A thread of wise thoughts by Thibaut (@Kpaxs - one of my favourite Twitter accounts),
which are self-notes that I'll keep coming back to do self-reflection🙏:
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In order to find truth, you must want it more than you want to be right.
which are self-notes that I'll keep coming back to do self-reflection🙏:
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In order to find truth, you must want it more than you want to be right.
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What you consume will determine what you create. So make it a deliberate choice.
What you consume will determine what you create. So make it a deliberate choice.
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Your brain is a factory, not a warehouse.
Your brain is a factory, not a warehouse.
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Always be brutally honest with yourself.
Always be brutally honest with yourself.
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The challenge of modern society is to create your own boundaries.
Limiting what, when and how much you eat. Limiting your media consumption. The endless sea of infinity is out there waiting for you to drown in it. Limiting what you own.
The things you own end up owning you.
The challenge of modern society is to create your own boundaries.
Limiting what, when and how much you eat. Limiting your media consumption. The endless sea of infinity is out there waiting for you to drown in it. Limiting what you own.
The things you own end up owning you.
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Silence is a form of internal poetry.
Silence is a form of internal poetry.
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If you approach everything with mindfulness, everything can be meditation.
If you approach everything with mindfulness, everything can be meditation.
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When you start to be curious about your own mind, growth is not far behind.
When you start to be curious about your own mind, growth is not far behind.
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You always have been, always will be, and currently are your biggest problem.
Learn to get out of your own way.
You always have been, always will be, and currently are your biggest problem.
Learn to get out of your own way.
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Don’t talk about problems you have no intention of solving.
Don’t talk about problems you have no intention of solving.
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The core piece to your personal development always involves filling that gap between thought and action.
No one can fill that gap for you.
The core piece to your personal development always involves filling that gap between thought and action.
No one can fill that gap for you.
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To write is to think, and to write well is to think well.
To write is to think, and to write well is to think well.
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Much of our stress is self-inflicted.
Much of our stress is self-inflicted.
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Knowing what you want your life to look like day-to-day helps you separate the essential from the inessential, the optional from the necessary.
Knowing what you want your life to look like day-to-day helps you separate the essential from the inessential, the optional from the necessary.
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If you want extraordinary results, you need to narrow your focus.
If you want extraordinary results, you need to narrow your focus.
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Peace of mind is the highest wealth.
Inner peace is the new success.
The opposite of peace isn't warfare, it's anxiety.
Peace of mind is the highest wealth.
Inner peace is the new success.
The opposite of peace isn't warfare, it's anxiety.
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The world is as beautiful as you want it to be.
The world is as beautiful as you want it to be.
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The mindset required for happiness: being unmoved by praise or blame and contented with whatever comes your way.
The mindset required for happiness: being unmoved by praise or blame and contented with whatever comes your way.
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Meaning is something you create, not something you find.
Meaning is something you create, not something you find.
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True wisdom is to love life, not to embellish it.
True wisdom is to love life, not to embellish it.
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If you ever lose your temper it is your fault. Always.
Your emotional responses are never the responsibility of any other human being.
If you ever lose your temper it is your fault. Always.
Your emotional responses are never the responsibility of any other human being.
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The happiest people in the world are people who love what they are doing, regardless of whether wealth, fame, power and elevated social status ever come their way.
The happiest people in the world are people who love what they are doing, regardless of whether wealth, fame, power and elevated social status ever come their way.
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When you write, pretend you are talking to someone bored and you are trying to keep them interested sentence by sentence.
When you write, pretend you are talking to someone bored and you are trying to keep them interested sentence by sentence.
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Look back only to learn.
Look back only to learn.
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Whatever you do consciously is an act of meditation.
When you become present with life,
Life no longer remains a search for miracles,
It becomes the miracle.
Whatever you do consciously is an act of meditation.
When you become present with life,
Life no longer remains a search for miracles,
It becomes the miracle.
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The real teacher is the student’s curiosity.
The real teacher is the student’s curiosity.
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A lack of gratitude and a lack of curiosity are two of the most dangerous gaps in life.
Fill them in and life changes for the better.
A lack of gratitude and a lack of curiosity are two of the most dangerous gaps in life.
Fill them in and life changes for the better.
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Applause is nice but freedom comes to those who are not waiting for validation.
Applause is nice but freedom comes to those who are not waiting for validation.
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Accept that you can never know what will happen next.
You can try to control the uncontrollable by looking for predictability, always hoping to be comfortable and safe.
But the truth is that you can never avoid uncertainty.
This not-knowing is part of the adventure.
Accept that you can never know what will happen next.
You can try to control the uncontrollable by looking for predictability, always hoping to be comfortable and safe.
But the truth is that you can never avoid uncertainty.
This not-knowing is part of the adventure.
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Let money be the consequence of your efforts, not the objective.
Let money be the consequence of your efforts, not the objective.
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People’s expectations are theirs. You don’t have to make those your reality.
People’s expectations are theirs. You don’t have to make those your reality.
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The inertia of daily living, if left unchecked, will eat away at your creativity.
The inertia of daily living, if left unchecked, will eat away at your creativity.
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The quality of your relationships is determined by two things: your willingness to walk away when it’s wrong, and your willingness to commit when it’s right.
The quality of your relationships is determined by two things: your willingness to walk away when it’s wrong, and your willingness to commit when it’s right.
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Do you know why lasers are powerful?
Because they focus on a unique and precise point. That’s why they can cut stuff. But take the same amount of energy as the most powerful laser, and defocus it, and you just created a damn red torch light. Not, cutting, anything.
Focus.
Do you know why lasers are powerful?
Because they focus on a unique and precise point. That’s why they can cut stuff. But take the same amount of energy as the most powerful laser, and defocus it, and you just created a damn red torch light. Not, cutting, anything.
Focus.
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Freedom is not the ability to act on any given impulse, it's the ability to choose what you want to act on, and why.
Freedom is not the absence of commitments, values, or discipline, it's the ability to choose them at will.
Freedom is not the ability to act on any given impulse, it's the ability to choose what you want to act on, and why.
Freedom is not the absence of commitments, values, or discipline, it's the ability to choose them at will.
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For peak performance, completely clear your mind and start.
For peak performance, completely clear your mind and start.
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You already know what you need to do.
The work is to figure out why you're not.
You already know what you need to do.
The work is to figure out why you're not.
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Approach conversations with curiosity rather than judgment.
Approach conversations with curiosity rather than judgment.
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When we stop asking, we stop learning.
When we stop asking, we stop learning.
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Don’t talk about the work.
Do the work and let the results do the talking for you.
Don’t talk about the work.
Do the work and let the results do the talking for you.
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The less you own, the less you have to take care of.
The less you own, the less you have to replace.
The less you own, the less money you need to earn.
The less you own, the more time you have for other things and people.
Appreciate what you already have.
The less you own, the less you have to take care of.
The less you own, the less you have to replace.
The less you own, the less money you need to earn.
The less you own, the more time you have for other things and people.
Appreciate what you already have.
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People don’t desire products. They desire feelings that products give them.
People don’t desire products. They desire feelings that products give them.
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When you know what you want, you notice opportunities most people aren’t aware of.
You also have the rare courage to seize those opportunities without procrastination.
What you focus on expands.
When you know what you want, you notice opportunities most people aren’t aware of.
You also have the rare courage to seize those opportunities without procrastination.
What you focus on expands.
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Presence is the antidote to comparison.
When you’re completely absorbed in what you’re doing, it’s almost impossible to compare.
The joy of being in a deep state of flow mitigates the pain of comparison.
Presence is the antidote to comparison.
When you’re completely absorbed in what you’re doing, it’s almost impossible to compare.
The joy of being in a deep state of flow mitigates the pain of comparison.
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In this age of distraction, actually listening to someone is one of the highest compliments you can give them.
In this age of distraction, actually listening to someone is one of the highest compliments you can give them.
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Always do the simplest thing that can possibly work.
Always do the simplest thing that can possibly work.
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It’s the small habits,
How you spend your morning,
How you talk to yourself,
What you read,
What you watch,
Who you share your energy with,
That will change your life.
It’s the small habits,
How you spend your morning,
How you talk to yourself,
What you read,
What you watch,
Who you share your energy with,
That will change your life.
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Reliable habits for improving yourself: — Take responsibility for what happens to you. — Seek feedback at every opportunity. — Read widely and every day. — Walk and think. — Write daily. — Spend extensive time in nature and wrestle with isolation in such places.
Start today
Reliable habits for improving yourself: — Take responsibility for what happens to you. — Seek feedback at every opportunity. — Read widely and every day. — Walk and think. — Write daily. — Spend extensive time in nature and wrestle with isolation in such places.
Start today
