<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">You first learn to live upon less then you could earn</li><li class="ql-align-justify">You learn to seek advice from those who are competent through their own experience to give it</li><li class="ql-align-justify">You learn to make gold work for you</li></ul>

A part of all you earn is yours to keep

1.Start thy purse to fattening<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">For every ten coins thou placest within thy purse take out for use but nine (save 10% of your income)</li><li class="ql-align-justify">“Which desirest thou the most? Is it the gratification of thy desires of each day, a jewel, a bit of finery, better raiment, more food; things quickly gone and forgotten? Or is it substantial belongings. Gold, lands, herds, merchandise, income-bringing investments? The coins thou takest from thy purse bring the first. The coins thou leavest within it bring the latter”</li></ul>

Seven cures for a lean purse

2.Control thy expenditures<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">what each of us calls our ‘necessary expenses' will always grow to equal our incomes unless we protest to the contrary.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Budget thy expenses that thou mayest have coins to pay for the necessities, enjoyments and gratify thy worthwhile desires without spending more than nine tenth of thy earnigs</li></ul>

3.Make thy gold multiply<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">The gold we may retain from our earnings is but the start. The earnings it will make shall build our fortunes</li><li class="ql-align-justify">A man's wealth is not in the coins he carries in his purse: it is in the income he buildeth</li></ul>

4.Guard thy treasures from loss<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">We must first secure small amounts and learn to protect them before the god entrust us with larger</li><li class="ql-align-justify">The first sounds principle of investment is security for thy principal</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Be not misled by thine own romantic desires to make wealth rapidly</li></ul>

5.Make of thy dwelling a profitable investment<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Own thy own home</li></ul>

6.Insure a future income<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Provide in advance for the needs of thy growing age and the protection of thy family</li></ul>

7.Increase thy ability to earn<ul><li>Preceding accomplishment must be desire. Thy desires must be strong and definite. General desires are but weak longings</li><li>Desires must be simple and definite. They defeat their own purpose should they be too many, too confusing, or beyond a man's training to accomplish</li><li>That man who seeks to learn more of his craft shall be richly rewarded</li><li>He must pay his debts with all the promptness within his power, not purchasing that for which he is unable to pay</li><li class="ql-align-justify">To cultivate thy own powers, to study and become wiser, to become more skillful, to so act as to respect thyself</li></ul>

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Gold cometh gladly and in increasing quantity to any man who will put by not less than one-tenth of his earnings to create an estate for his future and that of his family </li></ul>

Five Laws of Gold (1)

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Gold laboreth diligently and contetedly for the wise owner who finds for it profitable employment, multiplying even as the flocks of the field </li></ul>

Five Laws of Gold (2)

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Gold clingeth to the protection of the cautious owner who invests it under the advice of men wise in its handling </li></ul>

Five Laws of Gold (3)

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Gold slippeth away from the man who invests it in business or purposes with which he is not familiar or which are not approved by those skilled in its keep</li></ul>

Five Laws of Gold (4)

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Gold flees the man who would force it to impossible earnings or who followeth the alluring advice of tricksters and schemers or who trusts it to his own inexperience and romantic desires in investment </li></ul>

Five Laws of Gold (5)

Wealth that comes quickly goeth the same way. Wealth that stayeth to give enjoyment and satisfaction to its owner comes gradually, because it is a child born of knowledge and persistent purpose

Ill fortune pursues every man who thinks more of borrowing than of repaying

The soul of a free man looks at life as a series of problems to be solved and solved them, while the soul of slaves whine “what can i do who am but a slave"

Translation from tablets from excavation in the ruins of Babylon, about a man named Dabasir pay off all his debts and become a man of means worthy of respect<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">One tenth of all i earn shall be set aside as my own to keep</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Seven-tenth of all I earn shall be used to provide a home, clothes to wear, and food to eat, worth a bit extra to spend, that or lives be not lacking in pleasure and enjoyment</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Each time the moon is full, two-tenth of all I have earned shall be divided honorably and fairly among those who have trusted me and to whom I am indebted</li></ul>

Clay tablet from Babylon

financial advice through a collection of parables set 4,097 years earlier, in ancient Babylon

Millions of readers have been helped by the famous "Babylonian parables, " hailed as the greatest of all inspirational works on the subject of thrift, financial planning, and personal wealth. In language as simple as that of the Bible, these fascinating and informative stories set you on a sure path to prosperity and its accompanying joys. Acclaimed as a modern day classic, this celebrated bestseller offers an understanding of - and solution to - your personal financial problems that will guide you through a lifetime. This is the book that holds the secrets to acquiring money, keeping money, and making money earn more money.

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The Richest Man in the Babylon. This book deals with the personal success of each of us. Success means results coming from our efforts and ability. A good preparation is the key to our success. So keep a part of what you earn with yourself. From the benefits of saving to the essentials of getting rich, this collection of educative Babylonian fables gives you timeless information on how to make money. It guides to getting rich, attracting good fortune and the five golden rules. As a guide to understanding hydro-wealth and a powerhouse has been inspiring readers for generations. You know that Babylon became the richest city of the ancient civilization because it had reserved part of its earnings for the future. Thats why citizens got everything they wanted. How can you always keep your wallet heavy, the author has taught very beautifully on this topic.

George Samuel Clason, also known as George S. Clason. George Samuel Clason was born in Louisiana, Missouri, and died in Napa, California.During his eighty two years he was a soldier, businessman and writer. He served in the United States Army during the Spanish-American War.Clason started two companies, the Clason Map Company of Denver Colorado and the Clason Publishing Company. The Clason Map Company was the first to publish a road atlas of the United States and Canada, and did not survive the Great Depression.George Clason is best known for writing a series of informational pamphlets about being thrifty and how to achieve financial success. He started writing the pamphlets in 1926, using parables that were set in ancient Babylon.

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The Richest Man in Babylon

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify"> making money is not a thing you do, it’s a skill you learn</li><li class="ql-align-justify">getting rich is about knowing what to do, who to do with, and when to do it</li><li class="ql-align-justify">you should not grind at a lot of hard work until you figure out what you should be working on</li></ul>

Wealth

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">money is how we transfer wealth</li><li class="ql-align-justify">money is social credit, having the ability to have credits or debits of other people’s time</li><li class="ql-align-justify">wealth is assets that earn while you sleep</li><li class="ql-align-justify">wealth is the factory, the robots, cranking out things</li><li class="ql-align-justify">wealth is the computer program that’s running at night, serving other customers</li><li class="ql-align-justify">wealth is money in the bank that is being reinvested into other assets, and into other businesses</li></ul>

Wealth vs Money

Technology democratizes consumption but consolidates production. The best person in the world at anything gets to do it for everyone

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">the challenge to make money is to figure out what product or service society wants but does not yet know how to deliver it at scale</li><li class="ql-align-justify">without ownership, you are being paid renting out your time</li><li class="ql-align-justify">when sleeping, on vacation, or retired, you’re not earning</li><li class="ql-align-justify">work up to a point where you can own equity in a business</li></ul>

<ol><li class="ql-align-justify">labor</li><li class="ql-align-justify">money</li><li class="ql-align-justify">product with no marginal cost of replication</li></ol>

classes of leverage

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">other human working for you</li><li class="ql-align-justify">require leadership skills</li></ul>

Labor leverage

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">dominant form of leverage for the last century</li><li class="ql-align-justify">capital is trickier form of leverage</li><li class="ql-align-justify">banker, politician</li></ul>

Money leverage

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">media, movies, and code</li><li class="ql-align-justify">code is permissionless leverage, which means they don’t require somebody else’s permission for you to use them or succeed</li></ul>

Product with no marginal cost of replication leverage

<ul><li>optimize for independence rather than pay</li><li>if you have independence and you’re accountable on your output, as opposed to your input - that’s the dream</li><li>what you want in life is to be in control of your time</li></ul>

Prioritize independence

more accountability has more leverage, and more risk, and needs more specific knowledge<ul><li>labor to repair house: low accountability, low risk, low payment, least leverage</li><li>contractor: mid accountability, average risk, average payment</li><li class="ql-align-justify">real estate developer: high accountability, high risk, high leverage</li></ul>

Accountability

<ol><li class="ql-align-justify">spend more time making big decisions:</li></ol><ul><li class="ql-align-justify ql-indent-1"> where you live</li><li class="ql-align-justify">who you’re with</li><li class="ql-align-justify">what you do</li></ul><ol><li class="ql-align-justify">figure out what you’re good at</li><li class="ql-align-justify">start helping other people with it</li><li class="ql-align-justify">give it away. pay it forward</li><li class="ql-align-justify">long enough time scale. you will attract what you project</li></ol>

most important things to do for younger people

when you stop sacrificing today for an imaginary tomorrow. when today is complete, in and of itself, you’re retired

Definition of retirement

<ol><li class="ql-align-justify">have so much money saved that your passive income covers your burn rate</li><li class="ql-align-justify">drive your burn rate down to zero → become a monk</li><li class="ql-align-justify">do something you love and enjoy it so much that it’s not about the money</li></ol>

how do you retire

1) blind luck<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">something completely out of their control happened, which include fortune, fate, etc.</li></ul>2) luck through persistence, hard work, hustle, and motion<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">you running around creating opportunities</li><li class="ql-align-justify">you generate enough force, hustle and energy for luck to find you</li></ul>3) you become very good at spotting luck<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">if you’re very good in a field, you will notice when a lucky break happens in your field</li></ul>4) weirdest, hardest kind of luck<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">you build a unique character, unique brand, unique mindset, which causes luck to find you</li></ul>

Four kinds of luck in getting rich

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">making effective decisions boils down to dealing with reality</li><li class="ql-align-justify">the number one thing clouding us from being able to see reality is we have preconceived notions of the way it should be</li><li class="ql-align-justify">when you’re in pain, it is the moment of truth, where you are forced to embrace reality the way it actually is</li><li class="ql-align-justify">to see the truth, you have to get your ego out of the way because your ego doesn’t want to face the truth</li></ul>

How to think clearly 

the three big ones in life are wealth, health, and happiness. We pursue them in that order, but their importance is reverse

you can get almost anything you want out of life, as long as it’s one thing and you want it far more than anything else

anger is its own punishment. An angry person trying to push your head below water is drowning at the same time

Enjoy reading the book as it breaks down his way of thinking and how he makes decisions in life. Hope my posts helps. 

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Getting rich is not just about luck; happiness is not just a trait we are born with. These aspirations may seem out of reach, but building wealth and being happy are skills we can learn. So what are these skills, and how do we learn them? What are the principles that should guide our efforts? What does progress really look like? Naval Ravikant is an entrepreneur, philosopher, and investor who has captivated the world with his principles for building wealth and creating long-term happiness. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant is a collection of Naval's wisdom and experience from the last ten years, shared as a curation of his most insightful interviews and poignant reflections. This isn't a how-to book, or a step-by-step gimmick. Instead, through Naval's own words, you will learn how to walk your own unique path toward a happier, wealthier life.

Eric Jorgenson is an entrepreneur, writer, and investor. He is on the founding team of Zaarly, and has been publishing online since 2014. His blog has educated and entertained over a million readers.Eric is on a quest to create (and eat) the perfect sandwich. He tweets at @ericjorgenson and publishes new pieces and projects on ejorgenson.com/blog

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ALMANACK OF NAVAL RAVIKANT

<ol><li>Start with a general idea of what we want to do</li><li>Get instruction from teacher, coach or book</li><li>Practice until we reach acceptable level</li><li>Let it become automatic</li><li>We stopped improving</li></ol>

Usual Approach To Practice 

<ul><li>Has well-defined, specific goals</li><li>All about putting a bunch of baby steps together to reach a longer-term goal</li><li>Purposeful practice are focused</li><li>Purposeful practice involve feedback</li><li>Purposeful practice require getting out of one comfort zone</li></ul>

Purposeful Practice 

Potential is an expandable vessel, shaped by various thing we do throughout our live

<ul><li>People often misunderstand this because they assume that the continued driving or tennis playing or pie baking is a form of practice and that if they keep doing it they are bound to get better at it, slowly perhaps, but better nonetheless</li><li>But when we don't get out of our comfort zone, the action will become automatic, and there will be no further improvement.</li><li>Getting out of your comfort zone means trying to do something that you couldn’t do before</li></ul>

Misconception About Practice 

Get outside your comfort zone but do it in a focused way, with clear goals, a plan for reaching those goals, and a way to monitor your progress. Oh, and figure out a way to maintain your motivation.

Purposeful Practice In A Nutshell 

<ul><li>Scientists know much less about how the brain changes in response to mental challenges. One major difference between the body and the brain is that the cells in the adult brain do not generally divide and form new brain cells. There are a few exceptions, such as in the hippocampus, where new neurons can grow</li><li>Instead, the brain rewires those network by strengthening or weakening the various connections between neurons and also by adding new connections or getting rid of old ones. There can also be an increase in the amount of myelin, which allows nerve signals to travel more quickly</li></ul>

Changes To Brain When Challenged

The traditional approach is not designed to challenge homeostasis (comfort zone). It assumes, consciously or not, that learning is all about fulfilling your innate potential and that you can develop a particular skill or ability without getting too far out of your comfort zone

Difference Between Traditional Practice And Deliberate Practice 

With deliberate practice, however, the goal is not just to reach your potential but to build it, to make things possible that were not possible before. This requires challenging homeostasis—getting out of your comfort zone—and forcing your brain or your body to adapt. But once you do this, learning is no longer just a way of fulfilling some genetic destiny; it becomes a way of taking control of your destiny and shaping your potential in ways that you choose.

<ul><li>A mental representation is a mental structure that corresponds to an object, an idea, a collection of information, or anything else, concrete or abstract, that the brain is thinking about</li><li>A simple example is a visual image. Mention the Mona Lisa, for instance, and many people will immediately “see” an image of the painting in their minds; that image is their mental representation of the Mona Lisa.</li><li>The key change that occurs in our adaptable brains in response to deliberate practice is the development of better mental representations, which in turn improve performance.</li></ul>

Mental Representation 

Deliberate practice develops skills that other people have already figured out how to do and for which effective training techniques have been established. The practice regimen should be designed and overseen by a teacher or coach who is familiar with the abilities of expert performers and with how those abilities can best be developed.

Deliberate Practice Traits

Deliberate practice takes place outside one’s comfort zone and requires a student to constantly try things that are just beyond his or her current abilities. Thus it demands near-maximal effort, which is generally not enjoyable.

Deliberate practice involves well-defined, specific goals and often involves improving some aspect of the target performance; it is not aimed at some vague overall improvement. Once an overall goal has been set, a teacher or coach will develop a plan for making a series of small changes that will add up to the desired larger change. Improving some aspect of the target performance allows a performer to see that his or her performances have been improved by the training.

Deliberate practice is deliberate, that is, it requires a person’s full attention and conscious actions. It isn’t enough to simply follow a teacher’s or coach’s directions. The student must concentrate on the specific goal for his or her practice activity so that adjustments can be made to control practice.

Deliberate practice involves feedback and modification of efforts in response to that feedback. Early in the training process much of the feedback will come from the teacher or coach, who will monitor progress, point out problems, and offer ways to address those problems. With time and experience students must learn to monitor themselves, spot mistakes, and adjust accordingly. Such self-monitoring requires effective mental representations.

Deliberate practice both produces and depends on effective mental representations. Improving performance goes hand in hand with improving mental representations; as one’s performance improves, the representations become more detailed and effective, in turn making it possible to improve even more. Mental representations make it possible to monitor how one is doing, both in practice and in actual performance. They show the right way to do something and allow one to notice when doing something wrong and to correct it.

Deliberate practice nearly always involves building or modifying previously acquired skills by focusing on particular aspects of those skills and working to improve them specifically; over time this step-by-step improvement will eventually lead to expert performance. Because of the way that new skills are built on top of existing skills, it is important for teachers to provide beginners with the correct fundamental skills in order to minimize the chances that the student will have to relearn those fundamental skills later when at a more advanced level.

The book summarizes the findings of Ericsson's 30-year research into the general nature and acquisition of expertise. 

“This book is a breakthrough, a lyrical, powerful, science-based narrative that actually shows us how to get better (much better) at the things we care about.”—Seth Godin, author of Linchpin “Anyone who wants to get better at anything should read [Peak]. Rest assured that the book is not mere theory. Ericsson’s research focuses on the real world, and he explains in detail, with examples, how all of us can apply the principles of great performance in our work or in any other part of our lives.”—Fortune Anders Ericsson has made a career studying chess champions, violin virtuosos, star athletes, and memory mavens. Peak distills three decades of myth-shattering research into a powerful learning strategy that is fundamentally different from the way people traditionally think about acquiring new abilities. Whether you want to stand out at work, improve your athletic or musical performance, or help your child achieve academic goals, Ericsson’s revolutionary methods will show you how to improve at almost any skill that matters to you.   “The science of excellence can be divided into two eras: before Ericsson and after Ericsson. His groundbreaking work, captured in this brilliantly useful book, provides us with a blueprint for achieving the most important and life-changing work possible: to become a little bit better each day.”—Dan Coyle, author of The Talent Code   “Ericsson’s research has revolutionized how we think about human achievement. If everyone would take the lessons of this book to heart, it could truly change the world.”—Joshua Foer, author of Moonwalking with Einstein

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Focus on the 20% of activities or efforts that yield 80% of your desired outcomes. Identify high-impact tasks and prioritize them.

Pareto Principle 80/20 Rule)

Break down complex problems into their fundamental components. This helps you understand the underlying principles and find innovative solutions.

First Principles Thinking 

Strive for small, incremental improvements in your work and life. Over time, these accumulate into significant progress.

Kaizen

Instead of focusing on how to achieve success, consider what could lead to failure and avoid those pitfalls.

Inversion 

Visualize decisions and potential outcomes, considering various branches and probabilities to make more informed choices.

Decision Tree

Embrace challenges and setbacks as opportunities for growth. Believe in your ability to develop skills through effort and learning.

Growth Mindset 

When faced with multiple explanations or solutions, choose the simplest one. Complex solutions can introduce unnecessary complications.

Occam's Razor 

Identify what you are deeply passionate about, what you can be the best at, and what drives your economic engine. The intersection of these three elements is your path to success.

Hedgehog Concept 

Work expands to fill the time available. Set clear deadlines to increase productivity and efficiency.

Parkinson's Law

Develop the ability to bounce back from setbacks and maintain focus on your long-term goals, even in the face of challenges.

Mental Resilience 

Consistent, small efforts over time can lead to significant results. Invest in your skills, relationships, and goals consistently.

Power Of Compounding 

Believe that positive thoughts and intentions can attract positive outcomes. Maintain a positive mindset and visualize your success.

Law Of Attraction 

Continuously seek feedback on your performance and use it to make necessary adjustments and improvements.

Feedback Loop

Recognize that every choice you make involves trade-offs. Evaluate the potential benefits and drawbacks of different options before deciding.

Opportunity Cost

Assess the risks and potential rewards of your decisions and actions. Make informed choices that align with your risk tolerance and objectives.

Risk Rewards Analysis 

Help me choose which model can effectively solve problems I encountered 

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Mental models for success 

<ul><li>75 years old male, married with 3 children. 70% of us earn 80% or more of our household's income </li><li>About 20% is retired. 66% who are working are self employed.</li><li>Self employed people make up less than 20% of workers in America but account for 66% of millionaire</li><li>75% self employed consider themselves entrepreneurs</li><li>Business we are in could be classified dullnormal. (Welding contractors, auctioneers, rice farmers, owners of mobile-home parks, pest controllers, coin and stamp dealers, and paving contractors)</li><li>About 50% wives don't work outside home. Most wives who do work are teacher</li></ul>

Portrait Of A Millionaire 

<ul><li>Taxable income is $131,000, while average income is $247,000.</li><li>Note that those who have incomes in $500,000 to $999,999 (8%) and more than $1 mil (5%) skew average upward</li><li>Average household net worth $3.7 mil</li><li>6% have over $10 mil which skew average upward</li><li>Typical millionaire household has a net worth of $1.6 mil.</li><li>We live in less than 7% of our wealth</li><li>97% are homeowners. Live in home value average $320,000. 50% occupied same home more than 20years</li><li>80% are first generation affluent </li></ul>

<ul><li>20% are not college graduates</li><li>18% have master's degree</li><li>6% Ph.D</li><li>8% law degree</li><li>6% medical degree </li></ul>

<ul><li>17% of us or our spouses attended private school but 55% of our children currently attending one</li><li>66% works between 45-55 hours per week</li><li>Invested nearly 20% household realized income yearly</li><li>79% have at least one account with brokerage company but make our own investment decisions</li><li>20% household's wealth in transaction securities such as publicly traded stocks and mutual funds</li><li>21% household's wealth is in private business</li><li>Recommended accounting and law to our children </li></ul>

<ul><li>Most wealthy household have a MasterCard and Visa</li><li>Millionaire household is 4 times more likely to hold a Sears card (43%) than a Brooks Brothers card (10%)</li><li>Both Sears and Penney's cards are significantly more popular among the wealthy than the cards if status retailers</li><li>21% holds Neiman Marcus</li><li>25% Saks fifth avenue</li><li>25% Lord & Taylor</li><li>8.1% Wddie Bauer</li><li>6.2% American Express Platinum card</li><li>3.4% Diners Club</li><li>0.9% Carte Blanche</li></ul>

Millionaire On Credit Card 

<ol><li>Does your household operate on an annual budget?</li><li>Do you know how much your family spend each year on food, clothing, and shelter?</li><li>Do you have a clearly defined set of daily, weekly, monthly, annual, and lifetime goals?</li><li>Do you spend a lot of time planning your financial future?</li></ol> all four questions should be "yes"

Ask Yourself 

"Why aren't I as wealthy as I should be?" Many people ask this question of themselves all the time. Often they are hard-working, well educated middle- to high-income people. Why, then, are so few affluent. For nearly two decades the answer has been found in the bestselling The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy, reissued with a new foreword for the twenty-first century by Dr. Thomas J. Stanley. According to the authors, most people have it all wrong about how you become wealthy in America. Wealth in America is more often the result of hard work, diligent savings, and living below your means than it is about inheritance, advance degrees, and even intelligence. The Millionaire Next Door identifies seven common traits that show up again and again among those who have accumulated wealth. You will learn, for example, that millionaires bargain shop for used cars, pay a tiny fraction of their wealth in income tax, raise children who are often unaware of their family's wealth until they are adults, and, above all, reject the big-spending lifestyles most of us associate with rich people. In fact, you will learn that the flashy millionaires glamorized in the media represent only a tiny minority of America's rich. Most of the truly wealthy in this country don't live in Beverly Hills or on Park Avenue-they live next door.

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The Millionaire Next Door

Ideologues are people who pretend they know how to "make the world a better place" before they've taken care of their own chaos within

Sometimes it seems the only people willing to give advice in a relativistic society are those with the least to offer

Dreams shed light on the dim places where reason itself has yet to voyage

<ul><li>No one standing still can triumph, no matter how well constituted</li><li>Eat a fat and protein heavy breakfast as soon as possible after awaken (no carbohydrates, no sugars, as they are digested too rapidly, and produce a blood-sugar spike and rapid dip</li><li> Anxious and depressed people are already stressed, their body therefore primed to hypersecrete insulin if they engage in any demanding activity </li><li> Excess insulin will mop up all their blood sugar</li><li> They become hypoglycemic and psycho-physiologically unstable </li></ul>

Rule #1 Stand Up Straight With Your Shoulder Back

If you're number 1, highest level of status<ul><li>If you're male, you have preferential access to the best places to live and the highest quality food. People compete to do you favours. You have limitless opportunity for romantic and sexual contact. You are a successful lobster, and the most desirable females line up and vie for your attention</li><li>If you're female, you have access to many high quality suitors: tall, strong, and symmetrical; creative, reliable, honest and generous. And like your dominant male counterparts, you will complete ferociously to maintain your position.</li></ul>

Rule #1 (continue)

<ul><li> Ancient part of your brain watches how you are treated by other people</li><li>It renders determination of your value and assign you a status</li><li>If you judge as little value, your brain restrict serotonin availability</li><li>Makes you reactive to any circumstances that might produce emotion</li><li>You need that reactivity, emergencies are common at the bottom, and you must ready to survive.</li></ul>

If You Let Yourself Treated Badly By Others 

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Doing unto others as you would have them do unto you</li><li class="ql-align-justify">He whose life has a why can bear almost anyhow </li></ul>

Rule #2: Treat Yourself As Someone You Are Responsible Helping

Violence is the default. It’s easy. It’s peace that is difficult: learned, inculcated, earned.

<ul><li>When people have a low opinion of their own worth—or, perhaps, when they refuse responsibility for their lives—they choose a new acquaintance, of precisely the type who proved troublesome in the past. Such people don’t believe that they deserve any better—so they don’t go looking for it</li><li>People create their worlds with the tools they have directly at hand. Faulty tools produce faulty results. Repeated use of the same faulty tools produces the same faulty results. It is in this manner that those who fail to learn from the past doom themselves to repeat it</li></ul>

Rule #3: Make Friends With People Who Want The Best For You

<ul><li>“It is only right to see the best in people. The highest virtue is the desire to help.” But not everyone who is failing is a victim, and not everyone at the bottom wishes to rise, although many do, and many manage it</li><li>Before you help someone, you should find out why that person is in trouble. You shouldn’t merely assume that he or she is a noble victim of unjust circumstances and exploitation</li><li>If you have a friend whose friendship you wouldn’t recommend to your sister, or your father, or your son, why would you have such a friend for yourself?</li></ul>

<ul><li>It’s appropriate and praiseworthy to associate with people whose lives would be improved if they saw your life improve.</li><li>If you surround yourself with people who support your upward aim, they will not tolerate your cynicism and destructiveness</li><li>But mostly they are dragging you down because your new improvements cast their faults in an even dimmer light.</li></ul>

When you dare aspire upward, you reveal the inadequacy of the present and the promise of the future. Then you disturb others, in the depths of their souls, where they understand that their cynicism and immobility are unjustifiable. You play Abel to their Cain. You remind them that they ceased caring not because of life’s horrors, which are undeniable, but because they do not want to lift the world up on to their shoulders, where it belongs.

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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER What does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research. Humorous, surprising and informative, Dr. Peterson tells us why skateboarding boys and girls must be left alone, what terrible fate awaits those who criticize too easily, and why you should always pet a cat when you meet one on the street. What does the nervous system of the lowly lobster have to tell us about standing up straight (with our shoulders back) and about success in life? Why did ancient Egyptians worship the capacity to pay careful attention as the highest of gods? What dreadful paths do people tread when they become resentful, arrogant and vengeful? Dr. Peterson journeys broadly, discussing discipline, freedom, adventure and responsibility, distilling the world's wisdom into 12 practical and profound rules for life. 12 Rules for Life shatters the modern commonplaces of science, faith and human nature, while transforming and ennobling the mind and spirit of its readers.

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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER  #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER What does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research. Humorous, surprising and informative, Dr. Peterson tells us why skateboarding boys and girls must be left alone, what terrible fate awaits those who criticize too easily, and why you should always pet a cat when you meet one on the street. What does the nervous system of the lowly lobster have to tell us about standing up straight (with our shoulders back) and about success in life? Why did ancient Egyptians worship the capacity to pay careful attention as the highest of gods? What dreadful paths do people tread when they become resentful, arrogant and vengeful? Dr. Peterson journeys broadly, discussing discipline, freedom, adventure and responsibility, distilling the world's wisdom into 12 practical and profound rules for life. 12 Rules for Life shatters the modern commonplaces of science, faith and human nature, while transforming and ennobling the mind and spirit of its readers.

Jordan Bernt Peterson is a Canadian psychologist, author, and media commentator. He began to receive widespread attention in the late 2010s for his views on cultural and political issues, often described as conservative. Peterson has described himself as a classic British liberal and a traditionalist.

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<ul><li>Connective tissue storing fat in form of triglycerides.</li></ul>

What Is Adipose Tissue 

fat loss occurs when fats are liberated from adipocytes into circulation to supply needed energy (Porter et al., 2009)

main types of adipose tissue - white adipose tissue (waist, thighs) - brown adipose tissue (neck)

The best way to help the body activate fat burning abilities is to eat thermogenic foods, drink plenty of water, and exercise regularly (paul, 2009)

Men tend to store more visceral fat, leading to obesity around middle of their abdomen, which are called belly fat (Cannon et al., 2018)

Women tend to store subcutaneous fat within the buttocks and thighs (Brown et al. 2017)

White adipose tissue has three function: <ul><li>heat insulation</li><li>mechanical cushion</li><li>source of energy </li></ul>(Alligier et al. 2011)

Summary of how fat is burnt supported by scientifical report 

Adipose tissue is a type of connective tissue composed of adipocytes. Recently, this tissue has been recognized as a major endocrine organ. The physiological process of fat loss occurs when fats are liberated from adipocytes into circulation to supply the needed energy. Nutrition supplements that increase fat metabolism, impair fat absorption, increase weight loss, and increase fat oxidation during exercise are known as fat burners. A good fat burner must burn the stored fats, break down the fat cells, and increase the metabolic rate. Eating thermogenic foods helps burn fats. Fat flush diet comes to repair the damage that resulted from ingested and environmental toxins stored in adipocytes. This review will focus on the recent advances in fat burning supplements, fat burning foods, and fat flash diet. The human body can act as a fat-burning machine by depending on low-calorie foods instead of high-calorie foods in addition to doing regular exercise, avoiding toxins and processed food, and applying any fat flush dietary program under the approval of a professional doctor. What’s new in this review is that it may orient our attention to the importance of using natural fat burners in the fat burning process in an attempt to avoid medications that have many side effects by targeting other organs and it also gives an idea of the importance of increasing the brown adipose tissue content because its activation could be linked to a feeling of being full. We need further studies in this context.

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