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15 Oct, 12 tweets, 3 min read
10 unique questions to find your purpose in life.

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"When people say, 'What should I do with my life?' or 'What is my life purpose?' what they’re actually asking is: 'What can I do with my time that is important?'"

@IAmMarkManson
"What subject could I read 500 books about without getting bored?"

— Rebecca Burn-Callander
"What pain or injustice or unhappiness have you witnessed that you just can’t live with? Is there anything that touches you so deeply that it drives you? Often, a powerful purpose can come from powerful pain."

— Tchiki Davis, PhD
"Purpose often arises from curiosity about your own life. What obstacles have you encountered?"

@jeremyadamsmith
"Are you living out your life as a cameo role in the story of your parents?"

— Nick Seneca Jankel
"What kind of 'shower ideas' do you get?"

— Joi Foley
"If I have been put on this planet by aliens to use all my insights, experiences, and gifts to bring more love to the world, what would I do each day?"

— Nick Seneca Jankel
"What makes you forget to eat and poop?"

@IAmMarkManson
"What could I do for five years straight without getting paid?"

— Rebecca Burn-Callander
"What is trying to emerge in me? Am I letting it? If not, what am I afraid of? How can I nurture that emergence?"

@ValSilver
I Searched “Life Purpose” and Read 100+ Articles (Literally).

Here are the Highlights for a Meaningful Life.

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What is lifestyle design?

It’s been over a decade since Tim Ferriss helped popularize the concept of lifestyle design in his book "The 4-Hour Workweek."

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"Lifestyle design is a contrasting, philosophical lens to look at career and personal development that is juxtaposed with ‘slave, save, retire’—going to cash in my chips in 20-30-40 years that will then redeem this period of doing many things that I dislike doing."

— Tim Ferriss
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20+ highlights from "The Way to Love" by Anthony de Mello

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"Your programming is so strong and the pressure of society so intense that you are literally trapped into perceiving the world in this distorted kind of way. There is no way out, because you do not even have a suspicion that your perception is distorted."

— Anthony de Mello
"Who is responsible for the programming? Not you. It isn’t really you who decided even such basics as your wants and desires and so-called needs; your values, your tastes, your attitudes. It was your parents, your society, your culture, your religion..."

— Anthony de Mello
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19 Oct
Alan Watts quotes to expand your mind and live a meaningful life.

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"The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves."

— Alan Watts
"This is the real secret of life — to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play."

— Alan Watts
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25+ highlights from the latest and greatest Naval podcast (@naval on @tferriss)

Full Podcast: tim.blog/2020/10/14/nav…

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On Richard Feynman:

"He was deeply philosophical, he didn’t take himself nor life too seriously. He appreciated the mysteries of life, he appreciated living life, and he had a lot of fun along the way. To me, he was like a full-stack intellectual hacker of life."

@naval
"Applied science is the engine that pulls humanity forward. It eventually becomes technology. That technology allows us to engage in all kinds of pursuits around civilization ... And so I think scientists are still the most unsung heroes of human history."

@naval
Read 29 tweets
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I haven't been able to stop thinking about this.

It's heartbreaking, and humanity should learn a lot from it.

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I read a portion of @davideagleman's new book "Livewired" which includes Danielle Crockett's story.

She had no genetic problems, but her brain development was derailed by severe social deprivation for 7 years.

"She missed the critical window for proper input from the world."
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_chi…
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What is the Four Burners Theory?

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The symbolic stovetop includes four burners for:

1. Family
2. Friends
3. Health
4. Work
As the theory goes, you have to cut 1 burner to be successful.

Cut 2 burners to be really successful.

At it's heart, it's meant to be an exercise in trade-offs and priorities.
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