Tips For Finding Meaningful Pursuits
- Delay gratification and sacrifice. That’s a basic requirement of success.
- Dissatisfaction with life comes from holding on to things that stop you from changing. However hard it may be, let go of them or make your peace with the life you have.
- Aim up. Pay attention. Fix what you can fix.
- Don’t be arrogant in your knowledge. Be humble and aware of your own flaws.
- Don’t lie. Lying introduces chaos and harms the individual and society.
- Ask yourself “How could I use my time to make things better?”
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