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Money is nothing more than a neutral exchange of value. Making money is proof you’re adding value to people’s lives.
Marriage is for getting through the times when you’re not in love.
Goals don’t improve your future. Goals only improve your present actions.
Re-write your past. Embellish adventures. Disempower trauma.
Never consider yourself an expert. It’s the strong swimmers who drown.
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Even creative work needs scheduling. The greatest writers and artists didn’t wait for inspiration. They kept a strict daily schedule for creating their art. A routine triggers inspiration because your mind and body learn that ideas emerge at that time. The world’s greatest achievements were squeezed into existence by deadlines.
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You have different sides to your personality, with conflicting needs. Instead of ignoring one, make sure you balance them. Balance time with others and time alone. Balance your need for stability with your need for surprise. Balance input and output, consumption and creation, stability and adventure, body and spirit. Your opposing needs become each
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Make a story for the things you want to remember. Never make a story for the things you want to forget. Let those disappear with time. Your memories are a mix of fact and fiction. Your story about an experience overwrites your memory of the actual experience. So use this in your favor. Re-write your past. Embellish adventures. Disempower trauma. Re
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Distinguish between what’s in your control and what isn’t. If it’s not in your control, put it out of your head. Trying to control outcomes makes you disappointed and resentful. Focus only on your thoughts and actions.
When people give opinions, add a question mark. If they say, “Immigration is bad,” change it to, “Immigration is bad?” Let the questions drift away, unanswered.
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