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Trust is an interesting thing. When you don't trust someone, it shows, and that leads them to not trust you back. When you do trust someone, it's easier for them to take advantage of you. But if you keep trusting them, they will see that you are sincere, and won't take advantage of you again. …

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My next challenge: Everyday before picking up your phone, read Meditations by Marcus Aurelius for 20 minutes. Do this until you can finish the book. You've been using your phone too much recently, and you need to take the time to think. By using meditations, the book you had the foresight to purchase last year …

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It's an afterthought. Once you've decided you want to buy it, all that's left is seeing if you can afford it. Not whether the price is lower elsewhere. The hard part is convincing people they want to buy it. If you can do that without using the price, you win. Which is all to say, …

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Conservatism is selfishness. I don't mean conservatism in that environmental sense. I mean conservatism in the political sense. If conservatism is about keeping the status quo, then it is about selfishness. Keeping the status quo means you are not thinking about the future life for your children. You are only thinking about yourself and now. …

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Fuck em. They're only there because they're there. You can choose to follow them. Or not. Be different, what does it matter if you're not? You won't be considered normal? What? You want to be normal? Ok. Take the average statistics and that's you. Someone average. Someone normal. Don't be normal. Be someone. And start …

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It goes without saying, but getting away from your ordinary life every once in a while is a pretty good idea. I feel this quite strongly with Japan, at least Yamagata, because there is a set of understandings that aren't really tested until people leave and see a completely different point of view. Some of …

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