Human behavior
How we think and feel
Human behavior
It is the key to modern life. If you are immune to boredom, there is literally nothing you cannot accomplish.
David Foster Wallace • The Pale King: An Unfinished Novel
“Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become, and the same is true of fame.”
—Arthur Schopenhauer
—Arthur Schopenhauer
Rob Henderson @robkhenderson
Rob Henderson on X
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
Mark Manson • Be Impossible to Offend
“The one who boasts does so only out of a feeling of inferiority.”
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga • The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
Wisdom lies in correctly discerning where we are free to mold reality to our desires and where we must accept the unaltered with tranquility.
– Seneca
– Seneca
People pay to see others believe in themselves.
“I’M REALLY SCARED WHEN I KILL IN MY DREAMS” (FROM A LYRIC BY GLENN BRANCA)
“The nature of life is change and the nature of people is to resist change.”
Lori Gottlieb • Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
the gift of desperation compels us to move forward. Without fire in our lives, we sometimes don’t have the internal combustion necessary to change and take risks. We get too comfortable being comfortable—even