Cleaning + maintaining the lens -- making it clearer, sharper, more focused is literally the key to everything good and meaningful! Then the world also becomes brighter and more beautiful. Loved your point about remaining focused and stop caring about what we can't control.
The machine is so sensitive and our inputs mean nothing if we don't process them in the right way. Brilliant as always <3
"Conversely, if you value yourself for the one thing you have for as long as you live—your sense of self—you will be unswayed (or at least less swayed) by the loss or gain of these superficial forces.
When your self image remains strong independent of external perception, it becomes harder to inflate or deflate your experience based on things you cannot control." - You are by far one of my favorite Substack accounts.
“We tend to be capable of what we think we are capable of.”
🎯 Right on. I do believe in the long run, we get what we desire. Our behaviors map to our desires. That’s why I think it’s so important to have a discussion around Ambition, a wonderful thing. “By believing we can, we do better than we would have otherwise.” I think raising the level of a person’s ambition is one of the best things we can do for society.
I have a friend who chases money and wants to be wealthy. Even though we’re both young, it’s quite obvious to me that she’ll get it. From the career choices she’s making, to her desire to have a maid, to marry someone who earns 2-3x more , — barring a catastrophic, it’s simply a matter of time.
Cleaning + maintaining the lens -- making it clearer, sharper, more focused is literally the key to everything good and meaningful! Then the world also becomes brighter and more beautiful. Loved your point about remaining focused and stop caring about what we can't control.
The machine is so sensitive and our inputs mean nothing if we don't process them in the right way. Brilliant as always <3
Feedback loops are everywhere..
"Conversely, if you value yourself for the one thing you have for as long as you live—your sense of self—you will be unswayed (or at least less swayed) by the loss or gain of these superficial forces.
When your self image remains strong independent of external perception, it becomes harder to inflate or deflate your experience based on things you cannot control." - You are by far one of my favorite Substack accounts.
“We tend to be capable of what we think we are capable of.”
🎯 Right on. I do believe in the long run, we get what we desire. Our behaviors map to our desires. That’s why I think it’s so important to have a discussion around Ambition, a wonderful thing. “By believing we can, we do better than we would have otherwise.” I think raising the level of a person’s ambition is one of the best things we can do for society.
I have a friend who chases money and wants to be wealthy. Even though we’re both young, it’s quite obvious to me that she’ll get it. From the career choices she’s making, to her desire to have a maid, to marry someone who earns 2-3x more , — barring a catastrophic, it’s simply a matter of time.