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The world of news is noisy, because they have to hype it. They try to get you to pay attention to something that’s not actually important. They create a false sense of urgency, social status, fear, shock, or any tricks possible to manipulate your psychological triggers, and ultimately help them profit. By contrast, the truly important things are
... See moreDerek Sivers • How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion
The most important things are quiet and free because people cant profit from them, they gift them and profit from donations.
For example, if you want to make a lot of money, you need to admit that. If you want to be famous, you need to pursue that. If you want freedom and no responsibilities, or want to learn as much as possible, or whatever else, you need to realize it and embrace it. Whatever you decide, you need to optimize for that goal, and be willing to let go of
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Admit that i want freedom and to do meaningful work that fires me up
New things have some benefits but deeper downsides like addiction, pollution, scattered focus, or wasted time. The marketing shouts the benefits and hides the harm. But the benefits rarely outweigh the downsides. Only time will tell.
Derek Sivers • How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion
This is the same as what happens in the creator economy. Benefits are money and external validation but over time you hate what you do because the downside is that you blend in and lose all of your true self
There are three things to consider when making life-size decisions: • What makes you happy • What’s smart — meaning long-term good for you • What’s useful to others
Hell_Yeah_or_No • Sivers
Can i applh this to writing?
Therefore, when a man takes pride in being a worker or for having a “job” for the purpose of receiving a paycheck, he is a beggar. He may earn a six figure salary. But he remains a beggar. Many will protest this statement. They will say that it is honorable to provide for one’s family. They will say that having a job in order to support the family
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I see this but also relate that we have created a family and home that needs care and maintenance
Full-time authors, for example, don’t actually type for 40 hours per week because they’d have little to say if they did. Instead, they spend most of their time collecting experiences. By the time they sit down to write, they’ve already experienced what they plan to write about, even if they aren’t entirely sure about what they’re going to say. By
... See moreDavid Perell • Daily Writing #39: Expression Is Compression
This is why maybe I can’t write right now. I have not much to say? I’m collecting experiences. But that’s not true because I haven’t really processed everything before what I’m experiencing now. I really enjoy the habit of writing in the morning. That should continue to be my creative hour
If it entertains you now but will bore you someday, it’s a distraction. Keep looking.
Tim Ferriss • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
Distraction & passion
Great questions don't appear
suddenly. They gradually congeal in your head. And what makes
them congeal is experience. So the way to find great questions is
not to search for them — not to wander about thinking, what great
discovery shall I make? You can't answer that; if you could, you'd
have made it.
suddenly. They gradually congeal in your head. And what makes
them congeal is experience. So the way to find great questions is
not to search for them — not to wander about thinking, what great
discovery shall I make? You can't answer that; if you could, you'd
have made it.
paulgraham.com • What You'll Wish You'd Known
Advice to a young engineer considering moving to San Francisco: “Do you want to leave your friends behind? Or be the one left behind?”
Tim Ferriss • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
Powerful reframe