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Essays of the week
40 Short Habits That Have a Massive Return On Life — Life-changing habits compound in our favour — they accelerate growth and help us become happy, healthy, and wealthy. “Doing one thing by yourself, for yourself, that creates joy is such an important habit,” says Jay Shetty.
If You Want to Learn From The Smartest Minds, Read Biographies — Biographies are some of the best ways we can learn from intelligent minds. They are rich with insightful and practical lessons, personal stories, life principles, mistakes to avoid and what to do to lead a fulfilling and meaningful life or career.
Insightful essays I read this week
How to make big decisions more easily — When you’re up against it, says Shortland, your brain is like a glass that’s already full of water. You need to let some of it out before you can think through what’s going on.
Slow down, it’s what your brain has been begging for — By paying attention to our local natural surroundings, we pay attention to our global surroundings and the part we play in shaping them. As Odell states, ‘simple awareness is the seed of responsibility.’
The case for fewer friends — After two years of pandemic life, you could find yourself at a fork in the friendship road, choosing between a whittled-down social circle and becoming overextended trying to make up for lost time…
How self-deception allows people to lie — Any psychologist will tell you that studying self-deception scientifically is a headache. You can’t simply ask someone if they are fooling themselves, since it happens below conscious awareness.
The secret to saving your relationship: eight lessons from a couples therapist — It’s good to fight. Usually, if a couple never argues, it’s because “things have been parked”, says Abse. “Once you open things up, actually there is quite…
Writer Tim Urban on the danger of arrogance: "Arrogance is ignorance plus conviction. This is an especially deadly combo because it prevents you from improving. It not only leaves you without real knowledge, it deprives you of the humility needed to gain real knowledge or grow into a better thinker."
Psychologist Ichiro Kishimi on the root of unhappiness: “The courage to be happy also includes the courage to be disliked. When you have gained that courage, your interpersonal relationships will all at once change into things of lightness.”
An activity worth doing: Walking – during phone meetings, during in-person meetings, after dinner, to work out ideas in your head. There are so many medically proven benefits!
To our common journey,
Until next week,
Be Epic!
Thomas