You Want What You Actually Do | #296
No matter what you tell the world or tell yourself, your actions reveal your real values. Your actions show you what you actually want. There are two smart reactions to this: Stop lying to yourself, and admit your real priorities. Start doing what you say you want to do, and see if it’s really true.
Derek Sivers • Hell Yeah or No: what’s worth doing
We convince ourselves to want things because we think it’s what we are supposed to be doing or more common, we get hijacked by the desires of others.1 I convinced myself I wanted to be a consulting partner because it seemed sensible and I didn’t actually have experience following my own interests. A lot of times our wants are underdeveloped simply... See more