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How to find your life’s work
5 strategies from Robert Greene:
1. The Primal Inclination Strategy: Einstein became obsessed with a compass at 5. He wondered: what was the invisible force moving the needle? He spent his life unravelling the mystery of invisible forces. Robert Greene's advice:... See more
“What should I do with my life?!?!” Here is what I wish I’d known every time I felt lost.
TOP TIP:
Don’t try to figure it out all on your own. That’s too hard. Instead, spend time with possibility-generating people & environments. Eg:
- A friend who’s always dreaming up wild ideas (ask them... See more
Tyler Altermanx.comWe get stuck in a holding pattern when we believe there’s only one path, or two, instead of those millions of paths that fork and diverge based on our individual strengths and characters. In some worlds you’re happy and curious and feed the parts that make you fully and idiosyncratically yourself. The parts that seek beauty and truth and goodness
... See moreDont aim for better ways to get through a task. Instead look for projects you never wanna stop doing. Surrender to your nature.
Lots of pain at work comes from being someone else. It’s only when we find or create a job in which we can truly be ourselves, that we realize how much time we actually lost or wasted trying to be (or become) someone else. And once your job is all about being you, becoming better at your job suddenly turns into becoming better at being you.... See more