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Loneliness
It doesn’t depend on external factors. It’s largely unrelated to what’s going on around us. It’s less about our circumstances and more about how we react to them.
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Loneliness vs.solitude
- Loneliness is being alone — and not liking it. It’s a feeling.
- Solitude is being alone — and content. It’s a choice.
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The paradox of Technologies
Technologies connecting us are actually isolating us. From the telegram to the phone to the mobile to the internet, all major cultural inventions have served the purpose of bringing us closer together. And yet, today, in a work hyper-connected, statistics report that we’ve never felt so lonely.
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Fear of solitude=fear of boredom
We’re scared of where boredom will take us. We want to be entertained, constantly. The alternative, introspection , intimidate us. And so, we drown out our discomfort with distractions.
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Solitude as choice
Luckily for us, solitude will always be a choice, not an existence. It’s true that humans are born to be social. But when we find strength — rather than fear — in solitude, we will live far richer lives: with others, and with ourselves.
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Brainshift: how our perceptions alter
Under particular circumstances (involving high anxiety or a major reward) our brains cause us to perceive the world around us in ways that contradict and distort objective reality. It's when we're most likely going to do something regrettable.
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The Scarcity Self-Awareness
90% of people believe they are self-aware but only 15% of them actually are. That’s an indicative that most people rather than accepting what’s going on, act on denial.
Resisting reality leaves us stuck, while accepting it leads to action. We can't always change ...
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