Most people don’t clearly know what they want—nor what they like.
Of course, some things practically everyone wants: better sex, and buckets of money, and to be young, healthy, and good-looking forever. This is the obvious stuff, which, for most people, is not in the shadow.
What you want is much more likely to be odd than awful. It might be socially unacceptable, but probably not harmful. It's that part of you that you think that makes you a monster. Embrace the monster.
5
19 reads
CURATED FROM
IDEAS CURATED BY
Life-long learner. Passionate about leadership, entrepreneurship, philosophy, Buddhism & SF. Founder @deepstash.
The idea is part of this collection:
Learn more about mindfulness with this collection
How to build confidence
How to connect with people on a deeper level
How to create a positive first impression
Related collections
Similar ideas to What do you want? Become the monster!
It’s often the case that the things speakers obsess about are the opposite of what the audience cares about. They want to be entertained. They want to learn. And most of all, they want you to do well.
Many mistakes you can make while performing do not ...
Most people do not get to spend their lives doing whatever it is they love .
Instead, they do what they are told they should do, or what their parents or town or friends or pe...
People learn when they are self-motivated, not when someone comes in front of them for four hours a week, and tells something to them.
Start learning what you want, since that is what actually matters — that is what you must care about.
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates