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Time Is Valuable
Time is worth more than money. It took me years to understand that life-changing idea.
There are so many demands on our time and we foolishly opt into BS all the time without necessarily realizing it. These brain drain activities serve no tangible benefit and only leave us with less time than we had before.
With less time, we make worse and worse decisions, separate ourselves from our loved ones, do less work we enjoy and have less time to do whatever the hell we want to do — even if that means staring out the window.
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A Luxury Car You Have to Think About All the Time
A luxury car is not worth your time. These are the thoughts of a luxury car owner:
- Where is a safe place to park the car?
- Did I scratch the alloy wheels?
- Should I put the window down so people can see me?
- How much will the next service cost?
- There is a n...
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Letting Work Occupy Your Brain All the Time
It’s not worth dedicating every minute of your time to work.
It’s definitely not worth dedicating 100% of your time to doing work that somebody else owns.
You need time to enjoy your work and spend the fruits of your labor on completely dumb stuff like gifts from the...
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Horrendous Social Media Comments
Using your time to be publicly right is a war you will never win. The people you’re arguing with in the comments are never going to let you win. And when one gets tired, a new person spawns to take the baton in the Olympic relay to destroy your credibility.
Save your time and win the commen...
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Waiting for the Right Time
It’s almost never the right time to do anything.
You may not feel like it but just get started. You’ll be surprised how quickly your brain can turn on and get started. Some of the best creative ideas are killed because they are not acted upon when they’re thought of.
An idea has power...
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Political Debates
Where do I get started with this one. There is no perfect candidate; they all have skeletons in their Malibu Holiday Home closet.
Trying to look for a Jesus-like political candidate is impossible. They’re all guilty of something — even Jesus committed sins.
You can just choose the les...
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Being Offended
Not every person is going to love you. Sorry to break it to you!
It’s not worth your time getting offended. If you’re making even 10% of people happy then you’re doing okay. Go small and deep for likability. Build a network of people around you that is tiny and awesome. Make 1000 true fans ...
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Demonstrating Hate
Both the Airbnb CEO and Elon Musk came out in the last year and said basically the exact same thing: love is the answer. It blew my mind.
Wasting your ...
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Partying Every Night
If this is you then what else are you trying to escape from. You can’t escape life by partying every night and pretending everything is okay in the morning.
Let your hair down by all means, but if your life ends up being one Hangover Movie party after another, you might have better uses of ...
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Corporate Fame Is Fickle
You will never have the best job title or be the most powerful leader in business. Do you know why? Because you can be fired at any moment.
Whatever you build in the corporate world can be taken away by a simple tool known as redundancy. The key is not to seek power; it’s to use wh...
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Try allocating some more time into doing these things
- Learning a new skill.
- Loving something other than yourself (puppies perhaps).
- Mundane activities that help you think clearly (showers, dishes).
- Reading fiction to relieve stress.
- Being kind to someone for the hell of it.
- Giving away a part of yourself ...
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Blaming Dating Apps
Dating is hard for everybody. But there are good people out there. One thing that screwed me over when I was single was myself and this little insight:
Your dating profile might be leading the wolves to you.
What you show as your life online might be attracting all the attention-lovin...
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People Who Will Never Be Impressed by You
There are some people that are always going to think you suck. Even if you win a noble prize or get 30M followers on social media, they’ll still see you as a failure. I had a former boss like this once before.
No matter what I did, I’d never be good enough. If I didn’t threaten people with ...
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