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There are two red flags to avoid almost all dangerous people: 1. The perpetually aggrieved ; 2. The angry.
100 Tips For A Better Life
Be careful of crazy-makers. They tend to make you become a fixer-upper.
Crazy makers will violate your needs. They pretend to understand and respect your boundaries, while they spend your time and money. They thrive on your energy. They set people against each other, to maintain their own central position.
They are repeat blamers, they create
... See moreAdvertising doesn’t just sell us products; it sells us the “idea” of ourselves. It taps into our desire to belong, to stand out, to be perceived in a certain way. We buy not just a watch, but the sophistication it represents. We purchase not just a phone, but the connectivity and status it implies. In this intricate dance, consumption becomes a... See more
... See moreThe point of life is to live, and living isn’t a spectator sport.
Living means taking risks, pursuing your interests, embarrassing yourself, attempting difficult things, setting ambitious goals, trying, failing, and trying again. Living means pushing your mind and body to their limits, just to see what you’re capable of. Living means fighting back
To get what you want, you need to know what you want. And then design the process to help you achieve it.
Here's Ray Dalio's five-step process on getting what you want. https://t.co/9vfk0A8K9D
When Shohei Ohtani was a high school freshman, he created a detailed "dream sheet" with one central goal: to be the #1 draft pick for 8 NPB (Nippon Professional Baseball) teams.
It was a 64-cell roadmap based on a framework called the Harada Method.
Here's exactly what Shohei did... See more
> Because humans create futures — goals, promises, plans — they must also live with the full awareness of the possibility of their collapse. That is what the visual arts help us see. They don’t resolve worry; they stage it.
As Dürer might imply, we stop being motionless.
As Munch reveals,... See more
Anna Atsusubstack.comNovelist Charles Kingsley on happiness:
“We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.”
After a tremendous amount of trial and error—mostly error—I’ve come to the number five. I’ve decided to focus my year on five things. Three work-related, two personal. (Almost) everything I do must fit in one of these five areas. If it doesn’t, then I politely decline. Why five? Because for me, it seems to work. It covers the most important things
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