skumbag

just pretend you are reading a well thought out bio.

[Incentivising @incentivising]

Game theory proves that people do not act on information.

They act on incentives.

You can give a person all the data they need to make a better decision, but as soon as that decision threatens their position or costs them something visible, they will try to ignore the data.

Before you ever try to persuade anyone of anything, map what it costs them to agree.

The cost of agreeing is usually the only real obstacle.

[OSIRIS ASSAD @Osirisassad]

If you ever studied psychology you know a LOT of accusations are actually confessions…

[𝓓𝓾𝓴𝓮 🦇 @fwsodiq]

its important to remember that your goal is to do well, not to convince other people that your doing well.

[Natural Philosophy @Naturalphilosy]

“A tiger wearing a bell will starve.”

— Mongolian Proverb

[​𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐚 @sunnkssdseraph]

A horrifying number of people have not been genuinely held, comforted, touched, or shown physical tenderness in so long that their nervous system has started adapting to affection deprivation as a normal human condition.
Over time the body begins adapting to emotional deprivation the same way it adapts to survival conditions:
hypervigilance, emotional numbing, difficulty relaxing, chronic loneliness, depression, anxiety, sleep disruption, elevated stress hormones, and eventually a nervous system that no longer fully believes comfort, softness, or safety are meant for it.
The human nervous system was never meant to survive this much emotional isolation without consequences. People are adapting to conditions they were never biologically designed to live in.

[Blake Burge @blakeaburge]

Major cheat code for life: Be fully where your feet are. When you're at work, work. When you're with family, be with family. When you're resting, rest. Most people are physically present and mentally everywhere else.

[Veloria 🌊 @veloriahq]

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘭𝘧, 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘥.”

— 𝘈𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘣

[alien @alienincrisis]

the worst part about wasting your life is how comfortable it becomes

[22gunner @Gnar1104]

-refusing to ask for help
-downplaying your achievements
-isolating yourself instead of communicating
-saying "yes" to everything
-neglecting your own needs
-avoiding important responsibilities
-flooding your mind with negativity
-always chasing perfection

[𐙚⋆ @voidwithverses]

"People visit the rich with gifts, but they visit the poor with advice."

— African Proverb

[Ajibola @4jibola]

grateful for the endless chances to become a better person.

[Johnmark Obiefuna @jayhemz]

"I have tasted the genuine desire of a woman in love, therefore I can no longer chase women"

[feyisayo 💸 @feyiszn]

The older you get, the more you realize luck is mostly exposure. If you sit in the same place, have the same routine, talking to the same people, nothing new really happens. You have to engage the world to win. Travel more. Talk to people.

[soosoorandom @sluvity_____]

Do not talk about discernment if you cannot recognise when someone needs compassion more than criticism and correction. There is a time to guide and a time to simply hold space for a person who is hurting. Wisdom knows the difference. And kindness knows it even faster.

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

Full grown adults who can’t vacation, take a gap year, have hobbies, play an instrument, speak multiple languages, swim, cycle, skate, or backpack. Just a lifetime of hustling and trying to escape survival mode. These are subtle poverty metrics no one really talks about.

[Path of Men @PathOfMen_]

The fastest way to lose confidence is breaking small promises to yourself. Do what you said you would do. Always.

[✰ @YLBJAYYY]

Alone don’t scare me, wrong company do

[Natural Philosophy @Naturalphilosy]

“When you meet a swordsman, draw your sword. Do not recite poetry to one who is not a poet.”

— Linji Yixuan

[Mindset Machine  @mindsetmachine]

Ever since I learned about the way the subconscious mind works, I take people mistreating me so much more seriously. People mistreating you are programming "worthlessness" into your subconscious, and that literally alters the course of your life.