A THREAD on key ideas from the book "How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big" by @ScottAdamsSays:
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A smarter approach is to think of learning as a system in which you continually expose yourself to new topics, primarily the ones you find interesting.
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A smarter approach is to think of learning as a system in which you continually expose yourself to new topics, primarily the ones you find interesting.
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When you can release on your ego long enough to view your perceptions as incomplete or misleading, it gives you the freedom to imagine new and potentially more useful ways of looking at the world.
When you can release on your ego long enough to view your perceptions as incomplete or misleading, it gives you the freedom to imagine new and potentially more useful ways of looking at the world.
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Free yourself from the shackles of an oppressive reality.
Whatโs real to you is what you imagine and what you feel.
If you manage your illusions wisely, you might get what you want, but you wonโt necessarily understand why it worked.
Free yourself from the shackles of an oppressive reality.
Whatโs real to you is what you imagine and what you feel.
If you manage your illusions wisely, you might get what you want, but you wonโt necessarily understand why it worked.
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Positivity is far more than a mental preference.
It changes your brain, literally, and it changes the people around you.
Itโs the nearest thing we have to magic.
Positivity is far more than a mental preference.
It changes your brain, literally, and it changes the people around you.
Itโs the nearest thing we have to magic.
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If you can imagine the future being brighter, it lifts your energy and gooses the chemistry in your body that produces a sensation of happiness.
If you canโt even imagine an improved future, you wonโt be happy no matter how well your life is going right now.
If you can imagine the future being brighter, it lifts your energy and gooses the chemistry in your body that produces a sensation of happiness.
If you canโt even imagine an improved future, you wonโt be happy no matter how well your life is going right now.
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The great thing about reading diverse news from the fields of business, health, science, technology, politics, and more is that you automatically see patterns in the world and develop mental hooks upon which you can hang future knowledge.
The great thing about reading diverse news from the fields of business, health, science, technology, politics, and more is that you automatically see patterns in the world and develop mental hooks upon which you can hang future knowledge.
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Few things are as destructive and limiting as a worldview that assumes people are mostly rational.
Few things are as destructive and limiting as a worldview that assumes people are mostly rational.
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Failure always brings something valuable with it.
I donโt let it leave until I extract that value.
Everything you want out of life is in that huge, bubbling vat of failure. The trick is to get the good stuff out.
Failure always brings something valuable with it.
I donโt let it leave until I extract that value.
Everything you want out of life is in that huge, bubbling vat of failure. The trick is to get the good stuff out.
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I have poor art skills, mediocre business skills, good but not great writing talent, and an early knowledge of the Internet.
None of my skills are world-class, but when my mediocre skills are combined, they become a powerful market force.
I have poor art skills, mediocre business skills, good but not great writing talent, and an early knowledge of the Internet.
None of my skills are world-class, but when my mediocre skills are combined, they become a powerful market force.
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Avoid career traps such as pursuing jobs that require you to sell your limited supply of time while preparing you for nothing better.
Avoid career traps such as pursuing jobs that require you to sell your limited supply of time while preparing you for nothing better.
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The most important form of selfishness involves spending time on your fitness, eating right, pursuing your career, and still spending quality time with your family and friends.
The most important form of selfishness involves spending time on your fitness, eating right, pursuing your career, and still spending quality time with your family and friends.
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A goal is a specific objective that you either achieve or don't sometime in the future. A system is something you do on a regular basis that increases your odds of happiness in the long run. Big difference in terms of maintaining your personal energy in the right direction.
A goal is a specific objective that you either achieve or don't sometime in the future. A system is something you do on a regular basis that increases your odds of happiness in the long run. Big difference in terms of maintaining your personal energy in the right direction.
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