Vagisha

what I'm reading to be more mindful & an attempt to figure what life is.

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Day 13 of what I read today.
https://t.co/FfoxHxWzWu

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#day12 of what im reading and every #procrastinator should.
- the instant gratification monkey & panic monster
- turn a daunting item into a series of small manageable tasks
-is it a self fulfilling prophecy?
Read- https://t.co/d88RyK3ZRR

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#day11 of what im reading to become more #consistent
- you'll only see your loved ones,a few more times.
- time is cruel. You'll love it with all your being, you may even pray for more of it, but the reality is that time doesn't care about you.

Excerpts from Sahil Bloom's Letter

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Read- https://t.co/TKdtUVWcfE

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#day10 of what im reading to become more #consistent
-learning how to think, really means- learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think.

-you get to consciously decide what has meaning and what doesn't. you get to decide what you worship.

- blind certainty

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#Day9 of what i'm #reading to be become more consistent.

Contd. https://t.co/xSlXgyTvol

-we should treat our minds, that is ourselves, as innocent and ingenious children, whose guardians we are and be careful what objects and what subjects we thrust their attention on.

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- really, to see the sun rise or go down everyday, so to relate ourselves to a universal fact, would preserve as sane forever.

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#Day8 of what i'm #reading to be become more consistent.

Contd. https://t.co/SyTO3DcBWg
-a man had better starve at once than lose his innocence in the process of getting his bread.
-when our life ceases to be inward and private, conversation degenerates into mere gossip.

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- thus, men will lie on their backs,talking about the fall of men, and never making an effort to get up.

- if I should sell both my forenoons and afternoons to society, as most appear to do, I am sure that for me there would be nothing left worth living for.

Continued essay'

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#Day7 of what I'm #reading to be more mindful.

- you may raise money enough to tunnel a mountain, but you cannot raise money enough to hire a man who is minding his own business.

- a grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so much as a grain of wisdom.

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- or fame, would commonly buy them off from their present pursuit. 2/2

Reading - https://t.co/Aj9uIgDSvu

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#Day6 of what I'm #reading to be more mindful. 1/2

First time reading an essay. Will certainly have to split it across days. Today we're through the first three pages.

-it is remarkable that there are few men so well employed, so much to their minds, but that a little money-

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'Be a man of your word. Do what you say you're going to do.'

#Day5 of what I'm reading to be more mindful.
- avoiding conflict means borrowing time and energy from your future self (it has high interest rates)
Read - @david_perell 's https://t.co/9HNPlVqPKp

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- Regret Minimization Framework.
- People fail to realize that career success isn't an end state. Success is simply having the freedom to focus on the ongoing grind you actually enjoy.
- Values may change in future, as they should. That is growth.
Read - https://t.co/8duHQM20CC

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Day #4 of what I'm reading to be more mindful. A 🧵1/2
- Personal Values Exercise (What of these matter the most to you TODAY) - Knowledge, Adventure, Fame, Power, Money, Exercising Talent, Human connection.
- Is idolizing entrepreneurial impact a trap?

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2/2
- a thing may be morally neutral and yet the desire for that thing may be dangerous.
- until you conquer the fear of being an outsider, an outsider you will remain.
- the circle cannot have from within the charm it had from outside.
Read- https://t.co/Vqi6qh5Fu4

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Day #3 of what I'm reading to be more mindful. A 🧵 1/2.
- Often the desires conceal themselves so well that we hardly recognize the pleasures of fruition.
- For ofcourse, when promiscuity is the fashion, the chaste are outsiders. They are ignorant of something other people know.

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Is 'self-help' as a genre meant to remind us that we're probably not good enough (beyond the realms of self awareness)? 3/3
Article - https://t.co/jJBx8160Em

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Day #2 of what I'm reading to avoid scrolling. A 🧵. 1/3
- Everything is at our fingertips, yet the vibes are so atrocious
- The escalation taking place around us is not because of our insatiable desire for more but by our fear of having less.

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When it comes to achieving resonance in this life, the simple truth that everything that happens to you is happening to everyone else and everything that happens to everyone else is happening to you, must be grasped and accepted. 2/3