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How to Get Rich in the Kindness Economy
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Kindness is a Mystery
The value of kindness, consideration and empathy towards others is a valuable social tool, which isn’t properly understood.
An experiment shows that people can sense your attitude...
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Invisible Broadcast
In an almost paranormal way, one’s genuine and conscious appreciation of others, devoid of any impurity, has an immediate effect on the people around us.
It is an invisible broadcast on...
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The Wealth Of Kindness
Capitalism has made us only understand one kind of wealth, as it is only concerned with the ‘monetary’ economy.
Kindness and empathy towards others produce a different kind of wealth, w...
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We All Are Work In Progress
There are always certain gaps in our understanding and with it comes the need of help of others to fill in the vacuum. It might be the blind spots we derive from our upbringing or our social circle, or the way misinformation manipulates or skews our thinking.
Talking to an expert seems to be the go-to method for most of us. But expertise may not be absolutely right for our problem, and can feel inadequate or unreliable to us.
The Five Signs Of Intellectual Dependability
Most mentors or guides show the following signs to help you gauge if they are intellectually dependable:
- Intellectual benevolence.
- Intellectual transparency.
- Communicative clarity.
- Audience sensitivity
- Intellectual guidance.
Finding Trustworthy People For Guidance
To seek the solution to the dilemma of intellectual dependency, we need to find a person having the basic virtue of intellectual benevolence, the added trust and care of the person who is approached by us.
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Programmed To Be Addictive
Games are designed to be addictive in a ‘gateway drug’ fashion. The ‘free-to-play’ or ‘Freemium’ models entice users to try and as soon as one plays it and is hooked, they ask for a little amount of cash to continue and gain new levels/powers etc. This process repeats itself, psychological playing with our ‘addictiveness’ loophole in the brain.
Behaviour Psychology
Most of these addictive mobile games are casual ones, and raked in $50 billion dollars of annual revenue in 2018 alone, more than what Hollywood’s global revenue was in that year.
Core gaming has dedicated followers and are complex, requiring commitment and skill. They require years of commitment and people are passionate about them, with some being lifetime members.
These games use highly advanced psychological tricks, studying the behaviour of smokers, to get people to spend on their platform.
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The Core Of Stoicism
Stoicism is famous for its practicality and focus on the here and now. It tells what is worth having in your life and gives you a way to get there; being satisfied with what you’ve got.
Stoicism is centered around developing the ability to focus on what matters most and what you can control and ignore the rest. This is a rational approach to managing expectations and preparing for the inevitable difficulties of life.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy And Stoicism
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), is a “problem-focused” approach to psychological therapy and is seen as very effective against depression, anxiety and every kind of unhelpful thinking.
Like stoicism, CBT encourages distinguishing between events and perceptions, and most CBT textbooks contain one of the core teachings of the Stoics: our perception hurts us more than the things themselves.
The Problem With Stoicism
Practitioners may forget that some of the biggest determinants of our wellbeing are socio-economic and political if they follow too closely stoicism’s belief that circumstances can’t be changed and they must adapt. Doing so can needlessly perpetuate and aggravate harmful situations.