Mickey Patel
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Mickey Patel
Many adults are immature and rather childish, and this is a contributing cause of the confusion and misery in the world. It is the older people who are responsible for the prevailing economic and moral crisis; and one of our unfortunate weaknesses is that we want someone else to act for us and change the course of our lives.
J. Krishnamurti • What Are You Doing With Your Life?
Is this why some adults are immature and childish? Respinsbility always falls on someone else to change life for them. E.g. Chavs
I have never thought of it this way. But you are correct. When it comes to things in the material domain, from success to wealth to whatever it may be, there is zero tolerance for any notion that has an indefinite timeline. If after twenty or thirty years of doing something I have failed, then it absolutely means that what I have been doing does
... See moreKapil Gupta • There Is No HOW
What have I done and tried for years that has not worked?
Desire is a contract you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want. I don’t think most of us realize that’s what it is. I think we go about desiring things all day long and then wonder why we’re unhappy.
Tim Ferriss • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
Desire
Your feelings are wise. Bad feelings mean you need to take action. Good feelings mean you took the right action. Following your feelings is the most natural and rewarding thing to do.
Derek Sivers • How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion
Following your intuition - what does it mean to live a goof life?
“I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it's not the answer.”
Jim Carrey • A quote by Jim Carrey
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
... See moreKapil Gupta • Atmamun
I see this but also relate that we have created a family and home that needs care and maintenance
But busyness has a way of stealing creativity from you. Generative work, like art and writing, requires long periods of nothingness: it’s only in that wide empty space that ideas emerge. Long runs, hot showers, commutes that don’t involve harried Slack messages and listening to podcasts at 2x speed. Sitting at the edge of a dock, listening to the... See more