
Think Straight
đ§ Clear thinking is a skill - It requires training, not talent. Straight thinking means your thoughts serve a useful purpose.
đď¸ Drop the useless thoughts - Focus only on what you can control. Worrying about the past or future never helps.
đ Life isnât linear - You can only connect the dots looking back. So keep forming new onesâlearn, do, reflect, repeat.
đ Control your mind - Donât let your thoughts run you. Build mental discipline and stop wasting energy on the uncontrollable.
đ§ą Systems > Random action - Combine simple rules into systems. Let them guide decisions and free up your mind for what matters.
đ§ââď¸ Meditation is simple - Sit. Watch your thoughts. Let them pass. Clarity comes from observation, not reaction.
đ¸ Time > Money - Money is renewable. Time isnât. Donât trade your life thinking about something replaceable.
đą Obstacles = growth signals - When you hit a wall, donât quit. Rest, recover, and level up. Growth follows resistance.
âď¸ This and that - Life isnât either/or. Challenge convention and find your own approach.
đĽ Regret what you didnât do - Take action. Waiting leads to missed chances, not wisdom.
đ Legacy over ego - Spend your life on something that outlasts you. Thatâs purpose.
âIf you can change your mind, you can change your life.ââ William James
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Weâre creatures of habit who prefer relaxing our mind instead of straining it.
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âThe life of wisdom is a life of reason. It is important to learn how to think clearly. Clear thinking is not a haphazard enterprise. It requires proper training.â
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Thoughts should serve a useful purpose. If they donât, theyâre useless. Thatâs straight thinking.
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The better you are at something, the more value you can provide to others, and the more money people are willing to pay in exchange for your value.
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Understanding that life is not linear helps us to change the way we think.
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Steve Jobs said, âYou canât connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.â
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If you want the dots to connect in the future, you have to make sure you form dots in your brain. The only way you form dots is by learning, doing, making mistakes, reflecting, or anything you can do to feed your brain with the input it needs to give you the output you want.
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If you want to have useful thoughts, hereâs a rule of thumb: Only think about things you can control. That automatically eliminates about 99% of your thoughts because thereâs very little you control in life.
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Commit to stop thinking about useless things. Start taking control of your mind. All that worrying about the past and the future is not going to help you. It never did. And it never will.
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When I reach a wall, I know Iâm close to the next stage of my development. Instead of giving up, Iâm happy. All I need to do, is to take a break, rejuvenate, and let my mind recover.
âConquer yourself rather than the world.ââ RenĂŠ Descartes
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Money is a replaceable resource. When youâre out of it, you can earn it back. You canât say the same for time. Donât spend too much time thinking about money.
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Youâll find that the moments youâre not thinking are just as important as the times you are actively thinking.
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Itâs not this or that in life. You can have this and that.
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When you stop doing things the way theyâre done, youâll start doing things how you get it done.
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Thereâs no point in asking âwhyâwhen you deal with obstacles, challenges, or mistakes. Instead, think about what you can do to overcome or prevent the things that are holding you back.
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When you combine a few rules, you have a system. And a system helps you to take the thinking part out of the equation. The only thinking you need to do is when your system doesnât give you the results you want.
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You donât regret what you did in life, you regret what you didnât do.
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Just sit down, be one with your thoughts, observe them, and then, ignore them. Thatâs all there is to meditation.
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âThe greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.â