PERSPECTIVE

This is an active refinery of pocket-sized perspectives that I reference to help break common dark spells.

As humans, we have the observed ability to impose perspective onto our experience, to frame or color our experience. This is called metacognition, our ability to think about thinking. This skill distinguishes us from other primates and artificial intelligence. The following concepts are intended to help reframe your relationship with reality.

  • It is important to separate our concept of reality from yesterday and tomorrow, they only exist in memory and imagination. There is only the now.

    Yesterday is gone and tomorrow never comes. Every day is a new beginning that presents new opportunities of being.

    This perspective can allow you to explore life with a keen sense of freedom, curiosity, humility, and urgency.

  • A non-zero sum game is one where all players share the same fate. The game is won or lost together. This mentality is transformative when applied to relationships and business.

  • If we chase numbers, our sense of fulfillment gets further and further away.

    However, if we focus on making small, consistent daily improvements in our actions, the numbers will arrive on their own. Strive to become 1% better per day, every day.

  • Abundance is not something we seek, and it is not excess; it is the perspective that we already have more than we need.

    We will never acquire everything we desire. Desire is a cyclical state of being, it is not able to be satisfied.

  • Replace the desire to dominate a domain with the goal of becoming virtuous within it.

    The fuel of virtuosity is playful curiosity. Keep play at the center of all things and you will evolve organically.

  • Joy is the only direction that we need. Society has conditioned us to do things that we do not enjoy, in order to survive.

    To live joyfully is to go against the grain. This is why we find plenty of adversity while pursuing a joyful life.

  • They stir, build, peak, and trough, only to be pulled back into the vast ocean. This cycle repeats so long as you are conscious and even as you sleep.

    Observe them from the shore, become a good swimmer, and do not drown.

  • The quality of our mind is a direct reflection of what we gift our attention to. Aggressively filter for what is not essential, and do not waste time. Time is non-refundable.

  • Sonder is the profound, sudden realization that every other being is living a life as vivid, complex, and seemingly random as your own.

    This is invisible thread that connects me to you, and you to everyone else. I see myself in your joy, suffering, and everything in between.

  • We are neither the images we wish to portray, nor the perception of those images.

    We are streams of energy flowing through the fabric of space and time. There is no way to separate from the fabric, and there is no rewinding.

    We are a burning film that is moving in a forward direction.

  • Nobody else can do your work of healing and becoming a better human being, and nothing outside of you can save you from what is inside of you.

    This is your work.

  • When we make decisions from a place other than love, and we experience loss, we are left with deep regret.

    If we live centered in our heart, we will still experience pain and adversity but less regret. Love is the only path to living a beautiful and complete life, but not a painless one.

  • Slow down! Be kind to yourself, enjoy your journey, love a lot, and do not wait to celebrate being alive. 99% of beings that have ever lived are now dead, we are fortunate to be here now.

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