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Life is a series of choices & consequences
Ever since I started studying the art & science of decision-making, one thing has become extremely evident.
Our life is a series of choices we make, and the consequences we experience.
That’s it.
Nothing more, nothing less.
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The lesson that I learn from this understanding, is we can never control the outcome of our choices. We can hope for the consequences we wish to face, but it will always be a probability and not a guarantee.
What we do control is the choices we make.
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Happiness Is A Choice
The fundamental intricacies of human nature, haven’t really changed over the last thousands of years.
Empires have come and gone, and civilizations have mushroomed and perished, but the fundamental nature of human beings remains unchanged.
And one of the elements is ...
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Wanted vs Unwanted consequences
All our struggles, all our stress,
All our pain, all our defeats,
Everything seems to be an interplay between the choices we have to make, and the consequences we want.
If we face a “wanted consequence” we are elated! We are happy!
If we face an “unwanted consequ...
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Secret for a Happy Life.
If you zoom out, our “life” is nothing but a series of “today's” we are living.
We only live for one day, every day.
We have memories of our past, and we may have plans for our future.
But as the famous riddle goes, “Tomorrow” is always approaching, but it neve...
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I wish you a lifetime of Happiness 🫂
This series of ideas was taken from a newsletter published with the title "Happiness is a Choice".
If you'd like to read the full version, here's the link!
Link: Happiness Is A Choice
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Today I want to share something very peculiar about one thing that invariably all of us seek - Happiness.
PRATHAMESH
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"I have a different proposition for you,
one that has completely changed my life,
and for good."
PRATHAMESH
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What is Happiness?
We are living through a time where everyone is fighting with everyone. Is it really surprising that the cases of depression, suicides, and divorces, are on a steep and steady rise?
In this broken reality, where we are constantly seeking happiness, it is an important question to ponder where...
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All of us are chasing happiness in our lives. But what does it really mean? I propose that happiness is nothing but a choice.
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"I believe that life consists of an enormous number of choices that come at us and that each decision we make has consequences, so the quality of our lives depends on the quality of the decisions we make."
RAY DALIO
Learn to Evaluate Life Choices Via the Lens of Opportunity Costs
- You live in a world where you must therefore make choices. You cannot avoid regret since there are opportunity costs for every choice you will make.
- Everything in life is about opportunity costs. Every time you say “yes” to a choice, you are also saying “no” to everything else you ...
Status is a very old game and a zero-sum game.
We’ve been playing it since monkey tribes. It’s hierarchical. Who’s number one? Who’s number two? Who’s number three? And for number three to move to number two, number two has to move out of that slot. So, status is a zero-sum game.
Politics is an example of a status game.
They play ...
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