26/05/2019

3 things that you are grateful for:

- For taste

- For stomach

- For the awareness of my own expirience

1 thing that you can do better:

- More temperance

Notes:

Freedom needs restriction in order to work properly, and any other thing needs its opposite in order to create a balance.

Mindfulness: being aware of the quality of your experience in any moment.

Attention is what steers your perception and shapes your reality.

Thinking errors from The art of thinking clearly by Rolf Dobelli:

86. Envy:

Author wife advice: “It’s OK to be envious — but only of the person you aspire to become”

87. Personification, why the story of one specific person has a bigger impact on your emotions than some statistics over many people.

“be careful when you encounter human stories. Ask for the facts and the statistical distribution behind them. You can still be moved by the story, but this way, you can put it into the right context. If, however, you seek to move and motivate people for your own ends, make sure your tale is seasoned with names and faces”

88. Ilussion of attention, you are confident that you notice everything that takes place in front of us. But in reality, you often see only what you are focusing on. Check this out:

Advice:

“Confront all possible and seemingly impossible scenarios. What unexpected events might happen? What lurks beside and behind the burning issues? What is no one addressing? Pay attention to silences as much as you respond to noises. Check the periphery, not just the centre. Think the unthinkable. Something unusual can be huge; we still may not see it. Being big and distinctive is not enough to be seen. The unusual and huge thing must be expected.”

89. Strategic misrepresentation, the more at stake, the more exaggerated your assertions become

90. Overthinking, with small tasks that you constantly do use your intuition and with complex matters like investing use you rationality and logic.

Attention:

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