Load Bearing Beliefs

“People try to do all sorts of clever and difficult things to improve life instead of doing the simplest, easiest thing—refusing to participate in activities that make life bad.”

Only an open conflict of ideas and principles can produce any clarity.

The way to end up with a good plan is not to start with a good plan, it's to start with some plan, and then slam that plan against reality until reality hands you a better plan.

Anytime I find myself in a lose-lose position, I always remind myself of this parable. The world is full of uncertainty and infinite possibilities. Buy time. Survive. https://t.co/3cHVVXPlNf

"A dumb thing about our minds is that we never look to reference points that make us feel good. We always look to reference points that make us feel crappy."