“all humans are motivated to seek pleasure and avoid pain, to seek hope and avoid fear, and finally, to seek social acceptance and avoid rejection.” ― Nir Eyal, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products First, ignore pleasure Pleasure is temporary. Pleasure comes to you without your effort of seeking it out. The only thing you have to… Continue reading Be Better: Don’t Be Hooked ™
Tag: Psychology
Why We Suffer
I think: There are only two things in life which cause genuine suffering: obsession and addiction. Subjective existence constantly passes through reality, fantasy, imagination, reason, will and action. It also goes the other way around passing through reality, action, will, reason, imagination and fantasy. Whenever we’re active we start by changing reality with some action,… Continue reading Why We Suffer
Give up myself?
question every single definition, theory, concept, and practice you have inherited that tells you how to think, behave, emote, or interact with others. Karen Kilbane But what am I left with? Who gives me back the time I waste on questioning everything? Why do I have to know all these things? Who will reward me… Continue reading Give up myself?
Here is how to be your best self
This time in lyrics and more. Control yourself but neverDeny yourself. Loose yourself butProtect yourself. Apply yourself don’tDo it yourself. Touch yourself butKeep it to yourself. Grab yourself andSave yourself. Be yourself butSuit yourself. Work with yourself toExpress yourself. Contain yourself but don’tKick yourself. Top yourself but don’tFuck yourself. Validate yourself but don’tPraise yourself. Push… Continue reading Here is how to be your best self
Your biases are awesome
You should use them more Everybody hates poor biases. They have such a bad name for no reason at all. The Cartesian bully keeps pushing biases around every time they meet on the hallways of your mind. This has to stop. Biases are good. They help you be fast. They will help you a lot… Continue reading Your biases are awesome