Look inside The Art of Self Design
"If knowledge is power, then self-knowledge is the ultimate power -- and Self Design is the process that harnesses it."
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The 5 Elements of Self Design
"You become mature when you become the authority of your own life." - Joseph Campbell
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How To Design Yourself
"You see things not as they are but as you are." - Anthony de Mello
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Who are you?
"Can you remember who you were before the world told you who you should be?" - Charles Bukowski
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The first step in human development
"Boil things down to their fundamental truths and then reason up from there." - Elon Musk
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The Carrot vs The Stick (life optimization)
"We are kept from our goal, not by obstacles, but by a clear path to a lesser goal." - The Bhagavad Gita
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A question for high-level life strategy
"Whatever success I’ve had in life has more to do with my knowing how to deal with my not knowing than anything I know.” - Ray Dalio
Here's a higher-level life
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Build confidence by doing hard things
"Every day, bite off a little bit more than you can chew, and chew it.” - Michael Singer
Welcome back :)
Let's kick the week off with a quick and dirty lesson
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Programmed By Dopamine
"Those who will be successful... Are those who can control their relationship to pleasure." - Dr. Andrew Huberman
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Dopamine and the thrill of the chase
"I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days before you actually left them." - Andy Bernard, The Office
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