Even if your excuses are perfectly sensible and logical — if you’re not where you want yourself to be — it’s time to discard (that) logic. The smarter you are the smarter are your excuses. If you can’t discard the excuses then discard both SMARTS and excuses — then go ahead and do something. DO …
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Organization vs Discipline
People confuse good planning and organization with willpower and discipline. Very few can keep their promise not because of bad intentions but because good and actually accurate planning is extremely difficult No amount of discipline turns a garbage plan into a viable one The confusion results from the fact that most man actually lack both …
Be Useful
Conditioned narrative has you ask a lot of questions and do a lot of strange things but it fails to point you at the single most crucial determinant of success: BEING USEFUL. When you understand the simple necessity of USEFULNESS and obvious inevitability of the CAUSE AND EFFECT — everything makes sense Otherwise — …
Simple Action, Direct Experience
Firsthand experience makes stronger impression. Some things you’ll never grasp unless you’ve experienced them. It’s often impossible to get unstuck without getting one’s hands dirty. The subconscious pulls us back, as we wonder why we’re stuck, We only get unstuck once we believe, truly believe, that something is possible The subconscious doesn’t …
Grateful You Failed Me
I’m grateful to people for failing me It’s very easy to fake competence and virtue and very hard to prove it. I’m glad when someone fails me and immediately signals his incompetence Takes a long time to ascertain someone’s ability but only one mistake to reveal inability.
TRUE Cure For Procrastination
The best cure for procrastination is actually doing WHATEVER-THE-FUCK-YOU-WANT When you truly do what you want — you don’t have time to procrastinate. It’s simply no longer attractive to you. You don’t have time to waste because you could be doing something amazing The simple but profound truth about procrastination is that we are …
Inspiration = The Inspiring + The Proactive
Inspiration is exposure to The Inspiring + Proactive Response To The Inspiring The Inspiring is The New Proactive Response is action, interaction To one uninspired, unmotivated, subsequently unhappy, apathetic — it’s either one of the two Obviously you will not be particularly excited about a boring life. It’s self-evident. Exposure …
From Mediocrity to Excellence: Intelligent, Skillful Creativity Manifesto
There’s the Known and there’s the Not-Known. The Not-Known is THE NEW The Not-Known came first. Before we knew anything — we knew nothing. Before the legacy, before the skill, before the craft, before the knowledge — there was only the discovery. The unknown. The CREATIVITY. Creativity comes always first. It has always came first. …
Quality Vs Quantity Is A False Dichotomy
Quality vs quantity is a false dichotomy Quality is a function of quantity. Quantity of trial-and-error. Quantity of iterations. You try things. You produce things. Produce prototypes. Produce sketches. Produce ideas. Some of those are of higher quality. Some are less perfect or less appropriate. But still have some of that quality. Quality vs quantity …
Plans Are Good When The Results Are Predictable
Plans are good when results are predictable Plans are adverse when results are unpredictable Most of us plan too much or too little or both We don’t understand what makes planning appropriate Most are unprofessional. Disorganised. Their chaotic actions reflect their ineptitude. Out of lack of sufficient challenge or ability — no discipline, …