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Understanding the importance of decision-making
Identifying biases that affect decision-making
Analyzing the potential outcomes of a decision
The amount of effort we are able to put when we are completely in charge and are not working for someone else is astonishing.
While a work ethic and a daily grit towards working consistently is a must, the only time one is really working hard without any stress, and enjoying it, is when the work is just for us.
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Mindless entertainment does not refuel the drained creative wells of the mind, and only real nourishment is high-quality stimulation like reading, traveling and pondering about life in solitude.
Like a car battery that charges when it is used, the mind needs to be exercised so t...
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Your life should not be defined, graded and handled by other people, and having an enviable career is just one of the many ways one can be successful.
The real, rare achievement is to create a life that amplifies one’s values and satisfies the soul.
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If you love your work, then it is enough motivation to keep going no matter how much rejection or wait there is to catch your big break.
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We need an environment that stimulates our mind and lets it wander, doing activities that expand upon the mystery and wonder that the world provides us with.
A playful, inquisitive mind automatically learns, using the natural, in-built curiosity. This helps us absorb and cushion the up...
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If all joy is sucked out of an activity, it becomes a boring, monotonous robotic job that many of us are stuck with, or have experienced in the past.
A routine life where all activities, belief systems and responses are automated becomes a dead life. If one is doing a job ...
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Selling out is like knowingly and intentionally letting go one’s freedom to craft, say and build things of one’s choice, and buying into someone else's system of values, rules and regulations.
Selling out makes creative art as a form of commerce, which prefers efficiency and committee dec...
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"Your preparation for the real world is not in the answers you’ve learned, but in the questions you’ve learned how to ask yourself."
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