Category: Mental Models
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LONELINESS EPIDEMIC
There’s a loneliness epidemic going on on a global scale. As we develop the technology to connect, everything has also become more personalized. From the food you eat to the clothes you wear to the entertainment you watch. Everything can be customized so that it’s unique to you. You can also enjoy that entertainment on…
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BENEVOLENT ORDER ENABLES POSITIVE CHAOS
This is one of the most important ideas I know. It’s deep. It’s complicated. And it’s the very lens through which I see the world. It’s how I define results, discipline myself, and create systems and strategies in my life and business. Benevolent Order Enables Positive Chaos I will debate governmental systems with friends of…
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EARTH
I truly believe the world is becoming a better place. It’s stupid to think that things used to be better, that we lived at one with nature, and everyone got along. We used to make pyramids out of skulls, and sacrifice people we liked because we thought it would make it rain so our gardens…
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USE YOUR POTENTIAL
If you’re talented at everything and have trouble deciding which path to pick, practice picking paths. Stop asking yourself what you should be doing and focus on doing it. Even if you’re talented at twenty other things, pick an option and then give yourself the experience of living with that decision for a while. You…
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DO SMALLER THINGS WITH GREATER ENERGY
If you never finish your to-do list, remember this. Do smaller things with greater energy. People like to talk about how you need to step up and do more. But it’s often better to just be more harshly realistic about your capabilities. What you can do well is almost always less than what you want…
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YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO OFFEND
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LAZINESS VERSUS ADDICTION
If you fail to meet your goals, you must figure out if it’s laziness or addiction. Because if you’re being lazy, you need to do more. And if you’re dealing with an addiction, you need to do less. For example, you might think you’re not getting enough work done because you’re lazy and think the…
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YOUR ENVIRONMENT
The most common block to growth is your environment. Because most things in life are impossible or incredibly difficult. This isn’t a negative perspective. It’s just reality. Most of the universe is an empty void in which you would freeze to death. Most of the world is pretty unforgiving. And you can’t grow when life…
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BLINDED BY VISION
If you see only that which you dream of, you are in a powerful place of action. But never forget that it also means you’re blind to everything else. You must focus, but be careful to relax from time to time and look around, or you will stop knowing what you should focus on. Absolute…
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BELIEVING YOU’RE WORTHLESS – SOMETIMES IT’S NOT SO GREAT
If you hold the belief that you’re worthless and you need to work harder until you know you’re not. Then you have a belief that helps some people work harder and get better results. But others will use it to grind themselves into the dust, thinking they’re worthless no matter what happens, and then exhaust…