9.21.2019
9.20.2019
Resistance
" There is a secret that real writers know that wannabe writers don't, and the secret is this:
It's not the writing part that's hard. What's hard is sitting down to write.
What keeps us from sitting down is RESISTANCE "
Steven Pressfield, The War of Art
It's not the writing part that's hard. What's hard is sitting down to write.
What keeps us from sitting down is RESISTANCE "
Steven Pressfield, The War of Art
9.19.2019
# thoughts
He is tiny and he is alone.
She is sad, grieving her mother's dead.
Her husband needs to take care of her.
Out of the picture, his grandmother is praying.
Don't forget the baby, please!
Don't forget the baby, please!
Hurry! Somebody!
I need somebody.
Please don't forget me. It's dark and I am afraid.
I know now. I understand now, but for many years I didn't.
It's hard to know the upside-down world.
Okay, I know now what happened! But what should I do from now on?
It's like a hurricane.
I am still there.
She is sad, grieving her mother's dead.
Her husband needs to take care of her.
Out of the picture, his grandmother is praying.
Don't forget the baby, please!
Don't forget the baby, please!
Hurry! Somebody!
I need somebody.
Please don't forget me. It's dark and I am afraid.
I know now. I understand now, but for many years I didn't.
It's hard to know the upside-down world.
Okay, I know now what happened! But what should I do from now on?
It's like a hurricane.
I am still there.
8.27.2019
# thoughts
You double-check your alarm clock before going to bed because you don't want to wake up late the next morning. Nothing can be wrong. You must arrive at work at 9 am and you feel the fear running into your veins.
Meanwhile, your face touches the pillow and your mind revises every single movement that you have to make the next day. It's like a rehearsal, all "ifs" must be taking into consideration, every possibility, every answer to every question, the unthinkable becomes reasonable, you start to forecast every single minute of your day looking for any possible mistake.
Before and after going to bed, your level of cortisol is at the highest level possible. The problem is that high level of cortisol can lead you to dozens of health problems such as mood disorders, anxiety disorders, psychological stress, illness, trauma, fear, and mostly PAIN.
The odds are that you will wake up next morning feeling pain in every single inch of your body.
Meanwhile, your face touches the pillow and your mind revises every single movement that you have to make the next day. It's like a rehearsal, all "ifs" must be taking into consideration, every possibility, every answer to every question, the unthinkable becomes reasonable, you start to forecast every single minute of your day looking for any possible mistake.
Before and after going to bed, your level of cortisol is at the highest level possible. The problem is that high level of cortisol can lead you to dozens of health problems such as mood disorders, anxiety disorders, psychological stress, illness, trauma, fear, and mostly PAIN.
The odds are that you will wake up next morning feeling pain in every single inch of your body.
5.30.2019
The Willpower Instinct
- What is something that you would like to do more of, or stop putting off (delaying) because you know that doing it will improve the quality of your life?
- keep a healthy diet (without sugar, fat, soda, chocolates, candy, snacks) and I am considering it without meat, at least for a period of time, like a month, for example.
- What is the "stickiest" habit in your life? What would you like to give up or do less of because it's undermining your health, happiness, or success?
- complain. Be grateful.
- have "answers" for everything. Be the last to speak.
- What is the most important long-term goal you'd like to focus your energy on? What immediate "want" is most likely to distract you or tempt you away from this goal?
- to find a place to work where I can feel safe and return home fulfilled at the end of the day. I want to wake up inspired!
- I have no idea! I have been trying for a long time to find what I want.
5.29.2019
# thoughts
Should a captain leave a soldier behind after making all efforts to rescue him? Should the captain agonize over him or should the captain leave him and save the other soldiers in the platoon?
4.26.2019
04/26 - I found my WHY
Who am I?
I am someone who has a desire to serve, a strong natural curiosity, an ability to ask probing questions and the determination to face the uncertain, the unknown. I am someone who believes in a better society, where everybody has the right to feel included, educated and live in harmony in one unique global community.
Why do I get out of bed every morning?
To learn, teach and interact as much as I can so that I can enrich my service to society.
My mission
Persevere in a relentless pursuit to serve the people around me, while leading them to feel empowered in their lives.
My Values
• Interact with people in meaningful ways – make personal interactions and let people know you care and support them.
• Learn something from everyone – always enjoy the opportunity to learn something from someone. It’s a unique experience.
• Teach something to someone – be a connection. Try to spread as more information as you can to whom wish and need it.
• Include and support anyone – celebrate the differences and give the proper value to all ideas and intelligence around you.
• Practice leadership – go first, take the risk before anyone else does and help them achieve more than they could have imagined.
I am really, really happy because of this.
I am someone who has a desire to serve, a strong natural curiosity, an ability to ask probing questions and the determination to face the uncertain, the unknown. I am someone who believes in a better society, where everybody has the right to feel included, educated and live in harmony in one unique global community.
Why do I get out of bed every morning?
To learn, teach and interact as much as I can so that I can enrich my service to society.
My mission
Persevere in a relentless pursuit to serve the people around me, while leading them to feel empowered in their lives.
My Values
• Interact with people in meaningful ways – make personal interactions and let people know you care and support them.
• Learn something from everyone – always enjoy the opportunity to learn something from someone. It’s a unique experience.
• Teach something to someone – be a connection. Try to spread as more information as you can to whom wish and need it.
• Include and support anyone – celebrate the differences and give the proper value to all ideas and intelligence around you.
• Practice leadership – go first, take the risk before anyone else does and help them achieve more than they could have imagined.
I am really, really happy because of this.
3.28.2019
Independence
3:12 am. I am seated on the couch in the leaving room wondering about life.
Suddenly, something comes to my mind, an insight or some kind of slogan. My subconscious mind is burning now.
More than ask yourself if you are ready for this freedom is to ask if all those dependent relationships are worthy right now.
Was this dependence relation what was keeping them alive?
Wow! Again, so simple but so complex. Maybe you are going to find answers to questions that shouldn't have been done!
Suddenly, something comes to my mind, an insight or some kind of slogan. My subconscious mind is burning now.
INDEPENDENCE SETS YOU FREE
So simple but so complex.
Some definitions from Cambridge dictionary to Independence:
- the state of wanting or being able to do things FOR YOURSELF an make your own decisions, without help or influence from other people;
- the ability to LIVE YOUR LIFE without being helped or influenced by other people;
- FREEDOM from being governed or ruled...
More than ask yourself if you are ready for this freedom is to ask if all those dependent relationships are worthy right now.
Was this dependence relation what was keeping them alive?
Wow! Again, so simple but so complex. Maybe you are going to find answers to questions that shouldn't have been done!
3.25.2019
Not anymore
You have been playing an infinite game with a finite game mindset. Then, when you discover your mistake and think about that, the worst happens. You realise that you don't want to play that game anymore. Not anymore.
3.22.2019
Graham Core Principles
* A stock is not just a ticker symbol or an electronic blip; it is an ownership interest in an actual business, with an underlying value that does not depend on its share price.
* The market is a pendulum that forever swings between unsustainable optimism (which makes stocks too expensive) and unjustified pessimism (which makes them too cheap). The intelligent investor is a realist who sells to optimists and buys from pessimists.
* The future value of every investment is a function of its present price. The higher the price you pay, the lower your return will be.
* No matter how careful you are, the one risk no investor can ever eliminate is the risk of being wrong. Only by insisting on what Graham called the "margin of safety" - never overpaying, no matter how exciting an investment seems to be - can you minimize your odds of error.
* The secret of your financial success is inside of yourself. If you become a critical thinker who takes no Wall Street "fact" on faith, and you invest with patient confidence, you can take steady advantage of even the worst bear markets. By developing your discipline and courage, you can refuse to let other people's mood swings govern your financial destiny. In the end, how your investments behave is much less important than how you behave.
* The market is a pendulum that forever swings between unsustainable optimism (which makes stocks too expensive) and unjustified pessimism (which makes them too cheap). The intelligent investor is a realist who sells to optimists and buys from pessimists.
* The future value of every investment is a function of its present price. The higher the price you pay, the lower your return will be.
* No matter how careful you are, the one risk no investor can ever eliminate is the risk of being wrong. Only by insisting on what Graham called the "margin of safety" - never overpaying, no matter how exciting an investment seems to be - can you minimize your odds of error.
* The secret of your financial success is inside of yourself. If you become a critical thinker who takes no Wall Street "fact" on faith, and you invest with patient confidence, you can take steady advantage of even the worst bear markets. By developing your discipline and courage, you can refuse to let other people's mood swings govern your financial destiny. In the end, how your investments behave is much less important than how you behave.
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