"Even if my expectations are unreasonable I would prefer to keep them"
My favorite people exist at the intersection of being brutally realistic about the state of the world, and relentlessly optimistic about where it’s going
Lauren Selfx.comTo hope well is to be realistic about probabilities, not to succumb to wishful thinking or be cowed by fear; it is to hold possibilities open when you should. The point of clinging to possibility is not to feel good – hope may be more painful than despair – but to keep the flicker of potential agency alive.
from What’s the Use of Hope? by Kieran
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Advice to my 21 year old self:
1. status is rented. self-respect is owned.
2. most advice assumes you know what you want. the real challenge is figuring that out.
3. the most important personal finance metric isn't net worth, it's "worry time." how many minutes... See more
x.comNvidia CEO: people with really high expectations have very low resilience
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Vala Afsharx.com