Excuse me but why are you eating so many frogs
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Excuse me but why are you eating so many frogs
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Re: Excuse me but why are you eating so many frogs
#2We've got the wrong theory about how minds work and it's ruining our lives
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#3Well, I think people have big aspirations, and these typically are achievable with lots of money, and people think you have to 'eat frogs' to make that money.
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#4As a Frenchman, it took me a while to realize it was supposed to mean "a painful thing to do"
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#5Well, I think people have big aspirations, and these typically are achievable with lots of money, and people think you have to 'eat frogs' to make that money.
Ironically, eating frogs mostly helps making the frog industry a lot of money, not the frog eaters. Most of the people achieving things that require lots of money tend to be the ones who already started out with lots of money (even if it wasn't enough money to do those things right away).
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#6Who cares about all this? The work or not work is not an end. It's a means to an objective. I want to move the world closer to what I want it to be. I have a theory for what I need to do for that and it's going to take work.
Out there I'm sure is my antipode, someone who is taking a different path to the same objective. I'll let them do that way and I'll do this way and let whatever works work.
But for me it's hard work and if I don't finish it, power up my kids so that if this is what they want to do they'll have a head start.
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#7As a Frenchman, it took me a while to realize it was supposed to mean "a painful thing to do"
It's funny because in Germany we have a similar phrase "swallowing the toad". I think the idea is to swallow them whole. I think French cuisine generally only serves frog legs, not whole frogs?
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#8Who cares about all this? The work or not work is not an end. It's a means to an objective. I want to move the world closer to what I want it to be. I have a theory for what I need to do for that and it's going to take work. Out there I'm sure is my antipode, someone who is taking a different path to the same objective. I'll let them do that way and I'll do this way and let whatever works work. But for me it's hard w…
I care. I am sure other people who read such articles care. And there might be yet another category of people who find it inspiring to such an extent that they are moved to act or change something about the way they do things.
Re: Excuse me but why are you eating so many frogs
#9As a Frenchman, it took me a while to realize it was supposed to mean "a painful thing to do"
It's funny because in Germany we have a similar phrase "swallowing the toad". I think the idea is to swallow them whole. I think French cuisine generally only serves frog legs, not whole frogs?
Yes, we only eat the legs :)
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#10As a Frenchman, it took me a while to realize it was supposed to mean "a painful thing to do"
It's probably (possibly?) a Mark Twain reference:
"If your job requires you to eat a toad, do it first. If it requires you to eat two, eat the bigger one first."