Mateo Balaña Paemen
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Mateo Balaña Paemen
What man needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for a worthwhile goal, a freely chosen task. What he needs is not a homeostatic equilibrium, but rather the will to meaning, guiding him toward a future that is yet to be made his own.
- Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning (via Max McCoy on youtube)
Variance Equals Strength
Try new things, do things differently. Experiment.
The classic image of a lion tamer is one of the entertainer holding a whip and a chair. The whip gets all of the attention, but it’s mostly for show. In reality, it’s the chair that does the important work.
James Clear • How to Focus and Concentrate Better
Family Values
benji.org
The part around how to add delight and fluidity and simplicity (basically the whole thing) is really cool. Really thoughtful.
“By this they mean that subtle physiological changes in their bodies provide cues helping them rapidly select from a range of possible trades the one that just ‘feels right.’ Our findings suggest that the gut feelings informing this decision are more than the mythical entities of financial lore — they are real physiological signals, valuable ones... See more
David Gelles • ‘Trust Your Gut’ Might Actually Be Profitable Advice on Wall Street, Study Says (Published 2016)
pounce on intuition and “the right feeling” when you can.
Don’t shy away from emotion
The Talks – No Idea is Final
counter-print.co.uk
cool books website
Nature loves courage. This is the shamanic dance in the waterfall. This is how magic is done. By hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering it’s a feather bed.
Amazing writing.