Romain
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Romain
what are the things that compel you, over and over again? And why are you not pursuing it? What are your hesitations and your fears? It might be hard, but you were made to do hard things. You tolerate pain for a job that bores you (perhaps the ultimate pain), the least you could do is tolerate pain for your own pursuits.
leading an interesting life
If you don’t want to work long hours, solve the problem of prioritization. If you like the "stability" of a job, solve the problem of self-management. If you don’t like the way you look, solve the problem of perception or health. If you don’t enjoy your current state of mind, create a solution that allows you to sustainably occupy a new one. These... See more
DAN KOE • Purpose & Profit – A Guide to Discovering Your Life's Work
You are not your thoughts, you are not your emotions, you are not your circumstances, and you are not your history.
You are the awareness that observes all of these things.
But somewhere along the way, you forgot this. You became identified with the contents of your consciousness instead of consciousness itself.
The Real Reason You're Not Changing
The thing about emotions is: you can't selectively numb them. When you train yourself to avoid sadness, you also turn down joy. When you eliminate anger, you also eliminate passion. When you remove attachment, you also remove love.
Let's Solve Your Lack of Discipline
Passions must be selected, skills must be perfected and virtues like humility must be lived through so as to become ships that can cross us over the waters of momentary hardship and into new terrain. If we are to experience Aristotle's entelechy—meaning the possible becoming actual—then we realise that we must sacrifice what we could be in exchange... See more
The two stages of mastery for those with many passions
You need both: a stable ground and the permission to dance on it.
Live a Disciplined Life, Spontaneously
The liberating arts are:
- Logic : how to derive truth from known facts
- Statistics : how to understand the implications of data
- Rhetoric : how to persuade, and spot persuasion tactics
- Research : how to gather information on an unknown subject
- (Practical) Psychology : how to discern and understand the true motives of others
- Investment : how to manage
DAN KOE • Learn These AI-proof Skills if You Want to Be in the Top 1%
Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.”
People work against themselves because they’ve internalized certain messages either from their family or society that they always have to work hard. That the way is to succeed is through hard work all the time. People have to learn to know the signs of trying too hard. Take a breath and do something to chill.”