucrative, even if they hate it Some do whatever they want, or nothing at all Such a false dichotomy! There obviously IS some middle ground To pay the bills you get a job To do what you’re excited about you do something you’re excited about …
Doing Things Differently Is Enough To Get Inspired
Inspiration = New To get inspired means to do something different It’s that simple You want inspiration but you want to keep your ways That’s how most people go about begging for inspiration It’s an inherent paradox You want to keep it the same because of the comfort and validation you find in an …
Potential Is Void
the concept of potential is void because you only prove as much potential as you realize don’t think potential. think PREDICTION would you put your money on it? do you put your money on it? do you have skin in the game? unless you do — it’s void see that’s the …