[[Topics]] ## Notes - [[3 psychological needs]] - [[4 personality types]] - [[5 affirmations]] - [[5 Tenets]] - [[10 things]] - [[A bad day for your ego is a great day for your soul.]] - [[Accept yourself as you are right now]] - [[Achieve the perfect morning routine with open new habit]] - [[A complete life comes from understanding yourself completely]] - [[A fear of mine is that I'll unknowingly be all talk and no action]] - [[All knowledge ultimately means self-knowledge]] - [[Allow yourself to feel]] - [[Allow yourself to just exist]] - [[Always]] - [[Always be yourself]] - [[Always return to centre]] - [[Always save 10% of yourself.]] - [[A major source of suffering can come from us beating ourselves up for not feeling the way that we think we're suppose to feel.]] - [[A mindfulness practice disguised as a productivity system]] - [[Amor fati]] - [[Analyze yourself as much as a music]] - [[Anything done to serve your ego should be questioned]] - [[A philosophy is a destination you're always working towards]] - [[Art is the expression of the self]] - [[As your capabilities expands, so does the circumference of opportunities surrounding it.]] - [[At every step, at every failure, you learn a little bit more about what you're looking for by identifying what you're not]] - [[At the end of the day, the only thing that matters is what you think of yourself]] - [[Authentic potential]] - [[Authentic self]] - [[Avoid giving oxygen to ego]] - [[Back to basics]] - [[Balance assertiveness for your own needs with a concern for others]] - [[Be a light in the world of shadows]] - [[Be a tree, not a mountain]] - [[Become undeniable]] - [[Becoming is better than being]] - [[Be curious about your emotions]] - [[Be gracious to the ones before you - the collective effort that cultivated a world where you can flourish today]] - [[Being busy is living for someone else. Being productive is living for yourself.]] - [[Be kind, but don't downplay yourself]] - [[Be kind to yourself]] - [[Be light with yourself]] - [[Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.]] - [[Be so good they can't ignore you]] - [[Be sovereign in yourself]] - [[Be unshakable]] - [[Be who you are and say what you feel, because in the end those who matter don't mind and those who mind don't matter]] - [[Be with yourself]] - [[Be yourself to free yourself]] - [[Biological prime time]] - [[Build that boat with all your heart and soul. When it's done, you push it out to sea and let it sail.]] - [[Celebrate the beautiful within the ordinariness of our everyday]] - [[Challenges are opportunities to discover who you really are and who you want to be]] - [[Challenge your understanding by questioning yourself]] - [[Change for a change]] - [[Clarification is an internal activity]] - [[Cleaning connects you with your material]] - [[Cleaning up crap]] - [[Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.]] - [[Compare yourself to who you were yesterday vs. who someone else is today]] - [[Control yourself by first understanding yourself]] - [[Conversation is a method for deconstructing process and people]] - [[Correctness is determined by context]] - [[Craft a narrative that will serve you]] - [[Create and curate an archive of yourself]] - [[Create meaningful moments of self reflection]] - [[Creation through self realization]] - [[Cultivate collaboration - Don't be so defensive]] - [[Cultivate non-negotiable self-care practices]] - [[Decide the type of person you want to be. Prove it to yourself with small wins]] - [[Defensiveness does not protect us from other people. It defends us from the fears we don't want to feel.]] - [[Define your non-negotiables. Do them everyday.]] - [[Develop yourself towards personal growth not external approval]] - [[Devin Townsend interview about his relationship with metal]] - [[Do it for the love, not for the likes]] - [[Do it for the love, not for the likes]] - [[Do not cling to partiality; see things from totality]] - [[Do not let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice.]] - [[Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do]] - [[Don't be a lady. Be a legend.]] - [[Don't beat yourself, don't cheat yourself, don't shortchange yourself. That's the worse kind of defeat you'll ever suffer.]] - [[Don't believe in your own publicity]] - [[Don't bother with others if others aren't bothered with you]] - [[Don't focus on the right to be angry. Find the power to move on.]] - [[Don't let your ego get in the way of your mission]] - [[Don't lose others while trying to find yourself. Don't lose yourself while trying to help others.]] - [[Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should accomplish with your ability.]] - [[Don't think, feel]] - [[Don't walk through the world looking for evidence that you don't belong, because you'll always find it.]] - [[Do something for your brain, your body and for your soul]] - [[Do the thing that makes your heart smile]] - [[Effort within the mind further limits the mind, because effort implies struggle towards a goal and when you have a goal, a purpose, an end in view, you have placed a limit on the mind]] - [[Ego is the enemy]] - [[Egos out of control always destroy]] - [[Embrace the quiet]] - [[Embracing your mistakes is an exercise in self-forgiveness]] - [[Emotional content]] - [[Emotions are the language of the soul]] - [[Ethical boundaries wither as core values are replaced with compromise]] - [[Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become]] - [[Everybody gets challenges. I'm not defined by the fact that I'm facing it. I'm defined by how I handle it.]] - [[Every small success and bitter failure is woven into the story you tell yourself about yourself]] - [[Exclusion as an artifact of ego]] - [[Experience matters most]] - [[Experience quality]] - [[Experiences in overcoming difficulty help build the capabilities and composure of one's character]] - [[Expose yourself to the truth of your own mortality so that you can transcend it to be fully alive right now]] - [[Facing your failures]] - [[Fear comes from uncertainty]] - [[Fear is the driver for negative emotions]] - [[Feedback is a gift]] - [[Feeling is understanding]] - [[Feeling like you're not ready... Doubting yourself. All that, that's normal sh__ that we all do]] - [[Fill your life with experiences. Not things. Have stories to tell, not stuff to show.]] - [[Find something you love to do, and do it for the rest of your life.]] - [[Find your focus]] - [[Fixed mindset]] - [[Fleeting ideas comes from your idle mind making creative leaps beyond your current understanding of yourself and the world]] - [[Foraging for knowledge]] - [[Force your own perspective]] - [[Free yourself from busybodying, and your own nature will begin to take care of itself]] - [[Get sick and tired of being sick and tired]] - [[Getting lost from the world helps you find yourself and to rediscover your place within it]] - [[Getting lost is deviating from the rhythm of the world without knowing how to get back]] - [[Gift of choice]] - [[Give yourself permission to be creative]] - [[Goals are the outcome of doing. Purpose is your reason for doing.]] - [[Graduate your understanding by challenging it]] - [[Greatness stems from one's innate character]] - [[Grow by facing where you aren't yet whole]] - [[Growth happens where your fears meet your passions]] - [[Growth mindset]] - [[Have an opinion]] - [[Helping out of compulsion not compassion]] - [[Hold high standards, but judge yourself gently]] - [[How can I be me?]] - [[How I spend the day is a purchase for which there is no refund]] - [[How to discover your authentic self]] - [[How to know yourself]] - [[How to learn? From mistakes]] - [[How to outsmart your self-doubt]] - [[How to stay calm under pressure]] - [[How to stay motivated - The Locus rule]] - [[How to stop caring what other people think of you]] - [[How to stop languishing and start finding flow]] - [[How you do anything is how you do everything]] - [[How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you]] - [[How your brain is working against you]] - [[How you're confusing purpose with insecurity]] - [[How you spend your time is literally how you spend your life]] - [[I am apart of something bigger, but I will stand alone when I need to.]] - [[I am growing]] - [[I am somebody. I was somebody when I came, I'll be a better somebody when I leave.]] - [[I am worthy]] - [[I can choose]] - [[I can overcome]] - [[I define myself]] - [[Identify and embody the characteristics you want for yourself as a continuous method to heal and become the person you strive to be]] - [[I do not believe in styles anymore]] - [[I don't know everything. I just know I have to try.]] - [[If I could rebuild my shop from scratch - Ask Adam Savage]] - [[If I don't meet the existing beauty standard, I will become a new and different standard]] - [[If I tell you I'm good, probably you will say I'm boasting. But if I tell you I'm not good, you'll know I'm lying.]] - [[If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's]] - [[If you accomplish difficult things, you distinguish yourself from others by what you have achieved]] - [[If you don't heal what hurt you, you'll bleed on people who didn't cut you]] - [[If you don't like someone, most of the time, it's your ego]] - [[If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything.]] - [[If you find it impossible to skip doing something, then you know you've formed a habit]] - [[If you're always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be]] - [[I had to control my ego so my ego did not control me]] - [[Ikigai]] - [[I'm a modern man]] - [[Innate character]] - [[Inner strength]] - [[In order to really be in control, I must surrender.]] - [[In readiness, patience if infinite]] - [[Intentionality drives momentum, powering progression through purpose]] - [[Ira Glass on storytelling]] - [[It’s not bragging if you can back it up.]] - [[It’s not your job to be likable. It’s your job to be yourself. Someone will like you anyway.]] - [[It’s okay to lose people, but never lose yourself]] - [[I visualize where I wanted to be, what kind of player I wanted to become. I knew exactly where I wanted to go, and I focused on getting there.]] - [[John Mayer describes his song writing process]] - [[Journal prompts]] - [[Just that you do the right thing, the rest doesn't matter]] - [[Just wanting to do something]] - [[Knowing conceptual structures makes them useful. Connecting them makes them powerful.]] - [[Knowing that you're content will bring peace to your heart]] - [[Knowing yourself helps you become yourself]] - [[Knowledge is useful, but it is emotional content that gives it meaning]] - [[Know what you want. Know what you're willing to do and what you're not willing to do.]] - [[Know your aesthetic]] - [[Know your personal tolerance forgiving. Protect it for you must save some of yourself for yourself.]] - [[Know yourself. Know your world. Know the interplay in between.]] - [[Know your self worth, then add tax]] - [[Know your why]] - [[Lacking an independent verdict, we also stand to be unnaturally hungry for external praise.]] - [[Languishing]] - [[Let go to grow]] - [[Let me fall if I must fall. The one I become will catch me.]] - [[Letting go of labels]] - [[Limiting beliefs]] - [[Live and honour your truth]] - [[Look outward to feel inward]] - [[Makers in the film industry - Adam Savage]] - [[Manage messiness by first managing yourself]] - [[Manage moments over managing stuff]] - [[Manage your own defensiveness]] - [[Meeting your mistakes]] - [[Mission statement]] - [[Negotiations are not an ultimate test of your worth]] - [[Never]] - [[Never forget. Always be yourself.]] - [[Never let ego stand in the way of success]] - [[Never neglect the opportunity to celebrate yourself]] - [[Never rest on your laurels]] - [[Never take more than you give]] - [["Nobody" is a feeling]] - [[No human is limited]] - [[No one can make you feel inferior without your consent]] - [[No one is born knowing who they are. It is an identity that is discovered.]] - [[Nothing would've changed until I realized I need to focus on behaviour rather than labels]] - [[Objectivity is subjectively skewed by the colour of our emotions]] - [[Only the disciplined ones in life are free. If you are undisciplined, you are a slave to your moods and your passions.]] - [[Organization isn't a thing you do]] - [[Our brains don't mind hard work. We just don't like the idea of it.]] - [[Our egos love to downplay the luck factor when we're winning]] - [[Our intuitions aren't as perfect as we'd like to believe]] - [[Our mental models aren't reality. They are tools, like the models weather forecasters used to predict the weather.]] - [[Our purpose is our function]] - [[Our worth and our belonging are not negotiated with other people]] - [[Overcoming starts with the self]] - [[Personal productivity is finding your way]] - [[Pharrell and Rick Rubin have a conversation (Part 1)]] - [[Physical state is manifestation of mental state]] - [[Pressure is something you allow yourself to feel]] - [[Pride and self-esteem]] - [[Productivity without clarity is just efficient confusion]] - [[Quote wisdom from others to remember and to embody the spirit they carry]] - [[Redesign your brain to better serve you]] - [[Reward yourself for doing something constructive for once]] - [[Ritual]] - [[Satisfy curiosity, not ego.]] - [[Scale yourself]] - [[Search within yourself to discover the totality of your self expression]] - [[Seeking external validation is ultimately a pointless exercise]] - [[Seek knowledge and experience. Not stuff.]] - [[Seek opportunity in the strange]] - [[Seek to understand the problems and humanity of others so that you may understand your own]] - [[See yourself as you are]] - [[See yourself in the context of a larger community. See what you do as both important and unimportant.]] - [[Self-confidence is the trust you have in your abilities to handle difficulties, not an exhibition of your ego.]] - [[Self control is your most precious and most powerful right as a human being]] - [[Self expression is self understanding]] - [[Self knowledge has a liberating quality]] - [[Self-theory]] - [[Shape of your life]] - [[Slow down. A little rest goes a long way.]] - [[Slow down, be gentle to yourself, and allow yourself to heal]] - [[Slowing down]] - [[Some beautiful paths can't be discovered without getting lost]] - [[Steer, don't follow.]] - [[Strengthened the will of self. Don't bend the will of others.]] - [[Strive to feel something. Earn it.]] - [[Stuff]] - [[Take me or leave me. Like me or not.]] - [[Take only memories leave only footprints]] - [[Take some great skill that you have but use it as a window to a broader and more expansive world]] - [[Take the time to think about your life]] - [[Take time to make meaning]] - [[Taking action is always a negotiation with yourself]] - [[Teachers need real feedback]] - [[The act of discovering what is meaningful is a practice of discovering yourself]] - [[The alignment of action and belief results in the practice of intentionality]] - [[The art of dying]] - [[The best advice Ryan holiday ever got]] - [[The best memorization tool is understanding something]] - [[The chaos of mind is the unfiltered conversations of a billion neurons]] - [[The circle of control]] - [[The cost of living is worth paying for]] - [[The ego boundary is the differentiation between the self and the other]] - [[The further we are from ourselves, the harder it is to be true to ourselves.]] - [[The Gap]] - [[The impact of absence]] - [[The individual is of first importance, not the system. Remember that man created method, and not that method created man.]] - [[The key to happiness is doing what you love]] - [[The maker, the audience, and the show itself]] - [[The meaning of life is that it is to be lived]] - [[The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have]] - [[The mind can also be an erogenous zone]] - [[The moment of surrender sits at the apex of letting go]] - [[The moment you know you're being natural. You're not.]] - [[The more true you are to your word, the more you will begin to trust yourself.]] - [[The more we value things, we less we value ourselves]] - [[The more you understand the world, the more you understand yourself.]] - [[The most dangerous thing a young actor or actress can do is believe in their own publicity]] - [[The need to reward yourself with small wins, especially if you're in a vulnerable situation, is a psychological necessity]] - [[The only thing that's not worthless in this life is to do what's right. It's to be good. To be patient with those who aren't]] - [[The only time you need to change is when you don't feel like you've you're being your best self]] - [[The only way to have a friend is to be one]] - [[The power of connectedness]] - [[The pursuit of fulfillment is a striving]] - [[There are many reasons to stop doing something. Remember why you started. That's the only reason that matters.]] - [[There's always one person who will care about the things that matter to you. And that's you.]] - [[The resistance of nature forms the sensory basis of ego]] - [[There's significance in the discovery and expression of instinct - that which makes us uniquely human, and that which makes us a unique human]] - [[There was a really liberating sense about it, because I no longer needed to protect my record as a champion]] - [[The self in the grandeur]] - [[The single best thing you can do for yourself is to pull out a blank sheet of paper and go, where is there friction in my life]] - [[The strange]] - [[The system helps us organize our 'what' the practice helps us clarify our 'why']] - [[The system that works for you is one that you've mastered and continuously refine based on your philosophy of work]] - [[The unexamined life is not worth living]] - [[The unknown folks who have toiled for generations in our industry to raise it up to a level where chefs like myself could flourish today]] - [[Those who know they are enough are truly wealthy]] - [[To be aware of yourself, you must be honest with yourself]] - [[To become one. You think, it is.]] - [[To be interesting is to be curious]] - [[To be ready is to not only be in the moment, but to be the moment]] - [[To be who you truly are, is to be liberated from ego]] - [[To do good everyday is to be good everyday]] - [[To go slow is to recognize the everyday details of yourself]] - [[To have a friend you have to learn to be a friend]] - [[To have a second language is to have a second soul]] - [[To know that you do not know is the best. To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease.]] - [[To learn to die is to be liberated from it]] - [[Tony Hawk's one piece of advice for success]] - [[To stay driven, you must first understand what truly drives you.]] - [[To understand emotional content is to understand the humanity and true nature of all things]] - [[To understanding something is to understand humanity]] - [[To understand others is to understand yourself]] - [[To unpack ourselves is to subject the details of our self story to objective truth]] - [[Transcendence resides at the border between doing and being]] - [[Truly do what you love. Learn all aspects of it. In the end, you're going to benefit from knowing all the facets of this thing that you love doing.]] - [[Trust in your tastes. Trust in yourself. Trust that you will get there eventually.]] - [[Turning down and receiving feedback]] - [[Turn what you have to do into what you get to do]] - [[Understand concepts, not details.]] - [[Understand the macro dynamics of your process]] - [[Understand the purpose of your passion]] - [[Unexpected truth - Alan Watts' eye opening speech]] - [[Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate]] - [[Waiting is not the same as readiness]] - [[Ware tada taruwo shiru]] - [[Watch your thoughts, they become your words; watch your words, they become your actions; watch your actions, they become your habits; watch your habits, they become your character; watch your character, it becomes your destiny.]] - [[We are always searching]] - [[We are only as good as our time period]] - [[We desperately seek confirmation as a means of feeling understood]] - [[We do not remember days, we remember moments.]] - [[We don't erase our mistakes. We embrace them.]] - [[We like to label people because it's easy]] - [[We're all seeking validation from others. If you can validate another - you're ahead of the game.]] - [[We war within ourselves to reconcile who we think we should be and who we truly are]] - [[What is normal and what is different?]] - [[What is the bullet journal method?]] - [[What to do if you feel like doing nothing]] - [[When we get defensive, our thinking becomes rigid, our IQ drops about 20 points, and we simply become stupid]] - [[When we satisfy our psychological needs, we are allowed to fulfill our potential.]] - [[When you feel you’re losing your edge, help others sharpen theirs.]] - [[When you're languishing, it just feels like you're muddling through your days, looking at your life through a foggy windshield.]] - [[Where your fear is, there is your task]] - [[While we shouldn't ignore our intuition, we shouldn't over privilege them either]] - [[Wholesomeness comes from within]] - [[Who looks outside dreams; Who looks inside awakens.]] - [[Why defining yourself by your career is a problem]] - [[Why "it's important not to give a shit" - George Carlin]] - [[Willingness to action is weakest when triggers or cold]] - [[Worry more about what you want to do vs. what you want to be.]] - [[You are always at 100%. You cannot be more nor less. What matters is where you put it - and what you're aware of.]] - [[You are defined by the difference you've made in the lives of others]] - [[You are defined by what you value and how your actions express those values]] - [[You are everything and you are nothing]] - [[You are not your art]] - [[You are not your attainment]] - [[You are not your work]] - [[You are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with]] - [[You are the most important person in your life]] - [[You are the sum of those you surround yourself with]] - [[You are what you do, not what you say you'll do]] - [[You can be better someday, but who you are now is more than enough.]] - [[You cannot learn that which you think you already know]] - [[You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.]] - [[You can't really know anything if you just remember isolated facts and try and bang 'em back.]] - [[You don't need permission to be creative, just like how you don't need permission to be yourself]] - [[You don't need to be on. You just need to be you.]] - [[You get to decide who you are - the details of your character]] - [[You give a bit of yourself to be part of something bigger]] - [[You have to engineer new good times under different circumstances]] - [[You must be the best archivist of yourself]] - [[You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them]] - [[You must find interest in yourself]] - [[Your attention is currency. Often it's a good idea to pay yourself first.]] - [[Your best life comes from living what's true for you, not from what's safe in the moment]] - [[Your blessing in life is when you find the torture you're comfortable with]] - [[Your character is not defined by your challenge, but by how you handle it]] - [[Your comfort zone expands to meet you]] - [[Your community will have an outsized impact on your life and who you will become]] - [[Your experience shapes you to be the person you need to be to do the things you need to do]] - [[Your identity is your uniquely human right]] - [[Your mind is constantly attempting to craft your story - your character and your role within the universe of world.]] - [[Your persistence is your measure of faith in yourself]] - [[Your purpose comes from your voids]] - [[Your story may not have such a happy beginning, but that doesn't make you who you are. It is the rest of your story, who you choose to be.]] - [[Your success stops where your character stops. You can never rise above the limitations of your character.]] - [[Your unshakable truth]] - [[You say it long enough, it starts to be a part of you]] - [[You should know what it feels like to be proud of yourself, for yourself.]] ## See also - [[Organization]]