manifestos and principles

Manifesto for slow learning:

1. Focus on direction, not destination

Immerse yourself completely in the journey and you will reach your final goal gradually.

2. Raise your hand

Asking questions is a fundamental human right.

3. Learn at your own pace

Find your rhythm, find your flow. Don’t compare yourself to others.

4. Unplug

You have the right to

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those with verbal talent are going to have a more important skill set to offer the world in the coming decades, as the AI revolution takes hold—I think that those who are able to give expression to and speak to the deepest desires of the human heart will be the voices the world needs most.

There is no finish line. There is no winning, no losing.

Everything is a Practice.

A practice is the disciplined repetition of what you know with enough experimentation in that repetition to unlock those things you don’t yet know. It is ever-accumulating, and never-ending. It is sometimes painful, but that is the way.

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Principles are universal truths. They apply to everything, and thus, are useless in distinguishing who you are. You need to dig deeper and find what makes you you. You need to know your values. While principles are universal, values are personal.

A simple test is to formulate the opposing value. If your value is "Simplicity" then the opposing value... See more