A single big goal is very difficult and risky to achieve and, in the time you're working on it, you will not have achieved any goals at all…
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There is a similarity in kind between the negative effects of: rape slavery feeling forced to work on someone else's projects, by a boss…
One of the best ideas in machine learning. (I even thought so in 2011!) There are two common mechanisms: 'soft' and 'hard'. In both cases…
Say you want to make a big personal change: to stop smoking, or to stop eating meat, or to meditate every day, or introduce yourself to a…
Elephant and rider Asking "what should I value?" is asking the rider. it demands solving impossible moral questions. Asking "what do I value…
Statements from Forer's experiment : You have a great need for other people to like and admire you. You have a tendency to be critical of…
I'm sometimes tempted to look back and find patterns in my life, and identify those as "who I really am". For example: maybe I want to be a…
The core insight that got me interested: "moments of recognizing your thoughts drifting and bringing them back to your breath" are not…
(I got this concept from SuccessfulFriend.) As people grow up and form their identities, they need models, and not just models; they need…
The idea of 'projection' in psychology means to assume that someone else has the same flaws, or foibles, or motivations as you do. It struck…
status: a theory that feels true for my personal trajectory. Totally uncritiqued and unverified that anyone else shares this experience…