On limitations that hide in your blindspot
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On limitations that hide in your blindspot
recognizes limits and constraints, boundaries that we cannot transgress and that create the frame that gives meaning to our lives. Moreover, it stands back from the goals of the “I,” is prepared to renounce its purposes, however precious, for the sake of the long-term benefits of love and friendship. It takes a negotiating posture towards the other
... See moreAlan Jacobs • How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds
My active drinking career highlighted a lot of things I didn’t know how to do:
- Be honest with myself.
- Understand my own motivations and needs.
- See my proper place in the world.
- Appreciate my own quirks.
- Believe that I’m enough for the world, as-is.
substack.com • Do the Thing You Don't Know How to Do - By T.B.D.
Aristotle defined tragedy as a terrible outcome arising from a person’s fatal flaw—a flaw that, had it been fixed, instead would have led to a wonderful outcome. In my opinion, these two barriers—ego and blind spots—are the fatal flaws that keep intelligent, hardworking people from living up to their potential.
Ray Dalio • Principles: Life and Work
You are able to think about the future along multiple axes, I can only see a future that upholds my biases and aligns with my values. I don’t know how to compound my money, I only know how not to run out. I’m stubborn in my life and in my thinking, and sometimes it holds me back but I am too proud not to be held back by it. I think that I can write... See more