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Have you heard of the "monkey mind"? It's often referenced as a Buddhist term meaning unsettled, restless, confused, indecisive, and uncontrollable—among many other things that don't sound great. Maybe worse: what happens when your monkey mind …
Continue Reading about Money Mind Manifesto — Master Your Mind from the Mental Disease of More Money
For almost 50 years, Barry Johnson has been sharing the wisdom of polarities and his set of polarity thinking principles. I love learning things that are such no-brainers that they make me wonder, "How did I make it this far in life without …
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The reality of the lottery of birth (also known as the lottery of life, birth lottery, and/or life lottery) is something we seem to forget over and over again. We like to think that we are in control of our lives. That we are responsible for our …
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The "Ovarian Lottery" is a short thought experiment popularized by Warren Buffett. The idea is borrowed from John Rawls, a Harvard philosopher and author of A Theory of Justice. There are also earlier references like "Ovarian Roulette" from Dr. …
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What stage am I currently at in Ego Development Theory? EDT is work completed by Susanne Cook-Greuter over the last several decades. This is the second self-assessment I'm conducting (the first was on self-actualization). As mentioned previously, …
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This is post 3 of 3 in the series. You can jump to the other two posts below: Sloww Stage 1: Getting Started with Slow Living & Simple Living (for Intentional Humans) Sloww Stage 2: Getting Started with Life Purpose & Meaning (for …
