Strength & Logic | Insights into Human Nature

The modern man's battle is against his weak and emotional self. Lead with strength and logic.

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Shaping the world in your favor requires an aggressive outlook.

Remember this the next time you favor laziness and passivity.

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I find weakness and incompetency mostly a byproduct of apathy. It becomes a moral issue when others have to suffer for your lack of excellence in something you’re responsible for.

Either quit and do something else so you don’t harm others or you find the time to be competent.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Better resolution

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Be critical whenever someone tries to give advice on matters where their circumstances did more of the work than the actions they pride themselves over.

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Many great things in my life have always been a result of something being taken away from me first.

The loss of self confidence in whatever it was that was taken from me spurred intense self reflection, resulting in clarity, then aggressive action...

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Aimlessness is often a result of the lack of deep reflection.

When you truly know what you want, it spurs creative action, which in turn provides more content for you to reflect on.

A good place to start with your introspection is to recognize what you don't want in life.

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@WellBuiltStyle I do a single leg with the head inside. Avoids guillotines. Most people haven't wrestled and learned to sprawl.

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

Sophisticated minds adopt simplified lifestyles; simplistic minds are drawn to overly sophisticated lifestyles. I've learned from Socrates is that the most tasty cuisine is whatever you eat when hungry: the more ravenous you are, the more succulent the meal.

#BedofProcrustes

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What's the point of being an intellectual if you don't have common sense?

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Far easier to be truthful when you limit your speech to only what is necessary.

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@thedulab Always a pleasure to see high ego jacked guys get absolutely winded when grappling an experienced scrawnier guy.

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The point of reading is not only to appease your curiosity,

but to learn the correct models of reality as written by its most successful practitioners and keen observers.

[Rob Henderson @robkhenderson]

"Students ask me, why study history? Because history tells you who you are. You can't tell who you are, because you only live a little while. You need all this collective wisdom, all this mythology, and all this narrative, to inform you about what you are" https://t.co/aNASS1grZV

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The central thesis of a man's life is to create, compete, and accomplish all under the goal of a life of freedom.

The irony is that while a man fights to gain freedom in his life, the obstacles along the path towards freedom are the things that give him the most meaning.

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You're distracting yourself by looking at too many things at once.

Eliminate the other options on the table. Force yourself to do well in what's available. Then let the options that spring up from that initial choice dictate your next moves.

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There's all this talk about having abundance.

But forcefully restricting yourself to only a few quality options narrows your focus.

To create abundance in anything, it must first come from focusing intensely in those few things you selectively chose to excel in.

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If you start a significant project, you better finish it or have a damn good reason to quit.

“Any aborted attempt will destroy your self respect.” -@jordanbpeterson, Maps of Meaning

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When your goal is weak and not something that is conjured up by your strong emotions, any difficulties encountered will wither away at further attempts to accomplish that goal.

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You have to find a goal that emotionally charges you and occupies your thoughts daily. Find something that brings out the hero in you.

Having this goal should easily instill on you increased levels of discipline, persistence, grit, courage, and creativity.

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Context and nuance aren't discussed as often as they should mainly because they are hard to pin down and recognize across the board.

Yet, it is context and nuance that forms the basis from which you can apply selective strategies and tactics.