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It’s useful to frame for yourself who you are and what you bring to the world. It directs your energy where you want it to go. One frame is “I’m a problem solver.” In theory, this helps you look for solutions in the world. The challenge here is: Problem is negative – To solve problems,…
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For the big and small, you choose most of your suffering. And you are choosing all the time. You are human, you have to suffer. You will not be joyful all the time. You wouldn’t even be human if you could be. Do you want to feel bad because you procrastinated or because the work…
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Defining truth is hard. From a definitional standpoint, reality is that which is real. Truth is our description of what is real. Since truth is a description, one could argue it’s a “model” of reality. I have a model of an apple in my mind. I think its pretty good. I feel fairly confident that…
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In 1974, Robert Pirsag published the best seller “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” and in 1991 wrote a follow-on book called “Lila: An inquiry into Morals.” I read Lila a few years ago first after hearing about it on the Lex Fridman podcast with Robert Breedlove. I tried reading Zen and Art a…
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In the corporate world (let’s say Fortune 500 companies) about 90% of the human energy is communicating to others in the same organization. It seems like it would follow that being a really clear communicator is the most important skill one should develop. There is no doubt that its important. There is something else that…
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The only way I’ve seen to make progress is to do the basics consistently. What is the minimum that you can realistically do every day to make progress toward the person you want to be? Just do that consistently and results follow. For me, its simple, daily workout (with a minimum of a daily mile…
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