From the category archives:

Fear

Enjoy The Ride

December 2, 2009

The best monologue about change I’ve ever heard. Thank you J.D.:
Things rarely go exactly the way you want them to, so sometimes you make due with whatever you can get.
Endings are never easy; I always build them up so much in my head they can’t possibly live up to my expectations, and I just end [...]

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Infinite Dots

November 27, 2009

“You can’t connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backwards.” – Steve Jobs
Here’s the best reason to do whatever you feel you have to do in today‘s world, without worrying about the consequences: today’s dots are infinite.
Fifty years ago, one of the strongest arguments to keep people on the safe path [...]

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Happiness Hyperopia

November 17, 2009

The concept of Happiness Hyperopia is very interesting:
Overestimating the benefits we think we will accrue at some mythical time in the future.
There are people who “suffer” from this condition. But there are also people who do not. I asked my friend Steve a long time ago: What is more likely to happen? Overvaluing or undervaluing [...]

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Ignore Reality

November 11, 2009

Our culture is seeing an explosion of social studies in the work environment, mainly focused on our irrationality and incapability to see the best logical response. We have been victims of our mind’s flaws since the beginning of time, but we are now fascinated to point out to everyone just how “crazy” we are.
Studies prove [...]

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Adjusting Resistance

November 3, 2009

Cowards focus on the adjusting part.
The part that still doesn’t work, that’s not as good as the previous situation. Yet.
They do that, because if they have any chance of stopping you, they have to cut you off at that moment.
Adjusting means usually ending up in a better situation. Maybe you are changing job, girlfriend, or [...]

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Dangerous Mindsets

October 26, 2009

People either decide to change or are changed by force, no news there.
What’s worrying is the mindset.
Those who don’t choose change have old mindsets. Mindsets that don’t work.
When change comes by force, it comes fast. It’s a phone call, a headline, a talk to your boss or girlfriend. There’s no time for any adaptability of the mind.
The result is people trying to reject change [...]

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Running Away…

October 20, 2009

…is always the smart thing to do.
…is the acknowledgment of the context. It’s accepting the limits of our individuality.
…is the end of pretty lies, it’s realism at its finest.
…does not mean not fighting. It means taking your fight where you can win it.
…is not for those full of pride or fear. Those who do it [...]

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