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Necessary Preconditions

Your mental and physical health are a necessary precondition for everything else in your life.

Listening

Are you listening with a conclusion?

Are you listening with your knowledge?

Are you listening with your memories and experiences?

Are you listening with impatience?

Are you listening with a craving for an answer?

Or are you listening?

Clarity is the gap between what is said and your reaction to what is said.

Randomness

We don’t accept that randomness plays a role in our success, only our failures.

Fragility

It is easier to break things than to build them.

Experience

Can you say you went to the beach if you didn’t get your feet wet?

The Future Seems Crazy, The Past Seems Explainable

Much of what will happen in the future will be seen as crazy with respect to the present and past. But these future events will seem understandable after they occur. Our minds are explanation machines.

The Worst Will Pass

As of right now, you have survived every worst moment of your life.

Education

We underestimate how powerful it is that education is a non-rivalrous good.