Kerolos Malak

I curate history, philosophy, self-improvement and personal experiences in Memos to force-multiply your inputs | Read the pinned post.

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@DearS_o_n It's funny that sacrifice comfort for growth that yields comfort.

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Most people fail at living a good life because they let society define it for them.
Define what a "good life" means to you—then live it on your own terms.

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@readswithravi Time is going to pass. So, make sure you're putting it where YOU want.

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@Dearme2_ Be a good person, not a naive person.

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If you're afraid of going after the big one, do this:

-Play the worst-case scenario in your head: you lose a few hundred bucks and go back to a 9-5

-Give yourself 10 years before changing the idea

-Know that you only need to sign 2 retainer clients a month at $5K to make $120K a year

You only need to win once, and all of your failures will be the epic story that you'll one day tell.

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@DearS_o_n The biggest green flag is being a woman nowadays.

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@readswithravi People forget that they're dealing with people.

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@48_quotes You win the battles you don't fight.

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@readswithravi Consistency doesn't guarantee that you'll win, but it gaurantees that you'll have a shot.

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You can avoid 99% of problems if you have this list pre-ordered and never break it for anything or anyone.

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@readswithravi Hard work and improving after each iteration, not just hard work.

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@readswithravi "If you're going through hell, keep going"

-Churchill.

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@readswithravi People can help you connect the dots; writing can help you create the dots.

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Treat each toxic thought as something to interrogate, not as a part of your identity—because it’s not.

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@overmind01 Tesla died broke by the way.

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@Philosophy_DQ You can avoid most problems if you just shut up.

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@PhilOfLife_ You're the outcome not the goal. If you don't believe me now, you'll believe me in the future.

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@Thedrivenman Take care of yourself, no one is going to do it for you.

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Read the full Memo:

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Obsessive thoughts (overthinking) can be deadly even for an emperor like Ch’in Shih Huang Ti.

Shih Huang Ti built one of the greatest empires in human history—vaster and more powerful than that of Alexander the Great. Yet, he was paralyzed by an obsessive thought: the fear of death. He heard about an immortality elixir, and while searching for it, he died, and no one knew for days until his corpse rotted. To conceal the smell of his rotting corpse, his ministers transported his body back to the capital in a wagon filled with salted fish.

He died in total isolation—consumed by the very paranoia he tried to outrun.