Remember: The best deceivers do everything they can to cloak their roguish qualities. They cultivate an air of honesty in one area to disguise their dishonesty in others. Honesty is merely another decoy in their arsenal of weapons.
Marcus Aurelius was right. You will lose friends you will lose lovers you will lose comfort but if in losing them you find yourself you have gained more than kings.
@SJosephBurns The biggest transformation happens when a trader stops trying to make money and starts trying to execute correctly.
Profits are the byproduct.
Execution is the cause.
When you look at the exceptionally creative work of Masters, you must not ignore the years of practice, the endless routines, the hours of doubt, and the tenacious overcoming of obstacles these people endured. Creative energy is the fruit of such efforts and nothing else.
My grandfather, a politician, never failed an election. He had a way of talking to pple as if they had been friends for a long time.
I learned from him to do that systematically, particularly w/disfavored communities.
But I've never repressed my urge to irritate arrogant fucks.
@penuelist_@CodingIncloud_ Nobody can't teach you anything, they just can tell you how to memorize something. Learning is doing and getting feedback from universe
Think of yourself as your own Zen Master. Such masters would beat their pupils and deliberately lead them to points of maximum doubt and inner tension, knowing such moments precede enlightenment.
A man has only 5 ways out of depression;
1. Making money.
2. Hitting the gym.
3. Believing in God.
4. Chasing his purpose.
5. Building a loving family.
Nothing else.
In a world full of boys chasing women, drugs, and sex. Be the man who is busy fixing his finances, body, mind, and a strong relationship with God. Trust me, You'll go far in life.