Category: Mental Models

  • WHAT MAKES YOU NOT MISERABLE

    WHAT MAKES YOU NOT MISERABLE

    It turns out what makes you not miserable is also what makes you not poor and it’s this. Only compare yourself to people that are better than you in ways that you can change. Social media can make you better and it can make you worse. If you follow people that are better than you…

  • STRIKING A BALANCE

    STRIKING A BALANCE

    There’s a point at which everything you learn requires you to learn the opposite thing. If you learn to be patient then eventually you’ll need to learn when to be impatient. If you learn to control your anger, then you’ll have to learn when it’s good to be angry. And if you learn to be…

  • TRICK FOR GETTING STUFF DONE

    TRICK FOR GETTING STUFF DONE

    So here’s the best trick I know for getting stuff done. Put an absurd amount of effort into something that’s stupidly easy. People pick challenging things because they sound cool. But if you learn to choose a small task that requires ten percent of your effort and apply a hundred percent of your energy to…

  • TRUTHFUL BEHAVIOR

    TRUTHFUL BEHAVIOR

    I believe in aiming towards truthful behavior that creates positive outcomes. I believe that acting on desire in a clear, honest way, teaches us through the feedback of experience what is true and what is good. And because acting on desire teaches us what is true and good, acting on desire with positive intention is…

  • WORK ON THE THINGS YOU’RE GOOD AT

    WORK ON THE THINGS YOU’RE GOOD AT

    There are an infinite number of things that you’re bad at and a finite number of things that you’re good at. So you should work on the things that you’re good at because you can remain lost pushing against your weaknesses for your entire life.

  • WORTHY

    WORTHY

    Sometimes, it doesn’t matter whether you’re worthy or not. And questioning whether or not you deserve something can bring a lot of unhappiness. Because maybe your situation has nothing to do with how worthy you are. Maybe it’s simply the hand you’ve been dealt. The way out of this is responsibility. Because here you are.…

  • YOU’RE NOT BORED ENOUGH

    YOU’RE NOT BORED ENOUGH

    If you’re having trouble getting anything done it might be because you’re not bored enough. It’s really popular to believe in using will power to accomplish big things. But you also can just let yourself get so bored that you can’t stand not doing what you want to do. We never give ourselves the opportunity…

  • THE EQUATION TO HUMAN PROGRESS

    THE EQUATION TO HUMAN PROGRESS

    Here’s the fundamental equation of human progress. Desire plus boundaries equals abundance. To get what you want, you first have to figure out what you want and then decide what you are willing to do or give up in order to get it. From there, you can take a step that will get you a…

  • TURNING YOURSELF INTO A WINNER

    TURNING YOURSELF INTO A WINNER

    Turning yourself into a winner is the best hack for motivation. Because winners want to win more. This is the biggest reason you should pick small goals and crush them. Because it will teach you that you are a person who gets things done. You can watch the YouTube video below:

  • GREAT IDEAS

    GREAT IDEAS

    If you want to never run out of ideas then you have to practice coming up with ideas. Most people that can’t come up with ideas are trying to come up with the “right” idea or the “perfect” one. But the people that come up with great ideas are the ones that are writing down…