motivation
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holding myself back
One of life’s biggest questions is relationships Choosing the right ones And cutting off the ties you don’t need anymore like split ends But relationships are difficult because it has to be a two-way street What you want might not align with what the other person wants Both people need to put on the effort Continue reading
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Three C’s
Curiosity to find yourself Courage to Choose yourself No know really knows what they are doing in this life But that’s no excuse for indecency or mediocrity You need to have curiosity Curiosity to find out what makes you happy and why you were put on this earth then you need the courage to choose Continue reading
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self-contradictions
Our real Instagrams are fake Our finstas (fake Instagrams) are real… at least more real We are all self-contradictions Heroes wearing a thousand masks Are we meant to reveal our private self? Our public self? Our true self? Does anyone really know who they are? I think maybe not. Self-identity is constantly expanding. We are Continue reading
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Homophobic Slurs and Freedom
New podcast episode out!: Homophobic Slurs and Freedom “The other weekend while I was in New York some random man said a homophobic slur at me for no reason. But I am not offended. In fact, I want to liberate him from his own oppression. In this podcast I talk about Simone de Beauvoir’s concept Continue reading
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What I’m Afraid of
What I’m afraid of right now is not actualizing my potential. When I was 16, I self-studied psychology and learned that on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, that “self-actualization” was at the top. I suppose to a subscriber to Maslow though, you could say that self-actualization is the meaning to life. In a nutshell, self-actualization is Continue reading
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knowledge x action
Knowledge is power, they say So learning is a superpower But knowledge alone isn’t powerful Knowledge used to inform action is true power Genuine power The thinker, and the doer Be both Continue reading
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Power Corrupts
Uncle Ben was right. Power corrupts. This universally accepted concept is the basis of much of humanity’s misdeeds–that is, sexism, racism, discrimination, government corruption, economic distortion. Man has an innate desire to preserve. As a society, we need to understand how to manage power over people, power over institutions, power over nature. Continue reading
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The meaning of life
“The meaning of life is whatever you are doing that isn’t killing yourself” Continue reading
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An ego boost
Sometimes we need an ego boost. Although confidence is sometimes mistaken as ego or boastfulness, it’s important to make a clear distinction. Overconfidence is bad. Moderate confidence is good because we need it to fuel our desires, our passions, and fuel action. So give yourself an ego boost once and a while. Compliment yourself. Tell Continue reading
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gratitude days
I’ve started a new rule about my productivity Or more the lack of productivity during certain days If by 5 PM, I feel as if I’ve “wasted” the day, then instead if forcing the day to be a productive day, I call it a gratitude day A day where I reflect on my life A Continue reading
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