Not being caught up and controlled by trends, political narratives, hunger, momentary pain, other peoples' opinions, comfort.
The more you are controlled, the less autonomy you own.
The less autonomy, the less fulfilment.
Eashwarran Kohilathastwitter.comNot being caught up and controlled by trends, political narratives, hunger, momentary pain, other peoples' opinions, comfort. The more you are controlled, the less autonomy you own. The less autonomy, the less fulfilment.
The ambitious person considers another’s actions, praise, and applause to be his own happiness; the pleasure-seeker, his own sensations and feelings; but the wise person, his own actions.
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Autonomy describes our desire to lead a self-directed life.
Anthony Raymond • Ikigai & Kaizen: The Japanese Strategy to Achieve Personal Happiness and Professional Success (How to set goals, stop procrastinating, be more productive, build good habits, focus, & thrive)
The plight of all preoccupied people is wretched, but most wretched is the plight of those who labor under preoccupations that are not even their own, whose sleep schedule is regulated by somebody else's, who walk at somebody else's pace, and who are under instructions in that freest of all activities-loving and hating. If these people want to know... See more