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5 Rules to Live By in 2025

January 1, 2025 No Comments

New year, new chances. Well, you always have the opportunity to change your life at any given moment.

The other day I watched a documentary series about a Dutch guy called Jur Deitmers. When he was 21 years old, he got a rare form of meningitis, which erased his entire memory.

Jur had to re-learn everything about life. Literally everything. Years later, he became a totally different person. How can that be?

The story of Jur confirms what scientists have been suspecting for years. Our personalities are a matter of nature and nurture. Jur is as intelligent as he ever was, except he’s just a different guy. Even his friends say they have a new friend.

Personal Finance, Wealth Building

You Can’t Get Rich by Saving Money

December 23, 2024 No Comments

In August 1929, John J. Raskob, an investor and developer who became famous for building the Empire State Building, said the following about getting rich by saving money:

“No one can become rich merely by saving. Mere saving is closely akin to the socialist policy of dividing and, likewise, runs up against the same objection that there’s not enough around to save.”

I always thought that saving money was the way to riches. The platitudes about saving can be found everywhere in society.

Pay yourself first. Build a little nest egg. Save for a rainy day. A penny saved is a penny earned. Money doesn’t grow on trees.

Freedom, Happiness, Mindfulness, Self-Knowledge, Thinking

How to Get Out of a Gloomy Mindset

December 18, 2024 No Comments

Have you ever found yourself caught in a gloomy mindset, thinking about things that typically don’t cross your mind?

Maybe you’re thinking of quitting, giving up, or even escaping your life and traveling the world?

Well, welcome to modern-day life, filled with expectations and pressure to be successful.

When life gets hard and we don’t get what we want, we tend to get frustrated. Eventually, that frustration leads to anger, which in turn results in an overall feeling of helplessness.

That’s when the gloomy thoughts take over.

Self-Knowledge, Thinking, Writing

The Sisyphus Treadmill: Why we keep falling for rehashed ideas

November 30, 2024 No Comments

I was working out with my childhood friend in my office gym yesterday.

My friend has been working for the same company for nearly 15 years, but now he’s ready to start his own business.

So he’s been spending a lot of time on social media and YouTube to learn more. As we were working out, he said something like, “Man, all this online content is just stuff everyone already knows. They talk about the same things over and over again.”

And yet, the content that consists of rehashed ideas that everyone knows is racking up millions of views.

Why is that?

Let’s break it down.

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