Barbara
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Barbara
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branding/rebranding and everything in between. january feels like the right opportunity for such thoughts
Cashing in for short-term pleasure leads to long-term agony.
— Ray Dalio
Ever throw a rock into a rolling ocean full of waves? Pretty uneventful.
But have you ever dropped a tiny pebble into a lake that's as still as a sheet of paper? And then watched it, like... Ripple forever?
That's how you should treat visualisation.
Make your mind as still as a country lake. That way, when you drop the faintest thought into it
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Here is my list as to why being a hater never works, unless your goal is to be a hate-react critic through and through:
1. Attracting haters who love hater-content might feel fun and validating at first, but haters are nobody's friend. You're always next.
2. Anyone who is a public figure or experiences themselves being talked about, reviewed, etc,
... See moreBut we err in presuming convenience is always good, for it has a complex relationship with other ideals that we hold dear. Though understood and promoted as an instrument of liberation, convenience has a dark side. With its promise of smooth, effortless efficiency, it threatens to erase the sort of struggles and challenges that help give meaning to
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practice
repetition
maintenance
care
delayed gratification
unfolding
becoming
slow
soft