Subtlety #3: Whether you realize it or not, you are always choosing what to give a fuck about.

negative emotions are a call to action. When you feel them, it’s because you’re supposed to do something. Positive emotions, on the other hand, are rewards for taking the proper action.

Subtlety #3: Whether you realize it or not, you are always choosing what to give a fuck about.

happiness occurs only when you find the problems you enjoy having and enjoy solving.

If you want to change how you see your problems, you have to change what you value and/or how you measure failure/success.

surmounting

The rare people who do become truly exceptional at something do so not because they believe they’re exceptional. On the contrary, they become amazing because they’re obsessed with improvement. And that obsession with improvement stems from an unerring belief that they are, in fact, not that great at all. It’s anti-entitlement. People who become gre

The avoidance of suffering is a form of suffering. The avoidance of struggle is a struggle.

Subtlety #1: Not giving a fuck does not mean being indifferent; it means being comfortable with being different.