How to Strike the Perfect Balance Between Buddha and Elon Musk

Mike Fishbein
8 min readJul 19, 2015

Many of life’s most important questions are rooted in finding a balance between “Buddha” and “Elon Musk.” This was covered in part one of The Buddha-Elon Musk Paradox.

But everyone is different and they all have their own opinion, so how can you know what’s best? …

What’s your opinion on black licorice? Not that many people are indifferent about it. Black licorice is pretty polarizing, either you love it or you hate it.

Reading about black licorice isn’t going to help shape your opinion. Looking at pictures or watching documentaries won’t help much either. If you want to know if you like it or not, you have to try it for yourself.

The same principle applies for most things in life. You can consume as much information as you want, but the best way is to take matters into your own hands. Below are a few ways to do so.

#1. Take Personal Responsibility for Your Emotions

There many things in the world that you can’t control. You can’t control the weather. You can’t control everything that happens to you. But, one thing you can control is your mind and the way you perceive things. You can choose to be happy with certain situations, and you can choose to be unhappy in those same…

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