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- the real competitive advantage in life is internal approval. you cannot compete with someone who is secure with who they are, what they want, and what they bring
- “Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories.” ~ Roger Schank
- Spend less time focusing on "discipline," and more time in things that genuinely pull you forward... The person who requires internal force, will always get lapped by someone with genuine drive toward that thing. Obsession beats discipline all day long.
The Gift of Patience Instant relief is always at your fingertips. Want a boost? Here's some food / drugs / porn / attention. There's an app for that. There's a million apps for that. How many industries would collapse if everyone understood that you can just be with the feeling? You can just be sad or scared or angry or lonely or uncertain. Step ... See more
As corporations drape themselves in rainbow colors for Pride month, remember that they only engage in such activism in the West where it's fashionable, and not in the East where it's actually needed, because their activism is motivated not by principles but by PR. https://t.co/jV1VCCRCxZ- that last part is a *key* argument — and it places the climate discussion back in economic terms and not in left-wing alarmist terms, which is how we can get everyone on board for Massive solutions
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The Dunning-Kruger Effect The most ignorant are not those who know nothing, but those who know just a little. A slight knowledge can grant the illusion of competence. This kills curiosity and closes the mind. A test for "Mount Stupid": "What condition must be true?" https://t.co/24M6XVayPV
