One idea that changed my life is stop believing that other people have changed their lives based on ideas.
The only way of change is by habit.
Ideas That Changed My Life
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#12One idea that changed my life is stop believing that other people have changed their lives based on ideas. The only way of change is by habit.
Ideas and habit change are rather intertwined.
Habit change is itself just an idea until someone chooses to actually do it.
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#13One idea that changed my life is stop believing that other people have changed their lives based on ideas. The only way of change is by habit.
> The only way of change is by habit.
That’s a compelling idea. Maybe I’ll adopt it and get into a habit.
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#14> The world always makes sense. But it can be confusing.
I just don't agree with this at all. I think its folly to assume the world will always make sense. As humans we seek to make sense of things, but not everything fits into our cognitive little boxes.
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#15> The world always makes sense. But it can be confusing. I just don't agree with this at all. I think its folly to assume the world will always make sense. As humans we seek to make sense of things, but not everything fits into our cognitive little boxes.
I agree with your disagree.
The very idea of "making sense" is a human construct. The universe doesn't care about making sense - to us or otherwise, except to the extent that we are part of it, and some of us care. There's no magical rule that says "the world" should, will, or even can "make sense".
(IMO :)
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#16One idea that changed my life is stop believing that other people have changed their lives based on ideas. The only way of change is by habit.
> The only way of change is by habit. That’s a compelling idea. Maybe I’ll adopt it and get into a habit.
This is why I try not to think anything, for any reason, to anyone, for any reason at all, ever.
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#18hmm, starting with these two so high in the list makes it difficult to properly read the rest. > 2. Doublespeak: People often say the opposite of what they mean > 4. Preference Falsification: People lie about their true opinions Are we supposed to apply these to the 48 other ideas that he pitches as his guiding lights ? Otherwise I think more than the ideas themselves, it's a good reminder that anyone having seen eno…
#2 is the truest statement ever stated. Other examples of the form are "people say things about themselves that are really about you", or "things about someone else that are really about themselves".
Indirection (and proxies!!) are cornerstones of human communication. I've found it reasonably helpful to test all strong statements through those 3 lenses.
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#19One idea that changed my life is stop believing that other people have changed their lives based on ideas. The only way of change is by habit.
One category of idea is a tool-in-a-toolbox idea. Many on this page is of that type. A lot of ideas in economics is this, for example. They become thinking tools that are easily synthesized into the brain as they are super easy conceptual ideas. So as you go about your day and come across a problem, your brain can pull from that toolbox to better solve the problem.
I love sites full of wisdom like this. Sometimes there’s a tool buried deep in my toolbox that my brain forgot I had and this brings it back to the surface. And sometimes there’s a new tool I can grok/incorporate in seconds. And inevitably there will be a tool I don’t care about or agree with and simply discard it. Big win for very minimal investment of time.
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#20> The world always makes sense. But it can be confusing. I just don't agree with this at all. I think its folly to assume the world will always make sense. As humans we seek to make sense of things, but not everything fits into our cognitive little boxes.
I agree with your disagree. The very idea of "making sense" is a human construct. The universe doesn't care about making sense - to us or otherwise, except to the extent that we are part of it, and some of us care. There's no magical rule that says "the world" should, will, or even can "make sense". (IMO :)
The universe doesn’t have to care about making sense to us for us to make sense of it.
I tend to think the only reasonable and scientific viewpoint is that it’s possible to make sense of everything. Anything else is defeatist.