The thematic idea

Envy is undoubtedly one of the worst threats to any kind of relationship. Miserable, insecure people are inherently jealous, which prevents them from connecting with others.

Learn to celebrate others’ accomplishments. Even if it’s not your own success, you have a reason to feel good — for s...

Preference-based perspective is the idea that people are better off when they themselves consider what is important.

Some people think hard work is necessary to have a valuable life while others prefer family or going out with friends.

It comes from Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s book Black Swan. The main idea is that many human-made systems are fragile. Something comes to stress the system, and it falls apart. Some systems are robust or resilient, which is much better than fragile.

Even better is the idea of b...