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  • MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER

    MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER

    Here’s the problem in trying to make your life better. You think you need to improve your life when it’s you that needs to become better. If you’re always looking for the thing to do to get the result you want you’re probably focused on the wrong thing. Your life isn’t a mess because you…

  • ROCK BOTTOM

    ROCK BOTTOM

    Here’s why people’s lives get better when they hit rock bottom. When you’re at your worst. You must do what works or sink below rock bottom, which is nowhere. In other words, going lower isn’t an option. Rock bottom forces you to look at what you’re doing and do something that works or lose yourself.…

  • DON’T LIMIT ENLIGHTENMENT

    Enlightenment doesn’t obey your rules. And the path to becoming a better person is available no matter what you’re doing with your life. People think that someone who lives a life pursuing pleasure and success can’t develop as a person. But they often learn faster than the ones who don’t. Because they go straight toward…

  • ANXIETY AND TEMPTATION

    Anxiety can become a temptation you want to indulge in all the time because you think it might solve your problems. Because anxiety is a part of problem-solving and it works. It helps you come up with solutions. But solving a problem takes two steps. Coming up with a solution and then acting on that…

  • EVIL IS BORING

    If you view people as primarily bad… If you view them as a negative force in the universe, then you are at a great disadvantage. And if you believe that in the battle between good and evil, evil usually wins. You’d be wrong. Let me explain why: You’re not dead. Evil takes chaos and order…

  • IF YOU’RE BURNED OUT

    If you’re burned out because you’ve been working really hard then you need to know that your brain will probably try to stop you from taking a break. If you’re a person who works hard then you work hard because you think it’s the right thing to do. You either feel proud, excited, or at…

  • DON’T BE PERFECT

    Learn to apply your knowledge as quickly as possible. If you’re learning a new skill, learn a small enough section of it that you can go do it well. Because we often think that the only thing we have to practice is the skill. But we actually have to practice doing things well too. Doing…

  • LIFE IS GETTING BETTER

    Life is getting better on earth. It doesn’t have to. But it is. The fundamental aspects of scientific thought argue that without careful attention, the organized elements of life fall apart. And yet humanity lives up to it’s potential a little bit more every year. The life expectancy of people goes up over time. Which…

  • SELF DOUBT

    If you’re struggling with self doubt don’t waste time trying to believe in yourself. Just do something that gives you a clear positive result. The way to do that is pick an action that’s smaller and humbler than you think you should do. If you have self doubt and feel like you’re running against things…

  • SET INTERNAL LIMITATIONS

    Your life will have less panic in it if you set internal limitations instead of battling external ones. Spending less money than you make is setting an internal limitation that stops you from running against the defeating reality that you can’t afford something. Choosing to go to bed early or check out of the party…