purpose
Are you creating to build what looks like success to others or are you creating to build value?
Why should the universe have a purpose? The question of the purpose of the universe is an invention of human minds, and has no significance, except for the way that it illuminates the psychology of scholarly pursuit and of the pursuing scholars themselves. We should not impose human-inspired attitudes and questions on material things. There is a
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An antidote to finding your purpose
“What should I do with my life?!?!” Here is what I wish I’d known every time I felt lost.
TOP TIP:
Don’t try to figure it out all on your own. That’s too hard. Instead, spend time with possibility-generating people & environments. Eg:
- A friend who’s always dreaming up wild ideas (ask them... See more
Tyler Altermanx.com"The way to figure out what to work on is by working."
"I think for most people who want to do great work, the right strategy is not to plan too much. At each stage do whatever seems most interesting and gives you the best options for the future. I call this approach 'staying upwind.' This is how most people who've done great work seem to have done... See more
"I think for most people who want to do great work, the right strategy is not to plan too much. At each stage do whatever seems most interesting and gives you the best options for the future. I call this approach 'staying upwind.' This is how most people who've done great work seem to have done... See more
Conviction is an extension of self-knowledge. It emerges from your experiences and prior conditions. To know that is to know yourself. Being someone with conviction is really just living with clarity, and everything else is downstream of this self-knowledge.
on not living a paper-thin life
The five questions in V2MOM are:
What do I really want?
What’s important about it?
How do I get it?
What is preventing me from having it?
How will I know that I have it?