More reasons not to buy the S*n, proving assholes wrong, and making the world a better place

Stories I’ve loved on Medium this week — 05.11.16

I read a lot. So, each Saturday, I share the Stories I’ve loved from around Medium over the last seven days.

Enjoy.

A reader’s guide to shit The Sun writes

So you’ve now got people being shouted at in the streets, or on trains — who are British and have lived here for donkey’s years, because their accent or their name sounds foreign, or because their skin is brown.

That is the shit you are paying the Sun to dump into your brain.

Never Listen To The People Who Want To Limit You.

There is no greater motivating power than the burning need to prove those assholes wrong, those assholes who want to see you crash.

You will never reach a point in your life where people will stop telling you No, and stop telling you about the failure you’re going to crash headlong into. Fuck them. It doesn’t matter.

How to Make Immediate Behavior Changes

Therein lies the secret to immediate behavioral change: understanding and feeling the weight of the consequences of your behavior.

Image the child who touches the hot stove. Consequences are brought to full-attention. Thus, immediate behavior change.

What I Wish I Had Known Before My Brother Died

Once you give people the benefit of the doubt, including addicts, the world becomes a much less cynical place.

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Here’s the past few weeks of Stories I’ve loved on Medium:

A secret weapon, money lessons and a post from the distant past

A Bill Murray binge, a simply biased media and a three-year reflection

Twitter lovin’, startup world anger, and naked arses