The reality behind why gurus think people are lazy and how to solve it.
Figuring out what you’re willing to “give up” to achieve your goals can be misleading. It’s typical guru advice to think about what your goals are and then consider what you have to change or give up in order to meet those goals. This is actually close to being good advice, but needs a slight […]
The unseen downside of the best solution.
Meeting your objective sometimes doesn’t make you good. I’ve mentioned in many other articles that practice isn’t helping you get better, and how solutions that can’t be executed properly aren’t solutions. This time I’m talking about when a solution causes a new problem and seldom do people think about their perfect execution of a solution […]
Why only doing your best is terrible advice on its own.
“Do your best!” – Random guru. Good advice turns into bad advice when it’s incomplete. And this piece of advice is very incomplete. You need to do your best within a specific time frame. You’re better every new day, therefore, your best work is always tomorrow. If you wait until tomorrow, obviously, nothing ever happens […]
Quitting: The forgotten method for solving problems.
“Never ever quit!” – Random guru… I’ve discussed in the article on Shiny Object Syndrome being beneficial and knowing when to quit. However, another important point is when to ‘quit’ your environment. You can quit anything if you try hard enough. – Truth Cake Sometimes you’ll see people struggle with trying to solve their relationships […]
Practice probably isn’t making you better.
Tom Bilyeu, the co-founder of Quest Nutrition, believes with practice that you will always improve with time. You won’t. For tasks where you don’t know what you’re doing wrong, practicing will just make you consistent, not better. Tom is a fantastic guru in general and many times practice DOES make us better like Tom says, […]
Why you actually NEED shiny object syndrome in your life.
Random gurus will tell you to drop the shiny object syndrome that a lot of people have when it comes to their life direction. Thinking of something as entirely good or bad is probably an example of muddled thinking. – Truth cake. Shiny object syndrome actually helps you realize different paths to your ultimate goal […]
Why trolls help you optimize faster and better than ever.
A lot of time there’s talk about how to not let trolls upset you. Or how they’re “hurting inside” and need compassion. That sounds great, but trolls are actually useful and shouldn’t be ignored, nor psychoanalyzed. Trolls don’t need my compassion. Trolls don’t need to be ignored. Trolls are just tools. Sometimes trolls help you […]
The biggest misconception with risk.
Fortune favors the bold. Is this because of some magic quality of risk, or fortune? Probably not. Not taking risk is actually likely the highest risk behavior you can likely make. People severely underestimate the risk of NOT taking risks. – Truth Cake It’s the same old stupidity of the saying that “A funny thing […]
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