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The Remarkable Life
Most of us don’t want to chill on a beach for the rest of our life, we want to work on something meaningful to us.
We need to create some idea of our own “ideal life.”
Here are some ways:
- Write out what a perfect day looks like to you in excruciating detail. Then assess what needs to change to help you get there.
- Create a life goal list, like a bucket list, to give yourself some direction around what you want to accomplish.
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Non-Conformity: The Premise
“Asking “why?” to everything like a three-year-old is helpful in making sure you don’t jump off the bridge without at least considering the alternatives.
Whenever you find yourself confronted by a request, obligation, or expectation you don’t like, it helps to look carefully for the motivat...
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Produce Work That’ll Live Longer than You Do
Chances are, a life that’s built around you and you alone won’t really make you happy in the long run. That’s where legacy work comes in. It’s what happens when you use your unique skills to help others in a way, which would’ve been impossible without your contribution, and leave...
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Personal Finance: Basic Rules
- If you can’t pay for something now in cash, don’t buy it
- Time is more valuable than money.
- Don’t cut expenses, earn more money.
- Work towards financial independence, but never retire.
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Live An Interesting Life
- When you can think in terms of abundance or scarcity, think in terms of abundance.
- If you’re unsure about taking a leap of faith, take it.
- You can have unlimited dreams and goals but not priorities.
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The Power of Convergence
- To exclude everything unnecessary from the life you want:
- Eliminate the unnecessary distractions. Ask yourself “why should I do this?” and “what will happen if I don’t?”
- Come up with the 3-5 things that most drain your energy right now and stop doing them.
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Key Lessons From The Book
- Your own competence is the best job security you can have.
- Most gatekeepers just give you the illusion of freedom, so challenge them to really get what you want.
- Produce work that will outlive you and make the world a better place.
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Options: The Illusion Of Freedom
By giving you a bunch of options, gatekeepers make you think you’re completely free to choose, but you’re really limited to what choices they give you.
The stuff that really matters to you is often left out. In order to see what’s really possible, you have to challe...
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Do Stuff That Others Usually Don't
Plan and execute a one year, self directed, alternative graduate school where you broaden your life horizon.
A few examples:
- Acquire at least three new skills during your year. Suggestions: photography, skydiving, computer programming, martial arts. Co...
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Show Yourself That You Are Non-Conformist
- Becoming an entrepreneur or small business owner. Showing yourself you can run a blog and make $2,000/month from it and do work enjoy will sure boost your confidence.
- Setting your own rules at work, for example by visiting art exhibitions in your lunch break or moving to a lower-payi...
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The Obstacle Known As Fear
Our biggest obstacles are usually our own fears and insecurities. They are the biggest roadblock to get over.
We’re usually afraid of one of three things when you get down to the roots:
1. Fear of failure
2. Fear of success
3. Fear of change
We typically resist makin...
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The Art of Non-Conformity teaches you how to play life by your own rules by giving you practical glimpses into the world of self-employment, a new approach to travel, to-do list minimalism and conscious spending habits.
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Ultimate Goals: The Bucket List
Our bucket list is composed of the real goals we have, that are not made by society, peer pressure or our current life stage. It is the list of things you want to do, and to experience before you die.
This is the real essence of what matters in your life.
Design Your Life: Connecting The Dots
We all want life to be meaningful and purposeful. When we connect the dots of life, trying to find out who we are, what we believe and what we do, our life story, however crooked, begins to take shape.
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The One Who Makes A Life
Do not be ashamed of what our survival looks like. Do what we have to do.
We are clawing ourselves out of the ache, cutting the pain from the bone.
It is never going to be pretty, but it will always be you and us the one who survives in the battle of life —MxGchef Wp
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