The insatiable goals to acquire more, succeed conspicuously, and be as attractive as possible lead us to objectify one another, and even ourselves. When people see themselves as little more than their attractive bodies, jobs, or bank accounts, it brings great suffering…You become a heartless taskmaster to yourself, seeing yourself as nothing more

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One of the biggest challenges people have when embarking on an unconventional path is disconnecting from extrinsic markers of success and listening to internal motivational cues. On the default path, you can spend an entire career playing other people’s games. At first, people on a pathless path try to fill the lack of extrinsic goals with new ones... See more

Pursuing secondary rewards like admiration, security, money, or position. Following your values doesn’t always come with a paycheck or parade. How many people have you known who took the easy path in order to feel comfortable—maybe marrying someone for wealth or taking a position of authority they didn’t want. Meanwhile, their values withered away

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