Mickey Patel
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Mickey Patel
M: Because he has been conditioned to believe that if he does X, Y, and Z . . . he will attain the thing he is trying to attain. He fails to understand that the X’s, the Y’s, and the Z’s serve only themselves. They do not serve the thing he is trying to attain.
Kapil Gupta • There Is No HOW
read this when the mind is loud
The plan will not work and is only focused on the plan
Understand this: Man will take any opportunity to avoid that which is most immediate in his life. He will do anything but the task at hand. He will look at anything besides that which stands inches from his face. He is an escapist. He is a fantasy-seeker. Illusions are his drug. And reality is of no use to him.
Kapil Gupta • Atmamun
This is me most times, doing something else then the thing to take me forward
Whether something is possible or impossible is not your business. Success and failure are ideas that will only serve as a burden to your quest. Rather than finding the thing that you can imagine yourself becoming, find the thing that you simply cannot imagine yourself Not Becoming.
Kapil Gupta • Atmamun
What can i imagine myself not becoming?
Honesty is a core, core, core value. By honesty, I mean I want to be able to just be me. I never want to be in an environment or around people where I have to watch what I say. If I disconnect what I’m thinking from what I’m saying, it creates multiple threads in my mind. I’m no longer in the moment—now I have to be future-planning or
... See moreTim Ferriss • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
I often feel this way. I think most people do
Society operates like a regression algorithm, constantly pulling us back toward the mean. Be professional but not robotic. Be creative but not impractical. Be authentic but not unmarketable. We've somehow created a culture that worships individuality while maintaining sophisticated machinery designed to sand down anyone who deviates too far from... See more
what math can teach us about how to live
Chapter 24 - The word prevents actual perception
jkrishnamurti.org
Singing the counter-melody My advice and opinions may sound strange on their own. Do you know what musical counterpoint is? Underneath the main melody, you have a countermelody that goes against it, and together they make harmony. This is different from harmonizing, where someone sings along with the melody at an interval. The counter-melody is a
... See moreHell_Yeah_or_No • Sivers
the art of writing and the many shades of creativity
Great way to filter out the noise and be more aligned with the things you resonate with