51 notes tagged with "thought"

People increasingly follow junk values

The more extrinsically motivated we are the more likely we are to be depressed and anxious, and especially western society has been moving…

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Created on 14th March, 2021

Everything was made up by someone no smarter than you

Ties dude. People wrap a long piece of fabric around their neck which somehow signals class, status and formal wear. We do a stupid thing…

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Created on 14th March, 2021

You want to be time-rich, not money-rich

Money is nothing without your time. The real goal of being wealthy is to have control over your own time, and there are multiple paths to…

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Created on 10th March, 2021

Systems are better than goals

A system is a habit that you put in place to improve on something. The goal "I want to write a book" as a system is "I want to write one…

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Created on 3rd March, 2021

Striving is the source of both suffering and progress

Why strive at all? Because To be moral is to actualize your potential I agree with the Buddha that the path to freedom from suffering is…

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Created on 1st March, 2021

We can't understand complex ideas

We can't understand complex ideas When learning new complex things, you must find out how to make the complex simple. I have no complex…

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Created on 19th April, 2021

You'll never have enough time

Finite beings. Infinite demands. Our time is finite. There's always more people to help, more conversations to have, another email to send…

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Created on 10th December, 2021

You'll never get there

We imagine that the next promotion, relationship, productivity hack, or purchase is going to be the one that finally make our lives…

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Created on 3rd April, 2021

Higher commitment groups are more attractive

TLDR: The world's future leaders are looking for intense, collaborative, connected, like-minded teams and projects to join. They are not…

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Created on 10th June, 2022

take my own advice first

When I give others advice that I haven't taken myself, I realize I have almost no idea whether it actually works. That seems messed up. Of…

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Created on 6th December, 2022

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